Editing

I pitched this story as a localized piece about the growing popularity of NFTs that featured two Columbia artists, and I worked closely with other Vox Magazine editors to reshape the story's structure and add in secondary sourcing that explains this complex topic.

As the editor on this story, I helped the writer to organize the piece in a way that clearly took readers through the process of papermaking, and I also worked closely with the assistant director of photography to make sure this story had the right visuals.

From the initial pitch through the entire editing process of this profile of a local transfeminine ceramics artist, I had multiple conversations with Vox Magazine editors and staff to make needed adjustments to our local style to make it more inclusive.

While editing this story, I payed close attention to the technical and scientific details in order to make sure they were presented clearly and concisely for readers.

Editing this story about a local renaissance festival involved making substantive structural changes, adding secondary sources and doing a detailed fact check to make sure all the details were historically accurate.

From the time this story was pitched, I helped the writer brainstorm who to talk with for the story and how to best cover this sensitive topic.

I was an online editor for this story meaning that I helped to produce the story from the print version to the online version, a process which included creating an embedded timeline of the Missouri Special Olympics.

For this profile of a local holiday tree-lighter, I helped the writer refine their pitch, and I also collaborated closely with the assistant director of photography to make the story’s visuals as compelling as possible.

Along with a Vox Magazine staff editor, I helped the writer to refine and shape this story pitch and find local sources, and I collaborated with the design team to create illustrations that fit with the story.

I worked with the writer to make sure this story was full of scenes and details from multiple local sources that captured the spirit and significance of the day's celebrations.

For this feature about a nonprofit’s new educational program, I did a thorough edit with the writer to make sure the story had enough context alongside quotes from the attendees.

Editing this story involved sitting down with the writer and going paragraph by paragraph to add secondary sources and move around sections to improve the story's flow.

Editing this story required detailed attention to the historical facts and explanations included throughout the story to make sure that there were no inaccuracies in fact or context.

This story came to be after I heard about a shooting on the local police scanner, alerted the other editors, sent out a reporter and stayed in contact with that reporter while they gathered details from the scene.

Editing this story involved working closely with the writer to make sure that there was enough broader context about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict alongside accurate descriptions of the local protest.