When did you start with CNN?
I came to CNN in 2016 as a senior editor on the social media team, which was kind of a pivot for me. I wanted to learn more about new storytelling formats. Snapchat was the really big thing that everyone was trying to understand and get their news outlets on, so that was kind of my section of the social media world. We were putting out kind of like a digital magazine on Snapchat every day, which was a huge production lift.
Eventually I got the itch to get back to writing, editing and working with reporters on the ground. I had a good rapport with the editors on the business team. So when the CNN Business team was expanding, I started chatting with leadership to make the move. I started on business just over two years ago.
How did you start writing Nightcap?
I think the timing was just really fortuitous. I was thinking about Nightcap even before I joined CNN Business. I have a craving all the time for good writing. It doesn't even have to be funny. The things I gravitate to as a reader are very complicated subjects that I don't fully understand and that can be explained to me by someone who's done the work to figure them out. I told my bosses at CNN that I was interested in figuring out a place and a potential product for that voice. I wrote up a few prototypes of the newsletter, and I have to say this is a credit to CNN culture, my bosses said, “This is great. Let's do it.” Almost immediately we were having meetings to bring the newsletter to life.
What’s something Nightcap readers might be surprised to learn about you?
I live in Brooklyn with my boyfriend and our two dogs. I have a lot of tattoos; that's something readers might not suspect about me. I’m also a distance runner. Prior to the pandemic, I was doing ultramarathons. An ultra is anything longer than 26.2 miles. My longest race was 100 kilometers, or 62 miles. I’ve just started to get back into it. I did my first marathon in years in late March.
Tell us about the video series you’re working on.
Yes, Nightcap is now also a weekly show for CNN digital. It’s a 15-minute format, hosted by Jon Sarlin. I contribute as a reporter. I'm not an on-camera person -- I never have been -- but I'm learning and that's fun for me. We’re experimenting with the format a little bit, too, trying to maintain the newsletter’s casual style. I want it to be less of a collared-shirt, talking-heads platform and more like a bunch of friends in a bar chatting about the news of the day. That’s my vision, at least.
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