Employment

  Video Producer // XXL Magazine / Harris Publications
January 2025 – November 2025

• Write and produce engaging Hip-Hop news videos that are both timely and evergreen, and provide reference and understanding of Rap’s current events and history.
• Gather assets via Getty, YouTube, and other sources to assist the digestibility of the videos.
• Conduct interviews and process FOIA requests to provide better context for the subjects.

Contributing Writer
August 2013 – Present

• Wrote an investigative piece about Hip-Hop’s commercial viability for the print Spring 2024 issue.
• Penned ‘The Break’ features profiling rising Hip-Hop artists.
• Covered festivals and produced other exclusive content.

  Senior Staff Writer // BET News / Paramount
October 2015 – December 2023

• Sought out political, world news, sports, celebrities, and music stories while often expanding simple aggregation to find new angles to cover them.
• Coordinated and built relationships with publicists, managers, and record labels to set up high-profile interview features and other projects.
• Took part in artist playbacks at BET’s Manhattan office, building relationships with managers/musicians, often interviewing them.
• Created the rising artist profile series #OnTheVerge, interviewing dozens of artists to tell their stories very early on in their careers.
• Helped launch #Unboxed, another series that profiles artists who do not fit in the company’s traditional Hip-Hop and R&B focus.
• Interview profiled established artists with breaking news often resulting from those stories.
• Scooped exclusive stories outside of music profiles, including the aftermath of the Buffalo supermarket mass shooting and Bernie Sanders’ trip to Freddie Gray’s Baltimore neighborhood.
• Became BET.com’s music staff interim editor from December 2015 to April 2016, producing and editing copy while seeking out stories appropriate to the site’s brand.
• Headed coverage of special anniversary pieces and lookbacks at some of the most impactful moments in Black culture.
• Created lists and other content in coordination with current news to expand traffic to BET.com while helping foster exclusivity.
• Mastered CMS’ Adobe Experience Manager and Lumen to enter, write, and publish stories as well as edit BET’s homepage layout.
• Dictated header photo editing and managed assets within stories.

   News Writer // Ambrosia For Heads
February 2018 – March 2020

• Pitched and covered current news stories in the world of Hip-Hop.
• Assisted in the story pitching and production of ‘Do Remember’, an AFH series highlighting specific memories in Hip-Hop history.
• Premiered music using WordPress to gather assets and publish.
• Worked with editors to create feature ideas and other content.

   News Writer // HipHopDX / Cheri Media Group
June 2011 – January 2016

• Covered current Hip-Hop news stories.
• Pitched and produced interview and opinion features.
• Covered on-the-ground events, including concerts and festivals.
• Used CMS’ CheriePie and WordPress to produce content.

   Contributing Writer // 614 Magazine / 614 Media Group
June 2016 – July 2017

• Profiled artists and notable people from Columbus, Ohio.
• Covered Columbus events and produced stories around them.
• Profiled restaurants and other venues in Columbus.

Contributing Writer // Billboard / Penske Media Corporation
April 2015 – September 2016

• Pitched and wrote anniversary pieces commemorating classic Hip-Hop albums, interviewing the artists who created them.
• Wrote detailed look-back at Tupac’s rumored ‘One Nation’ album.

  Features Writer // Nah Right
April 2014 – November 2015

• Worked with founder Eskay to create compelling, unique feature pieces as one of the few writers in the site’s storied history.
• Created ‘Memory Lane’, a lookback series at classic Rap albums.
• Created ‘Next Up’, a rising artist profile series new to the platform.
• Premiered songs and videos using WordPress to create the posts.
• Produced in-depth lists all at my editorial direction.

  Music Channel Aggregator // Complex / Complex Media Network
August 2012 – January 2013

• Covered music while breaking stories and premiering new content.
• Used company in-house CMS to post stories after gathering assets.
• Produced in-depth lists and interview features, collaborating with editors on their direction.

  Sports Department Intern // WBNS 10TV / Dispatch Broadcasting Group
June 2012 – August 2012

• Assisted in sports news research for various program segments.
• Helped create video segments using non-linear editing software.
• Covered the Memorial Golf Tournament in 2010 and 2012.
• Assisted reporters in creating sports news packages.

Education

  Ohio University // E.W. Scripps School of Communication
August 2008 – August 2012  |  Athens, Ohio
Degree: Bachelor’s of Science in Journalism – Broadcast News focus
Specialization: Political Science / History

 Fort Hayes Metropolitan Education Center
August 2006 – May 2008  |  Columbus, Ohio
Degree: Certificate of Completion – Radio/TV Media Arts
Additional Recognition:
– Fort Hayes Metro Education Center Radio/TV Award of Distinction
– Jack Gibbs Career Center Student of the Year Award finalist
– National Technical Honors Society Member