English editor
- Edit English-language articles for The Reporters, a literary journalism magazine featuring Ukrainian writers.
- Edit English-language content for partner NGOs and international organizations
Journalist and editor with extensive experience in digital reporting, and editing, Skilled at breaking news coverage, in-depth features, and multimedia storytelling.
Awards: 2022 Peter S. Popovich Award, by the Minnesota Society of Professional Journalists for advocacy in press freedom and journalistic rights.
Awards: Recognized by the Minnesota Society of Professional Journalists for best “Enterprise/In-Depth” single-story reporting (2020) for co-written coverage of evolving police tactics near George Floyd Square.
Award: 2019 Marconi Award, “Best Radio Podcast,” for “Denied Justice”: Served on the script writing, editing, and production team for this investigative podcast with the Star Tribune. The series exposed Minnesota law enforcement’s failures to investigate certain rape cases.
Accomplishments: Wrote two “How to Help” articles on the Syrian refugee crisis, each exceeding 500,000 unique readers. (here and here). Authored a feature on refugee resettlement in Montana that was highlighted by the Solutions Journalism Network.
Accomplishments: Increased unique site visitors by 18.45% year over year, even during budget cuts, by launching new editorial verticals
Accomplishments: Doubled the downtown section’s audience to more than 100,000 monthly visitors and built a loyal base of readers, contributors, and sponsors.
Accomplishments: Received a first-place South Carolina State Press Association award for a three-part series on Dan Hiers, a local police officer accused of killing his wife before fleeing. Interviewed the victim’s family in Portuguese, resulting in deeper, more humanistic coverage than prior reports
Awards: Won a South Carolina Press Association award for a follow-up piece on a suspected gang shooting, focusing on a pastor’s intervention to prevent further violence
English: Native
Portuguese: Fluent spoken
Spanish: Conversational, able to conduct interviews without a translator
Ukrainian: Approaching A2, currently studying