Radio, Photo & Print Journalism
Radio, photo, and print journalist with more than 20 years of experience creating sound-rich stories for news outlets across the country—from community radio to NPR and its affiliates.
Deep-dive investigation into the political battle over civilian oversight of Boulder police, featuring voices from across the ideological spectrum.
KGNU · with Jacob Agatston ⭐ SPJ Top of the Rockies · Colorado Broadcasters Association Police AccountabilityInvestigation into the Aurora police shooting of Kilyn Lewis, an unarmed Black man killed in 8 seconds. Coverage spans protests, city council confrontations, and the family's fight for justice.
KGNU HousingWhy Housing First works: the economic and human case for getting people into permanent housing.
KGNU ⭐ Solutions Journalism Network Selection, 2021 HousingWhat a city can do when they waive excess red tape: 26 tiny homes providing transitional housing for veterans.
KGNU · Syndicated on Aspen Public Radio ⭐ Colorado Broadcasters Association, 2022Longer-form audio storytelling—evergreen pieces that reward a deeper listen.
Housing PolicySlate's Henry Grabar, author of Paved Paradise: How Parking Explains the World, on why parking requirements add tens of thousands to housing costs—and what Colorado is doing about it.
KGNUStanford researcher Dr. Denise Pope on why anti-cheating technology misses the real problem.
KGNUTED speaker Rebecca McMackin on creating pollinator-friendly gardens.
KGNUJude's journey from homelessness to housing through Boulder's Housing First initiative.
KGNUColorado History Museum reinterprets a 19th-century fort to tell the fuller story of the American West.
Aspen Public RadioGleidys Rodriguez survived the Darien Gap and assault to share her story—a window into what thousands of new Coloradans have endured.
The workforce depends on immigrants even as policies make their lives harder.
Denver muralist creates 3-story portrait of Venezuelan opposition leader.
Lessons from the fall of Saigon for today's immigration debate.
My photographic work documents communities in moments of joy, grief, and resistance—from police accountability protests in Aurora to fishing villages in Alaska. I believe images should tell their own stories while complementing the voices of the people I cover.
From the Archives
UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism · 2012
During grad school, I spent a few months walking around Richmond with a camera and audio recorder. People were incredibly generous with their time and stories. I submitted this project as my photojournalism graduate thesis—it let me experiment with blending photo, audio, and video into something that didn't fit into one neat category.
As News Editor at KGNU, I mentor interns and community contributors, helping shape stories that amplify diverse voices. Here's a selection of award-winning and nominated work I've edited.
Episodes featuring music I wove in
I create space for people to be honest—and then hold systems accountable for what that honesty reveals. My work pairs intimate, character-driven storytelling with policy-focused investigations, giving airtime to communities that powerful institutions would rather ignore or simplify.
I've spent more than 20 years creating sound-rich stories for news outlets across the country, from the fishing villages of Southeast Alaska to the streets of Richmond, California, and Colorado's Front Range. My reporting moves between deeply personal narratives and accountability journalism: a Venezuelan immigrant's trauma and the systems that failed her, families grieving police violence and the incomplete database meant to track it, HOA victims and the legislation their stories helped change.
Most recently, I served as Senior News Reporter and Digital Media Director at KGNU Community Radio in Boulder, where I reported, edited, and co-hosted the Morning Magazine. I also overhauled the station's digital infrastructure—implementing SEO, sitemaps, and news feed integration that the site had lacked for years—which helped boost digital engagement by over 300%. I built and led the news internship program, with former mentees now working at outlets including 9 News, Colorado Public Radio, This American Life, and KKCO. I integrate AI tools into my workflow for research, content development, and interview preparation, while maintaining editorial integrity and human-centered storytelling.
I hold dual Master's degrees in Radio Journalism and Photojournalism from the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism—a combination that shapes how I approach every story: listening closely, watching carefully, and connecting what I see and hear to the policies that shape people's lives.
Available for freelance assignments, collaborations, and speaking engagements about community journalism and storytelling.
