Essays on front-end development and craft, and a decade of journalism covering the parts of the justice system that don't make the front page.
I rebuilt my personal site in collaboration with an AI — from design system to deployed code. Here's what that process actually looked like: where the AI helped, where it fell short, and what it taught me about my own craft.
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The animation-timeline API lets you tie animations directly to scroll position — no JavaScript required. Here's how I used it on this site, and when it makes sense to reach for it.
An inverted pyramid. A story that earns every word. A reader who won't wait. Turns out the principles of good journalism map surprisingly well to the principles of good software.
ReadFrom 2010 to 2016 I covered juvenile justice and child welfare for the Juvenile Justice Information Exchange — first as a reporter, eventually as managing editor. These are five pieces I'm particularly proud of.
Published before the show's premiere, this story examined decades of research showing Scared Straight programs don't reduce recidivism — they make it worse. It drew national attention, reframed the public conversation around the show, and helped establish JJIE as a nationally significant outlet.
A longform investigation into a family torn apart when a child's accidental injury was misdiagnosed as abuse. The story examined the medical and legal system failures that can turn a tragedy into a second one. Won the Society of Professional Journalists Green Eyeshade Award.
A reporter's notebook piece on the ethics and realities of juvenile solitary confinement — examining whether intent changes the moral calculus of isolating a child, and what the research says about the lasting harm it causes.
An examination of mandatory minimum sentencing and its effect on juvenile defendants tried as adults — what happens to teenagers when the law stops treating them as teenagers, and who bears the cost.
Reported narrative profiles of young people from suburban communities caught in the heroin epidemic — told in their own words, on their own terms. A story about addiction, proximity, and the geography of who gets sympathy.