At IRE24, I talked about how to read local government budgets, incorporating takeaways from the GFOA conference, which I had attended earlier that month along with about 4,000 city, county and school budget officers.

AmyJo Brown, a veteran journalist passionate about supporting and reshaping local political journalism and who it engages, joined the Knight Lab as a 2022-2023 professional fellow.

Provided the local perspective on how Pennsylvania’s campaign finance laws work in practice, as well as on accessing the data (spoiler: it’s hard) and tips for reporting on it. (Fall 2023. To watch: PNAF092123)

Interviewed by Ian Demsky for his newsletter “The Name of the Dog,” which offers writing advice in journalism, science writing and communications. We talked about finding story ideas and how I teach the skill to students.

Participated on a panel at NICAR 2023, discussing lessons learned about navigating a journalism career and offering advice to those looking for the next move. (IRE membership required to access.)

Interviewed by Kim Lyons, host of the Broadcast Podcast, on local journalism and collaboration, February 2020.

My contribution to the CMU Digital Humanities Literacy Guidebook: Building your own data set.

After learning about the death of Julia Kotuba, the woman who hired me for my first job at the age of 16, I posted this eulogy originally on Facebook. (2019)

Feedback from students who took the intro to journalism class I taught at Point Park University between 2017 and 2019.

Participated in a discussion on The Confluence on 90.5 WESA on the future of journalism, August 2017.