As a child, I wanted to be so many different things when I grew up. As a journalist, I can be. My reporting has taken me across the country and abroad — from New York and Arizona to Italy and Los Angeles — and into new communities, perspectives and systems.

That curiosity led me to the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University, where I will graduate this May with dual degrees in journalism and psychology.

Over the past few years, I’ve gained hands-on experience through internships and fellowships. At CBS/KCAL News in Los Angeles, I shadowed reporters covering daily crime and breaking news. As a contributing reporter for the USA Today Network–New York, I analyzed hundreds of records while investigating police misconduct, including sexual harassment and stalking. 

Most recently, as a Carnegie-Knight News21 fellow in Phoenix, I reported across multiple states on the expansion of immigration detention under a second Trump administration.

My reporting has earned bylines in over a dozen news outlets nationwide. I’m passionate about producing investigative and enterprise reporting that audiences trust.

Ida B. Wells