I’m a data reporter covering education in Boston.
I am part of the Boston Globe’s Great Divide team covering race, class and opportunity in Boston and New England schools. I’ve written about COVID learning losses, enrollment declines and other financial pressures on the public school system, battles of how to allocate scarce educational resources, and the day-to-day ,
Prior to joining the Globe, I spent two years as a local editor for Patch.com, covering five towns north of the city. I previously worked at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette as a data, county government and general assignment reporter. I was part of the Pulitzer Prize-winning coverage of the Tree of Life shooting and other award-winning investigations.
I studied data journalism at Columbia University and Sciences Po Paris and math and French at Williams College. While at Sciences Po, I worked in the infographics bureau of the Agence France Presse. I’ve also written for McClatchy and the Berkshire Eagle.
Areas of Expertise
Data journalism
Investigative reporting
Education reporting
Visualizations
Examples of my work
A high school dropout and trucker, Robert Bowers left few footprints — except online
This story I reported and wrote with two colleagues on the Tree of Life shooting was part of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette’s Pulitzer Prize-winning coverage of the tragedy.
2021 Was MA's Deadliest Year On The Road Since 2007 — Here's Why
This recent data-driven story is an example of the statewide work I do at Patch alongside the daily local coverage of my communities.
Awards
2019 Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette staff coverage of the Tree of Life shooting.
2025 National Association of Black Journalists Salute to Excellence Award
Boston Globe series on the 50th anniversary of the desegregation of Boston Public Schools.
2025 Society for News Design Excellence Award
Graphics in the Globe series on Boston school desegregation.
2020 Press Club of Western Pennsylvania Golden Quill Award
Post-Gazette series on childhood poverty.
2019 Press Club of Western Pennsylvania Golden Quill Award
Post-Gazette series on the high cost of poverty.
2019 National Association of Real Estate Editors Bronze Medal
Post-Gazette series on evictions in the Pittsburgh area.
2019 Pittsburgh Black Media Federation Robert L. Vann Award
Post-Gazette series on diversity in Pittsburgh-area police.