I’m a journalist who focuses on money, access and power in politics.
More specifically, I’m a reporter and editor at NHPR, New Hampshire’s NPR station. I like to make the invisible parts of politics more visible — whether that’s how elected officials are earning or spending their money, how outside interests are influencing policy through direct and more difficult-to-trace means, how seemingly small changes to voting eligibility can have a big impact, or how one of the most iconic traditions in American politics really got started. For the last year, I’ve been part of the team that produced Stranglehold, a podcast about the people and institutions behind New Hampshire’s first-in-the-nation presidential primary. I also work with colleagues across the newsroom to sharpen our accountability reporting muscles across coverage areas, improve our audience engagement strategy and ensure our work is making an impact.
Before that, I covered politics, health and other local news for the Concord Monitor, with an eye toward the characters who made the communities around Concord tick — whether they were caring for a local cemetery, an escaped emu or a 400-person legislature.
I’ve also written about student media and open records issues for the Student Press Law Center, reported on the intern economy for ProPublica, contributed student life coverage to the Chronicle of Higher Education and — a few years back — rounded out a four-year stint at The Daily Collegian, where I led that independent student newsroom through one of the most turbulent news cycles in campus history.