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At The Marshall Project, I’ve reported on the ways survivors of gender-based violence are punished for crimes that their abusers committed and on poor conditions in prisons and jails.

Before The Marshall Project, I worked as a public radio reporter in Chicago, and my stories have been heard on wide-range of national radio shows, including “This American Life” and NPR’s “Morning Edition.” I was the lead reporter for Season 4 of “Motive,” a podcast investigating abuse and corruption in small town prisons in Illinois and on the podcast team for “16 Shots,” about the police killing of Laquan McDonald.

My work has been honored with a National Murrow Award and a national Headliner Award, and as a Scripps Howard finalist. In addition to reporting, I am an award-winning short fiction writer.

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