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This story represents one of my greatest strengths as a reproter: uncovering the hudden mechanisms that explains how and why the world works the way it does. A simple question with a surprsing answer. The greatest challenge in reporting this piece was turning this into a visual story with compelling sound.
The price of eggs is very clearly a business story, but that doesn't mean covering it should deviate from the real people it impacts. Scaling the national headlines about the price of eggs to a local level contextualized what was actually driving up costs and how it was impacting real people in the community.
The story isn't about a prison with a garden, it's about redemption and hope. This story required me to come in with an open mind and engage in really vulnerable and open dialogue to uncover the "real" story. It was a stretch assignment that really underscored the importance of being a flexible and tactful interviewer.
While working on the business and finance newsletter, I created more than 25 of these in-depth topic pages from the world of business and finance. The topic pages give readers the entire spectrum of knowledge, from a high level, deeply contextual overview to specifc, often forgotten or overlooked facts. The pages I created spanned from financial topics (private equity, index funds, sovereign wealth, GDP, deflation), businesses (Peloton, McDonald's, BlackRock, Nike), benchmark events (Great Recession, Dot Com Bubble) and people (Mark Zuckerberg, Ray Dalio, the Robber Barons). Though not a traditional reporting role, I deeply researched and wrote each page, which expanded my own knowledge of the business world and gave me so much practice in translating business jargon for the everyman.
While working with 1440, I created short-form business and finance video content. Each video, while designed to caputre viewer's curiosity and support the existing newsletter franchise, was intentionally crafted for social media engagement. It was my first go at social video, forcing me to expand my skills as a video writer and my on-screen presence.
