This is a complete portfolio of Emily’s professional work. Some stories include multimedia elements, marked by the following colors:
■ photo | ■ audio | ■ video | ■ graphic
The Los Angeles Times is country’s largest metro paper with a circulation of 650,000.
Free art, museums and city tours? Yes, here and abroad | Aug. 30, 2013
This story was published in the Washington Post’s Local Living section, which has a circulation of about 80,000.
■ Breast cancer survivors forge bond through dragon boat racing | August 22, 2012
NPR is a public media distributor with a thriving radio and web presence — 26 million listeners weekly and 20 million unique web visitors.
Can The Peer Economy Deliver Profits? | April 17, 2014
■ Preserving Audio For The Future Is A Race Against Time | March 23, 2014
Tech Week: Robots, Turkish Twitter And A Frustrated Zuckerberg | March 22, 2014
■ So You Want To Evade Your Country’s Twitter Ban? A Workaround | March 21, 2014
■ With Less Financial Security, Older Workers Stay On The Job (graph only) | March 18, 2014
The Internet Will Be Everywhere In 2025, For Better Or Worse | March 11, 2014
Tech Week That Was: Women In Tech, Bitcoin’s Man And SXSW Begins | March 8, 2014
Why All This Fuss Over Satoshi Nakamoto Is A Boost For Bitcoin | March 7, 2014
‘Newsweek’ Says It Found Bitcoin’s Founder: 4 Things To Know | March 6, 2014
If You’ve Ignored Bitcoin Up Until Now, This One’s For You | Feb. 26, 2014
What Sbarro’s Woes Say About Where We Get Our Fast Food Now | Feb. 21, 2014
How The Big Cable Deal Could Actually Boost Open-Internet Rules | Feb. 13, 2014
Weekly Un-Innovation: There’s Nothing To See Here | Feb. 12, 2014
■ The Internet Flexes Political Muscle With Anti-NSA Protest | Feb. 11, 2014
Tech Week That Was: Industry Gossip, Wikipedia Starts Talking | Feb. 9, 2014
■ Facebook At 10: Amid Doubters, Company Eyes Next Growth Phase | Feb. 4, 2014
Tech Week: ‘Leaky’ Angry Birds And Digital Invades Cinemas | Feb. 1, 2014
■ As Windows XP Fades Away, Will Its Users Stick With Microsoft? | Jan. 24, 2014
Tech Week That Was: The Mac Turns 30, More NSA Rumblings | Jan. 24, 2014
Virginia Gay Marriage Shift Generates Sharp Response | Jan. 23, 2014
Week That Was: Smart Fridge Hack, Net Neutrality And The NSA | Jan. 17, 2014
■ First Union Vote At An Amazon Warehouse In The U.S. Fails | Jan. 16, 2014
Bitcoin Takes Stage In Texas Senate Campaign | Jan. 10, 2014
Tech Week That Was: CES, T-Mobile CEO And Predictions For 2014 | Jan. 10, 2014
How To Make Your Face (Digitally) Unforgettable | Jan. 9, 2014
It’s So Cold That You Might Need A Sweater To Read This | Jan. 7, 2014
Holiday Innovation: Tweet At Your Christmas Tree To Light It Up | Dec. 24, 2013
A Jew And A Latino Walk Into A Recording Studio… | Dec. 20, 2013
Innovation Wishlist: The Best Ideas You Sent In This Year | Dec. 18, 2013
Tornado Victims Find Snapshots Of Solace In Far-Flung Photos | Dec. 14, 2013
The ‘Digital Lollipop’: You Can Literally Taste The Innovation | Dec. 10, 2013
■ Economists Toast 20 Years Of NAFTA; Critics Sit Out The Party | Dec. 8, 2013
Tech Week That Was: #NPRBlacksInTech, Amazon’s Buzz On Drones | Dec. 6, 2013
U.S. Flags Lowered For Mandela, A Rare Honor For Foreign Leaders | Dec. 6, 2013
Sluggish Start To Holiday Sales May Mean More Price Cuts | Dec. 2, 2013
Alleged Perils Of Left-Handedness Don’t Always Hold Up | Dec. 2, 2013
Illinois Judge Allows Same-Sex Couple To Wed Before Law Takes Effect | Nov. 26, 2013
Want A File From The NSA? You Can Ask, But You Might Not Get It | Nov. 23, 2013
■ JPMorgan Chase Will Pay $13 Billion In Record Settlement | Nov. 19, 2013
Facebook Takes On Cyberbullies As More Teens Leave Site | Nov. 7, 2013
4-D Printing Means Buildings That Build Themselves | Nov. 6, 2013
If The Internet Is Your Canvas, You Paint In Zeros And Ones | Nov. 3, 2013
Priceless Italian Treasure Is Shown Off In Rare Exhibition | Oct. 30, 2013
What’s A ‘Glitch,’ Anyway? A Brief Linguistic History | Oct. 24, 2013
Online Dating Is On The Rise (But There Are Still Haters) | Oct. 21, 2013
Brooks Brothers Steakhouse: How’s That For Tasteful Shopping? | Oct. 15, 2013
An Innovation For Pain Relief That’s Worthy Of Some Buzz | Oct. 9, 2013
Solved: The Minds Behind The ‘NSA’ Billboard Reveal Themselves | Oct. 8, 2013
Whoosh: Pneumatic Tubes Give The Tooth Fairy A Boost | Oct. 2, 2013
Some Are Benefiting From The Government Shutdown | Oct. 2, 2013
Space’s Wild: 5 Cool Happenings Along The Final Frontier | Sept. 30, 2013
This Law Wants To Save Teens’ Reputations, But Probably Won’t | Sept. 27, 2013
Ancient Jewish Tradition Meets Contemporary Design | Sept. 25, 2013
Weekly Innovation: Pampering Your Pooch From Afar | Sept. 25, 2013
The Promises And Pitfalls Of Social Media — For Police | Sept. 22, 2013
Why Spying On Our Kids To Solve Cyberbullying Might Not Work | Sept. 17, 2013
The Sun-Times, with a circulation of about 300,000, is one of the flagship newspapers in Chicago.
Potter cast spell over generation | July 13, 2011
Students invest with the best | June 6, 2011
Richard Le Beau, 95, witnessed historic WWII flag-raising | May 30, 2011
Olympia Fields man returns POW bracelet | May 26, 2011
Scripps Howard Foundation Wire
The Foundation Wire internship hires six journalism students from around the country every summer to report on national enterprise and political stories for newspapers around the country.
■ Breast cancer survivors prepare for dragon boat race | August 24, 2012
■ Election, sequestration bring uncertainty to Va. county’s growing economy | August 10, 2012
■ Environmental officials examine Clean Air Act from state perspective | August 2, 2012
■ U.S. has moral obligation to prevent genocide, Clinton says | July 24, 2012
■ Obama welcomes Baylor, NCAA women’s basketball champions | July 18, 2012
■ In a two-party country, one presidential hopeful faces steep odds | July 11, 2012
Why I understood the Supreme Court decision better than CNN and FOX did | June 29, 2012
Supreme Court upholds health-care law | June 28, 2012
■ ■ Cancer survivors transform into runway models for a night | June 27, 2012
■ Proposal would reduce federal deficit with tax, Medicare reforms | June 19, 2012
■ Lessons from Bob Woodward | June 14, 2012
■ Senate holds hearing on improving health care for the elderly | June 14, 2012
The News-Gazette is a newspaper serving east-central Illinois, circulation 35,000 to 40,000.
Conflicts of interest? Form isn’t catching many | July 27, 2013 (print only)
Longtime local rabbi remains forever grateful for ‘sparks of holiness’ during a dark time | Jan. 13, 2013
CU Haiku | Nov. 25, 2012
CU-CitizenAccess, the brainchild of former IRE director Brant Houston, collaborates with local media to publish investigative and enterprise stories in Champaign-Urbana.
Efforts at transparency in government lost in translation | July 24, 2013
Restored Virginia Theatre, 91 years old, holds Champaign’s memories | April 10, 2013
Sidebar: Old theatres and opera houses in Champaign | April 10, 2013
Last years can be the best, says Douglass Seniors president | April 8, 2013
Frustration grows with community garden’s lack of water | March 13, 2013
Slices of Life: Longtime local rabbi remains forever grateful for ‘sparks of holiness’ during a dark time | Dec. 3, 2013
Champaign-Urbana’s irreverent pulse — a digital alt-weekly.
■ C-U’s newest rolling eatery serves up empanadas | April 25, 2013
■ Get ready, Urbana pizza lovers! | March 5, 2013
■ ■ King Pig: Why eat meat if it’s not delicious? | Jan. 23, 2013
WILL, a public media station funded by the University of Illinois, produces local content and distributes national shows on the NPR and PBS member stations.
Schools gear up for multi-state earthquake drill | Dec. 27, 2012
Indianapolis to replace entire fleet with electric, hybrid | Dec. 12, 2012
Champaign agency to offer mental health workshop | Dec. 12, 2012
Woman fights to bring AIDS back into public dialogue | Nov. 30, 2012 (contributed reporting)
Israeli, Palestinian students show solidarity with vigil | Nov. 28, 2012
Communities prepare for holiday festivities | Nov. 14, 2012
buzz Magazine, an alternative weekly, covers the central Illinois metropolis that is Champaign-Urbana. It is completely run by University of Illinois students, but with a circulation of 25,000, it is read by both the off-campus and student communities.
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The SouthtownStar, previously the Daily Southtown, covers the south and southwest suburbs of Chicago. Its circulation is 34,000-48,000. Several of these stories were also published in the Joliet Herald News.
L-W grad to study at Oxford | Jan. 25, 2012
HGTV star tells local Girl Scouts ‘believe in yourself’ | Jan. 11, 2012
Architectural wanderers: Frankfort couple expert Chicago tour guides | August 5, 2011
Cal-Sag Trail asks for residents’ input | July 30, 2011
5 things … do to before summer ends | July 29, 2011
Robbins church passes out hope along with gas cards | July 27, 2011
Local firefighters raise money to fight muscular dystrophy | July 27, 2011
Good Eats: Isabella Italian Cafe | July 22, 2011
■ ■ Final ‘Potter’ draws big crowds | July 17, 2011
Potter cast spell over generation | July 14, 2011
Harry Potter marathon starts Wednesday | July 12, 2011
561,000 without power after storms pelt Chicago area | July 11, 2011
■ Hot dog cart owner battling Worth to stay open | July 5, 2011
The honor guard: Memorial squad gives veterans a proper sendoff | July 4, 2011
Remembering fallen heroes | July 4, 2011
Southland Fourth of July events | July 1, 2011
Evergreen Park resident cruises through work | June 30, 2011
Tae kwon do competitors kick it up a notch for national championship | June 26, 2011
Teens raise funds to fight diseases | June 23, 2011
Child, mom hospitalized after car, bus crash | June 21, 2011
A picture-perfect proposal | June 19, 2011
Supreme teacher | June 19, 2011
Southland dads talk about their Father’s Day plans | June 19, 2011
New Habitat for Humanity resident feels blessed | June 17, 2011
Southland events to celebrate Father’s Day | June 17, 2011
SouthSide Polish Fest coming to Bridgeview | June 16, 2011
Oak Forest traffic light causes traffic delays | June 15, 2011
Pop-up bike repair shop gives teens responsibility, free bikes | June 11, 2011
Orland Park woman pedals to do her part | June 10, 2011
Orland Hill man’s body pulled from Indiana lake | June 10, 2011
Students invest with the best | June 6, 2011
Markham gets new police chief | June 5, 2011
Caddigan graduates from West Point | June 5, 2011
■ Orland Days runs through Sunday | June 3, 2011
Founding member of Palos Heights VFW post witnessed historic WWII American flag-raising | May 29, 2011
Vietnam Memorial Wall moves visitors in New Lenox | May 26, 2011
Memorial Day weekend events throughout Southland | May 26, 2011
Olympia Fields man returns POW bracelet | May 25, 2011
Not exactly love at first sight | Feb. 27, 2011
WCIA 3 News
The CBS-affiliated television station, headquartered in Champaign, covers news relevant to central Illinois residents. These stories were scripts for evening broadcasts
Kids To Know: A School Board’s Youngest Member | May 3, 2011
UI Band Director Leaving | May 3, 2011