Currently working at

   New York Post

      Police Bureau Reporter
      February 2019 to present

 

Previous positions

 

   NJ Advance Media

      Criminal Justice Reporter for The Star-Ledger & NJ.com
     January 2015 to February 2019

   Rutgers University

     Adjunct Journalism Professor in School of Communication
     September 2015 to December 2016

   The Record

     Web Producer for NorthJersey.com
     November 2013 to January 2015

   Patch

     Staff and Freelance Reporter for Essex County sites
     December 2010 to October 2013

Fellowships


     Nation Press Foundation's Reporting on Criminal Justice in the          Age of George Floyd Fellowship - 2021
     John Jay/H.F. Guggenheim Criminal Justice Reporting Fellowship         - 2018






Awards


   Finalist for Livingston Award for Young Journalists
      for his role as lead reporter on The Force Report- 2019
   Investigative Reporters and Editors Freedom of Information
      Award - 2019
   Finalist for GEN's Data Journalism Investigation of the Year
      - 2019
   University of Florida Award for Investigative Data Journalism
      - 2019
   The James L. Knight Foundation award for Public Service
      - 2019
   New York Press Club Award in Crime Reporting
      - 2019
   New Jersey Press Association for Best Web Project
      - 2019
   SPJ-NJ Best Investigation of the Year
      - 2019
   SPJ-NJ Tim O'Brien Award: Best Use of Public Records
      (Second Place) - 2019


 












 

      Education

         Rutgers University

             Master of Communication & Media — 2018
             Digital Media

         Montclair State University

             Bachelor's in English — 2012
             Journalism and Creative Writing Minors

 

      Digital Skils

             Excel; CSV Files; Pivot Tables; Fusion Tables; KML Files;
              Adobe Photoshop; InDesign; HTML; CSS; jQuery;
             JavaScript; SEO Writing; Facebook Live Videos;
              Social Media Strategies; Audio and Video Editing

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