Multimedia Samples

Multimedia Samples

Explore through my various multimedia samples. From a feature length story at WUNC, to social media optimized audio and video, check out all of my reporting tailored for multimedia consumption below!

Trump Declares ‘Liberation Day’ in D.C., Calls in National Guard

(The Center Square) – “Liberation Day” arrived Monday in Washington, D.C., as declared by President Donald Trump. The president declared a crime emergency in the district and said the National Guard will soon patrol the streets in an effort to curb crime. Flanked by U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, FBI Director Kash Patel, Interior Secretary Doug Burgum, Secretary of the Army Daniel Driscoll and U.S. Attorney of the District of Columbia Jeanine Pirro, the president announced that he is invoking the D.C. Home Rule Act to take federal control of Metropolitan Police Department while deploying the National Guard, with threats more military could be called in to assist.

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Judges Question Arguments in Case Over Trump’s Tariff Power

(The Center Square) – Appellate court judges scrutinized President Donald Trump's tariff authority on Thursday, asking attorneys on both sides of the case tough questions about the president's authority to restructure global trade without help from Congress. Trump has used the International Emergency Economic Powers Act to underpin his "Liberation Day" tariffs. On April 2, Trump announced reciprocal tariffs on nearly all U.S. trading partners. He later suspended those higher tariffs but used the threat of higher taxes to get foreign nations to agree to new trade deals. Most of the deals Trump has announced so far come with a 15% import tax on foreign countries, although some face higher rates.

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WATCH: Trump announces tariffs, Aug. 1 deadline for 14 countries

(The Center Square) - President Donald Trump sent letters to 14 nations Monday announcing tariffs on imported goods from their countries will start Aug. 1. At the time of publication, the president addressed letters to the leaders of South Korea, Japan, Malaysia, Laos, Myanmar, Kazakhstan and South Africa in a series of social media posts.“The President is going to create tailor made trade plans for each and every country on this planet,” White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said on Mond...

House Democrats, Republicans Spar Over High College Tuition Costs

(The Center Square) – U.S. House Democrats and Republicans shared opposing viewpoints Wednesday on ways to address the rising costs of college tuition in the U.S. In a House subcommittee hearing, Republican and Democrat members questioned a panel of witnesses on antitrust policies of Ivy League institutions. U.S. Rep. Scott Fitzgerald, R-Wis., called attention to a lawsuit filed by a group of former students in 2022 accusing the nation’s top universities of favoring wealthy student applicants over others. Fitzgerald said the schools use personal financial data to determine how much a family can afford to pay and charge them that amount.

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Durham cemetery seeks to give untold stories new life through national recognition

On a roughly 4-acre patch of land, north of downtown Durham, Debra Taylor Gonzalez-Garcia walks through one of Durham's first historically Black cemeteries."I'm gonna show you this, there's a much better example but I don't know if we're going to get to the other side," Gonzalez-Garcia said as she directed me to where a previous revitalization effort took place but was unsuccessful, leaving a cracked headstone in Geer Cemetery.Established in 1877, Geer Cemetery was one of the first historically...

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