I'm a journalist at Reuters news agency in New York, covering energy issues like new regulations after the North Carolina coal ash spill, crude-by-rail train wrecks and Lake Michigan oil spills, as well as shale oil in Oklahoma.

I've covered many beats at Reuters including New York politics, when I wrote about New York Mayor Bill deBlasio according to tales from his neighbors; federal spending, reporting on stories like couples who saw both spouses furloughed during the government shutdown; and legal news, for example, law schools and and lawsuits stemming from Hurricane Sandy.

I also feed my soul with freelance. I've written about the business of Chinese weddings for The Atlantic, interviewed Mark Zuckerberg's dad for dentists' Incisal Edge Magazine, and covered gender diversity and corporate governance for The American Lawyer publications. My work has been featured on CUNY's The Voices of New York, a news project that translates news for New York's immigrant populations, and I dabble in video and radio.

A native of Gary, Ind., I received my bachelor’s degree from Indiana University, and my mast