Political Reporting
Missouri State Government

PolitiFact

In collaboration with PolitiFact and the Columbia Missourian, I worked on a 12-person team of reporters to fact check claims made by Missouri politicians. As part of this process, I researched and interviewed expert sources to verify these politicians' claims. I, along with my team, collected Missouri Gov. Greitens' primary campaign promises and wrote the initial status reports on these promises for Missouri's first-ever PolitiFact Truth-O-Meter: the Greitens Gauge. Three other reporters and I attended the regional Society of Professional Journalists conference to speak about our work (pictured above with our editor: far right).
November 19, 2017
GREITENS GAUGE: Ban gifts from lobbyists
Eric Greitens campaigned on fixing what he says has become the politically corrupt Missouri capital. Greitens promised during his campaign to “clean up the mess by banning gifts from lobbyists.”
October 23, 2018
FACT CHECK: Hartzler's comment about crash deaths correct but lacks context
Congresswoman Vicky Hartzler, R-Mo., issued a press release on Sept. 8, in which she connected a lack of military investment to issues in military readiness and accidents for service members. She said, “The 42 soldiers killed in crashes this summer exceeds the number of soldiers killed in the Afghanistan conflict.”
October 05, 2017
Margaret Sanger, alleged white supremacist?
"It's time to remove any statue of Margaret Sanger who was a white suprematist (sic), spoke at kkk events & supported by democrats. #prolife"
— Andrew Koenig on Friday, August 18th, 2017 in a tweet
Colorado Community Media
September 05, 2018
All-female team leads Cherry Creek Theatre
The managers of Cherry Creek Theatre (CCT) have made an unprecedented move in the company’s history — some say in the history of all of Denver’s theater community: They have hired an all-female team of directors for the upcoming 2019 season.
June 18, 2018
No coincidences for colorful, sweaty, crazy German bicycling from coast-to-coast
Tall, lanky and bald, dressed in a neon orange cycling outfit and bright purple glasses, Jörg Richter walked out of Adams County Fire Rescue Station 14 in flip-flops — and immediately started poking fun at himself.