Experience

Freelance journalist since 2019, with bylines in Southern Living, Food & Wine, Bon Appetit, The Wall Street Journal, National Geographic and The New York Times, among other publications. I have also served as a judge for the James Beard Foundation.
Former general manager at Sidecar, which created professional development for the association industry. I oversaw content, marketing, membership, live and virtual conferences, and sales and growth strategies.
In nearly seven years at The Times-Picayune, I worked around the newsroom, including as arts and entertainment reporter, lead reporter, breaking news editor and metro columnist.
Interned at The Republican-American and The Times-Picayune.

Graduated from LSU, cum laude, with a degree in mass communication and experience on The Daily Reveille's copy desk and as editor-in-chief of the quarterly student magazine, Legacy.

1st place, Best Breaking News Reporting, New Orleans Press Club, with Richard Fausset and Katy Reckdahl, for "In New Orleans, Anxiously Watching the Levees as Hurricane Ida Arrives," for The New York Times, July 2022
2nd place, Best Lifestyle Reporting, New Orleans Press Club, for "How One New Orleans Restaurant Uses Food to Tell the Stories of People's Lives," for Departures, July 2022
3rd place, Best Feature Reporting: Light Feature, New Orleans Press Club, for "All French is Good French," for National Geographic, July 2022
2nd place, Best Column, New Orleans Press Club, July 2019
Commencement speaker, LSU's Manship School of Mass Communication, fall 2018
Louisiana-Mississippi Associated Press Broadcasters and Media Editors, 1st place in business category, for "Tipping Point" series with Katherine Sayre, 2018
Editorial Professional of the Year, Women in Media, Baton Rouge, 2015