My Work

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All things politics:

An Inside Look at How Amy Klobuchar Decided to Exit the Presidential Campaign [Star Tribune]

Minnesota Legislator’s Job Sparks Call to Change Conflict-of-Interest Rules [Star Tribune]

Minnesota Bills Copied by Other States, Written By Special Interests [Star Tribune]

Rural Minnesota Gun Owners Split on Need to “Try Something” [Star Tribune]

Not So Minnesota Nice: Midterm Fights Light Up Swing State [The Daily Beast]

Keith Ellison Tells Supporters He’ll ‘Keep Fighting’ and Handle Accusations Head-On [The Washington Post]

Women + Politics:

Meet The Millennial Women Running For State Legislature [Refinery29]

If Roe v. Wade Goes, Women May Have To Drive Hours For An Abortion. It's Already Happening in North Dakota [The Daily Beast]

Tatewin Means Wants To Be The First Native American Woman To Serve As Attorney General [Refinery29]

For Women In Congress, The State of the Union Is A #MeToo Moment [Glamour.com]

What It's Like To Live In The Toughest Places For Women [Public Radio International]

Features:

Why Grown Women Worship Johnny Weir [Bustle] 

Meet The Football-Playing Homecoming Queen Breaking The News Cycle [Refinery29]

Squaw Goes Green [Comstock's magazine]

Colleges Are Adding Luxe Perks To Lure Students. But Daycare? Too Expensive [Refinery29]

How The Vicious Boy King Of Free Speech Sparked A Battle At Berkeley [Refinery29]

This Is The New Face Of The Pro-Life Movement [Refinery29]

Voting Helped Her Get "One Step Closer To Feeling Normal" [Refinery29]

General interest:

What's In A Name? For Kentucky Derby Race Horses, Plenty Of References Rules, & Lineage [NBC Owned TV Stations]

Student Loans Delay, Deter Dreams Of Becoming A Nun [NBC Owned TV Stations]

"You May Be Tired, But You're Wiser": Why More Moms Are Having Babies After 40 [NBC Owned TV Stations]

Gift Me: College-Bound Turn To Online Registries [NBC Owned TV Stations]

Some other cool stuff:

I helped New England Cable News create its inaugural New Hampshire presidential primary candidate tracker, an interactive database tracking 2016 hopefuls' visits to the Granite State. 

At NBC, I covered the Olympics, midterm and mayoral elections, and high-profile national and international breaking news events, including the Navy Yard shooting, the Ebola crisis, and California wildfires. 

I was a member of the team that reported and wrote Refinery29's award-winning Daughters of Paradise series on Syrian refugee women. 

Love avocado toast? You might enjoy this story I wrote for Comstocks magazine in 2013. 

I've covered five national conventions! A few examples of the pieces I reported are available here, here, here, here, and here. 

My work as chief correspondent of The Sacramento Bee's Capitol Alert blog was recognized with a Center for California Studies award for best political blogging.

I once went on CBS to talk about a scandal involving a hot mic, sex acts, and a boastful politician (who wasn't Donald Trump).