What I do: I lead visual storytelling at The Hechinger Report, collaborating with photographers and illustrators to underscore and amplify the impact of our journalism.
My background: I started out as a photojournalist in Pittsburgh, where I learned how much a single image can shape a story. That experience eventually pulled me toward photo editing, first at TIME Magazine and later as deputy photo editor at Al Jazeera America. In 2016, I joined National Geographic as a senior photo editor. There I oversaw the magazine’s environmental photo coverage, launched (and hosted) the “Overheard at NatGeo” podcast and ran the @NatGeo Instagram account. In 2020, I pivoted to the intersection of tech and journalism, managing a team of editors responsible for the editorial integrity and accuracy of images displayed across Google’s products. Outside the newsroom, I enjoy digging into historic photo archives and long-term visual projects.
Journalistic ethics: In a media environment saturated with manipulated and AI-generated imagery, trust is non-negotiable. My responsibility is to ensure the visual decisions we make are grounded in accuracy, fairness and context, so our audiences can trust what they see.