Resume
Over two decades of leadership in digital journalism, video production, and newsroom innovation.
Core Skills
Experience
Head of Video Logistics and Planning
The Washington Post
Senior editorial leader overseeing complex video operations, cost containment, and strategic initiatives during a period of organizational transition.
- Led procurement and financial task force charged with stabilizing mission-critical video operations and vendor contracts totaling $2.1M annually. Delivered a 62% reduction in spending without sacrificing critical mission needs.
- Directed strategic planning for major live events which generated over 14 million views, while overseeing multi-camera productions, credentialing, and live transmission. These included elections, presidential inaugurations, the funeral of Queen Elizabeth, and high-profile trials.
- Partnered with IT leadership to evaluate AI-driven efficiencies in video production, contributing to a forward-looking strategy to modernize workflows.
- Conceived and led a cross-sector, social-leading video series on AI's real-world impact, securing revenue sponsorship with Indeed and generating over 800,000 social views.
Executive Producer, Original Video
The Washington Post
Directed and managed a team of 14 multi-platform digital journalists that aggressively dissected breaking news, large-scale investigations, and designed award-winning interactives involving video, photo, text, and live presentations.
- Award-Winning Enterprise: Greatly expanded the ambition and newsroom commitment to cross-platform interactive storytelling with video-led investigative and enterprise work.
- Investigative documentary on Paul Manafort's time in Ukraine — over 2 million views, won a Murrow Award.
- Groundbreaking interactive "Raising Barriers" won the National Press Foundation's 2017 Innovative Storytelling Award.
- Post's first feature-length documentary on pandemic preparedness achieved a 2.3% paywall conversion rate.
- Team recognized with dozens of first-place national and international awards including Murrow Awards, POYi, WHNPA, NPPA, and a duPont-Columbia Award.
- Grew on-site video embed traffic for original content by 800% in 3 years.
- Scaled YouTube live strategy (2016–2022), growing channel from under 1M to nearly 3M subscribers with 300K+ concurrent viewers and 1B+ total views.
- Pioneered narrative structure for AR/VR, 360-camera gear, and photogrammetry.
- Pushed front-page reporting from 2023 Israel-Hamas War, War in Ukraine, liberation of Izyum, and was among the first to document atrocities in Bucha.
- Directed three separate on-the-ground video teams during 14 hours of live coverage on January 6, 2021.
- Doubled the size of the Post's network of freelance video journalists.
- Launched The Post's live broadcast team in 2016 — drew millions to network-level news broadcasts over 9 years.
- Created the Elections Insights Team for "up-to-the-minute" data feed results via touchscreen.
Video News Supervisor
The Associated Press
Lead national supervisor during early launch and scaling of AP's Online Video Network, serving thousands of U.S. and global clients.
- Oversaw daily editorial meetings and nationwide video newsgathering from a team of 12 video journalists, growing to over 20 through training of text reporters.
- Directed daily editorial operations, story assignment, script and video approval, and OVN front page management.
- Winner of multiple Murrow Awards including the 2010 Continuing Coverage on the financial crisis.
- Led video production of major investigations, including 2014 "ZunZuneo" exposé and the 2015 Pulitzer Prize-winning investigation into forced labor in Southeast Asian fishing industry.
- Coordinated logistics and editorial coverage of major global events including presidential elections, Olympics, Super Bowls, and the 70th anniversary of D-Day.
Producer
KCRA-TV Sacramento
Shaped distinguished and engaging morning and evening newscasts for KCRA-TV, the longstanding ratings leader in Northern California.
- Lead political producer during the 2004 Gubernatorial Election.
- Produced a half-hour special on special districts and taxpayer spending — nominated for an Emmy Award.
Freelance Writer
Sacramento News and Review, Woodland Daily Democrat, Davis Enterprise
Investigative, hard news and feature reporter for major weekly publications in the Sacramento Central Valley. Led investigations into methamphetamine production, Rohypnol on college campuses, and money laundering at auto salvage donation sites.
Education
B.A., English Literature
UC Davis
Emphasis on 1920s American literature. Reporter, The Aggie campus newspaper. NCAA Track and Cross-Country competitor.
