The Student
KU Seniors Confront a Tougher Job Market as Entry-Level Roles Shrink
This article explores the shrinking number of true entry-level job opportunities for recent graduates. Drawing on student interviews, expert insight, and labor data, it examines how rising expectations, AI screening tools, and a shifting job market are reshaping the early career landscape, especially for students in STEM fields.
Published in the University Daily Kansan and the Wellington Daily News (Wellington, Kansas).
Lawrence Struggles with Rising Housing Costs, Despite Ample Supply
This article examines rising housing costs in Lawrence, Kansas, and challenges the assumption that the city faces a true housing shortage. Through interviews with local nonprofit leaders, students, and urban planning experts, the story explores how affordability, university expansion, and long-term development decisions are reshaping the local housing market.
When a Bachelor’s Isn’t Enough: One KU Grad’s Choice to Wait and Reassess
This feature follows a recent University of Kansas graduate navigating a weak job market and weighing the cost of graduate school against uncertain employment prospects. Through personal narrative and labor data, the story examines how rising degree expectations and economic conditions are reshaping what a bachelor’s degree means for today’s graduates.
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Published in the University Daily Kansan.
JMC 309: Data Storytelling Final Project
This project was completed in a data storytelling course focused on analyzing datasets and communicating insights through writing and visualization.
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The data story analyzes how COVID-19 layoffs affected employment in New York City and Chicago, focusing on how different industries recovered over time. Using datasets from Kaggle and YCharts, our team cleaned and analyzed layoff data, then created visualizations to highlight patterns in unemployment and industry resilience during the pandemic. My role included helping build and refine the dataset, creating multiple data visualizations, and writing portions of the story and presentation.​