Writing

A high school paper about Brian Wilson is the first writing success I can recall in my life. Through it, I turned my English teacher into a lifelong Beach Boys fan.

Since then, I have spent much of my time helping demonstrate the meaning in others’ stories. After studying communications at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, I worked as a reporter for The Birmingham Times for two years.

I then moved over to United Way of Central Alabama in the fall of 2023, where I worked as a Public Relations Specialist, helping to coordinate media and producing much of the organization’s text-based content, among other things.

Below, I’ve compiled a number of samples of my writing, appearing in UWCA’s blog and on The Birmingham Times’ website.

United Way of Central Alabama

From 2023 to 2025, I served as the Public Relations Specialist in United Way of Central Alabama’s combined Marketing and Communications department.

Hired for my writing experience, the core of my job was creating text content for a wide array of applications. Namely, I produced press releases and blogs. In doing so, I learned about the organization inside and out, interviewing donors, volunteers and clients, as well as workers within the organization’s direct services and workers across UWCA’s more than 79 partner agencies.

Beyond the core responsibilities of my job, I also served as the organization’s principal photographer and regularly worked on several other significant projects at a time, both text-based and not.

Among those other projects were:

  • Serving as creative lead and writer of UWCA’s first annual Endowment Report.

  • Producing foundational print collateral and editing the introductory video for UWCA’s inCommunity initiative.

  • Compiling and sorting an internal listing of all programs provided by UWCA and its partners ahead of a monumental shift in communications strategy.

The Birmingham Times

From 2021 to 2023, I was a Staff Reporter at The Birmingham Times.

I first discovered a taste for journalism while I was in college, and straight after graduation, the Times put me to work. From day one, I started covering a wide variety of stories from across the city of Birmingham.

My beat included daily news out of local government and business, as well as small and large-scale features on local people and institutions.

Working directly under Barnett Wright, the paper’s Executive Editor and a truly singular reporter, I learned tons about how to focus on what’s important, handle difficult interviews and pivot when plans don’t work how they were initially conceived.

Beyond the work I was able to produce, the Times vastly strengthened my understanding of Birmingham and people and introduced me to countless individuals throughout this community.