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WORK EXPERIENCE

Everyday Health 

Oct 2016 - present

Executive Editor

Feb. 2022-present

 

Senior Editor
Oct. 2016-Feb. 2022

  • Manage a team of health reporters and bloggers reviewing pitches and assigning and editing stories on topics including inflammatory bowel dis- eases, heart disease, opioid dependence, and concussion

  • Oversee the editorial department's internship program to bring in new talent and train them to write top SEO content

  • Conceive of and execute on videos, facebook lives, and twitter chats, to engage with our audience on social media

  • Write features for special reports

  • Use tools including Semrush, Searchmetrics, and Google Trends to monitor web traffic and optimize stories for search

  • Edit weekly newsletters for heart health, IBD, and digestive health, and collaborate with the newsletter team on performance and testing 

  • Engage with patient communities to develop media partnerships

  • Researched and reported daily news briefs and feature packages with videos and photos including several that ranked among the site's most popular stories.

  • Edited articles and augmented videos with additional reporting.

  • Photoshopped images for use in web galleries and as promos.

Freelance Journalist & Editor

Nov 2012 - Apr 2015

  • Edited personal essays, biographies, and autobiographies by and about women at CUNY Graduate School of Journalism, including one personal essay on Buzzfeed that has received half a million views.

  • Copy edited and fact-checked magazine articles for Popular Science.

Weekend EditorSmart Planet

Jan 2012 - Nov 2012

  • Increased weekend traffic to the site with articles on the latest in science, health and technology news.

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EDUCATION

CUNY Graduate School of Journalism

Master of Arts, 2011

Science and Health Reporting

University of Illinois at Chicago

Bachelor of Arts, 2007

Writing with a minor in French

PROFESSIONAL APPEARANCES

Host, Facebook Live, Everyday Health

Living With An Invisible Illness

Host, Facebook Live, Everyday Health

Optimizing Gut Health: Microbiome Experts Answer Your Questions

 

Host, Facebook Live, Everyday health

Expert Tips for Treating and Preventing Bug Bites With Essential Oils

BOOKS
 

“DIY Rainbow Catcher,” Book and
S.T.E.M. Kit from Klutz

AWARDS
 

Digital Health Award Winner, 2020
(Bronze),
How Resilience Helped Me
Transform My Life After a Brain Injury

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