Black Panthers’ legacy, image at issue in feud over historic sites
An effort to memorialize the Illinois Black Panther Party has exposed a divide over how to preserve its legacy — and who should tell its story.
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I'm a reporter and editor studying Journalism and Gender & Sexuality Studies at Northwestern University. I am currently a general assignment reporter for the Chicago Sun-Times, where I have worked on national stories like the UAW and WGA strikes, as well as stories on local events and issues. I have also worked as a multiplatform editing intern at the San Francisco Chronicle, a reporting intern at Sound Publishing in Washington state, and as the Summer Editor in Chief, Print Managing Editor and the Campus Editor at The Daily Northwestern. I have covered labor, activism, law, politics and much more. I am a member of NLGJA and ACES.
Northwestern University — 2024
Featured Work
Young workers grapple with the future of AI, worry about being replaced by technology
Artificial intelligence is always top of mind for Zachary Evans, an investment researcher at Morningstar Research Services in Chicago.
Jewish community in Skokie raises fears after Israeli yard signs stolen, torn up
Skokie residents Jon and Miriam Friedman woke up Friday to find their pro-Israel yard signs had been stolen and torn up.
A sad plot twist for book lovers: Newberry Book Fair to be shelved
The final chapter has come to a close for Newberry Library’s annual book fair after nearly 40 years.
Former Signature Room workers protest restaurant’s abrupt closure, seek back pay
After the Signature Room closed permanently last week without giving its workers notice, Unite Here Local 1, the union representing the 132 former restaurant workers, filed a lawsuit Monday asking for back pay, health insurance coverage, and other benefits and relief.
Budding kid scientists set off 90 model volcanoes for Museum of Science and Industry’s 90th anniversary
Donning white lab coats and safety goggles, 90 elementary school students lined up at tables on the front lawn of the Museum of Science and Industry to set off old-school model volcanoes on Thursday morning.
Sparks fly as Swift enchants
Two hours after her delayed flight from New York landed, Charlie Detelich was decked out in a yellow-feathered chicken costume at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara for “Taylor Swift Weekend.”
Speed cameras would ticket drivers in these California cities under proposed bill
Drivers in three Bay Area cities may soon receive automated tickets from speed cameras, if a bill co-sponsored by Mayor London Breed is approved by the Legislature and signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom.
Community members gather, reflect on lost lives at Evanston Pride candle light ceremony
Evanston residents slowly walked among lit candles, scattering petals from their roses in a quiet, contemplative ceremony commemorating the lives of transgender people who died in the past year.
In Focus: As workers across the country tackle pandemic-related obstacles, Northwestern’s labor force continues to clash with the University over unionization efforts
About 50 people marched from The Rock to the Provost’s Office on Oct. 12, 2021 as Northwestern’s library workers prepared to deliver a list of demands to administrators. Community members, including advocates involved in Northwestern University Graduate Workers and Students Organizing for Labor Rights, accompanied the library workers in support.
