Check out my most recent reporting from NPR’s Morning Edition here! In addition to producing the show, I’m a frequent on-air contributor and have covered everything from internet culture to mental health and sustainable living. As a TikTok content creator, I use my awareness of the platform to break down what’s happening on the app: how creators feel about the ban, the so-called “influencer voice,” and how schools around the United States are addressing student phone use. In addition, I’ve produced over 100 episodes of the Up First podcast, which can be found wherever you get podcasts.
Morning Edition from NPR – selected works
Here’s how TikTok creators are preparing for a TikTok ban
Move over couples. Meet the single women sending out holiday cards
Why Gen Z loves the digital compact cameras that millennials used to covet
Teens can’t get off their phones. Here’s what some schools are doing about it
She ran the New York City Marathon drunk. And she’d do it again
This is what it’s really like to have OCD, according to 4 people living with it
Life Kit episode: I ditched plastic for a week. Here’s what I learned
Bull riding is more dangerous than football. Here’s why two teenagers love it
Why Nevada’s housing crisis is about more than Californians driving up home prices
MAGA hats, a rodeo, and carnival games: What we saw at a festival west of Las Vegas
Here’s what role Nevada — and its voters — could play in the 2024 election
It’s the summer of cucumber salad. Try these 4 recipes at home
I avoided plastic for a week. Here is what I learned about a plastic-free life
How to live without plastics for a month, according to the founder of a global movement
My essay in the Up First newsletter about our Summer of Love series
What will marriage look like in the future?
Women no longer have to make the first move on Bumble. Will it make the app better?
Nature has a mixtape. The U.N. hopes young people will listen to it
Do you have ‘TikTok voice’? It’s OK if you don’t want to get rid of it
Young voters focus more on issues than candidates in 2024 presidential election
Less oversharing and more intimate AI relationships? Internet predictions for 2024
Why your brain finds Spotify Wrapped so irresistible
Jon Batiste and Suleika Jaouad share journey of ‘two extremes’ in American Symphony
Should my Halloween costume include a fake scar? This activist says no
Breaking down the TikTok hype behind this preppy Dallas boutique for tweens
One sister survived cancer. Five years later, the other one is still processing it
How did we come to live extremely online? Mommy bloggers, says one writer
As the Women’s World Cup gets underway, a look at the history of the sports bra
Father’s Day is this weekend. Three dads tell NPR about fatherhood in 2023
Natural brands have taken over the deodorant aisle — but do they work?
Unlikely connection: college students in Ukraine and the U.S. form a bond
What will AI mean for the popular app Be My Eyes?
Garbology is the study of trash. This is why students love it
Lambs aren’t white and fluffy and other lessons learned at this campus farm
Students learn lessons on climate change, pollution through raising salmon
Young folks are moving in with their parents in record numbers. Meet 5 making it work
People here live in complete darkness for 2.5 months. Here’s how they do it
How I Built This from NPR — research by me; production, editing, and everything else by NPR in partnership with Amazon Music and Wondery.
Lynda.com: Lynda Weinman and Bruce Heavin
Dude Perfect: Cory Cotton and Tyler Toney
Uncle Nearest Premium Whiskey: Fawn Weaver
Moderna and Flagship Pioneering: Noubar Afeyan
Back to the Roots: Nikhil Arora and Alejandro Velez
Stasher and Modern Twist: Kat Nouri
Merge Records: Laura Ballance and Mac McCaughan
Planet: Will Marshall and Robbie Schingler
Spin Master/PAW Patrol: Ronnen Harary
Discovery Channel and Curiosity Stream: John Hendricks
Dang Foods: Vincent and Andrew Kitirattragarn
Goodreads: Otis and Elizabeth Chandler
Discord: Jason Citron : Wondery
Sukhi’s Gourmet Indian Food: Sukhi Singh and Dalbir Singh : Wondery
WordPress & Automattic: Matt Mullenweg : Wondery
Mitchell Gold + Bob Williams Home Furnishings: Mitchell Gold and Bob Williams : Wondery
Florentine Films: Ken Burns : Wondery
Zola: Shan-Lyn Ma : Wondery
Raising Cane’s: Todd Graves : Wondery
PODS & Red Rover: Pete Warhurst : Wondery
Nature’s Path: Arran and Ratana Stephens : Wondery
PayPal: Max Levchin (Part 1 of 2) : Wondery
Affirm: Max Levchin (Part 2 of 2) : Wondery
Twitch: Emmett Shear : Wondery
Chobani: Hamdi Ulukaya : Wondery
Stateside from Michigan Public — I wrote the below web buildouts (production, editing, and everything else by Michigan Public). I also produced segments of the daily radio show many days between December 2021 and March 2022, which can be found at michiganpublic.org/stateside.
Morning ritual: Marquette photographer captures 1,000 sunrises and counting
Stateside Podcast: Has Dave Chappelle crossed a line?
Eastside Detroit homeowner on keeping the Halloween spirit year round
Stateside Podcast: What Biden’s infrastructure bill means for Michigan
Stateside Podcast: Michigan leads U.S. in COVID-19 cases
Stateside Podcast: Two parents talk about COVID in schools
Detroit’s nearly century old Thanksgiving Parade returns to pre-pandemic glory
Students, elected officials and community leaders respond to Oxford High shooting
Stateside Podcast: Fifteen and charged as an adult
Nonalcoholic beer is having a moment. Michigan is behind the curve.
Stateside Podcast: New life for an iconic Michigan barn
Conspiracies grip county election boards
Grand Rapids college student’s memoir on courage and persecution encourages more equitable future
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