This was a culmination of over ten years of work covering gun violence and mass shootings. I worked on the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in 2012 and covered shootings regularly as part of my reporting responsibilities at the New York Post. My Director at NBC News, John Mancini, and I spent a lot of time discussing how we wanted to look at this issue not through a political lens but through the human experience of surviving such a devastating event. LINK HERE
While at NBC News our country saw a radical increase in mass shootings. I deployed on a number of them including the Pulse Nightclub shooting. I also worked on many of those shootings from the office in a social newsgathering role curating lists and remembrances of fatal victims. As I read through a list of the country's most deadly mass shootings compiled by Mother Jones, out of the top four, I worked on three and deployed on two. Out of a list of the top 25 deadliest and highest casualty (injuries) rates, I worked on nine in some way. While this may provide you some window into the heart of this reporter, the picture is incomplete without realizing that I’ve worked on gun-related violence and indeed, other violent crimes for my entire career. From just those nine shootings, however, I have helped to build out the life histories and personal details or details of what they experienced in their final moments for 234 people. This doesn’t include the Umpqua College Shooting in Oregon or the Charleston Church Shooting, both of which I deployed on. While working on the Charleston Church Shooting, I obtained the first words from the surviving pastor in the church that night and also exclusive photos of Dylan Roof as a child and altar boy. But as we have seen, the shootings don’t stop and the solutions to the public health crisis that is gun violence are ever harder to find and put into action. More work is needed on this subject matter, and I am ready to return to work. LINK HERE
As a reporter, sometimes we have to step back from daily coverage and take a look at significant anniversaries. Sandy Hook Elementary was one of those stories but the ten-year anniversary of Katrina making landfall in New Orleans was an important one for me. First I should say, I was overpassed to cover the storm when I worked at the New York Post, so I was very excited to be able to contribute on such an important anniversary after the fact. However, talking with Arianna Evans, completely changed my life in a good way. Reporting on her as a follow-up and finding out about her transition sent me into a flurry of research that started a more personal journey of self-discovery. There were some other stories I worked on related to transgender children as well, but Evans cracked open a long closed and chained-shut box of self-awareness. I started my transition in 2021. Day one of testosterone treatments started on my 43rd birthday. We worked on a complete package outlining personal stories of resilience and took a look at some of the lingering problems that continue to plague the area today. I felt privileged to have been able to work on such an important anniversary story. LINK HERE
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