Journalism Portfolio
Scroll through this page to see samples of my storytelling work. From writing to video to photography, explore the various mediums I’ve mastered over my seven years as a scholastic and collegiate journalist.
Writing & Reporting
The summer before my freshman year of high school, I was introduced to a story that would change my perspective on journalism completely: Sarah’s Hope by Eric Adler. The three-part article that ran in the Kansas City Star in 1999 told the story of Sarah Clark, a cheerleader at Schlagle High School, and her uphill battle to survive. Over her four years of high school, Sarah fights family violence, poverty, abandonment, hunger and homelessness all to make it to graduation. The story is heart-wrenching and beautiful and real.
Sarah’s Hope became so popular that the Kansas City Star ran out of copies. But more importantly, the article shared Sarah’s story to people across the city who came together to make a difference in her life. History may not remember Eric Adler, but Sarah Clark will. That’s what I want to do. Tell stories. Scroll through my writing and reporting work to see how I am doing that now as a senior writer at The Daily Tar Heel.
The Daily Tar Heel
UNC uses AI in admissions review process, documents show how – Jan. 20, 2025
“There is no legal obligation to require and/or read essays for undergraduate application review,” Media Relations Manager Beth Lutz wrote to The DTH.
Organizations file lawsuit alleging UNC violated protesters’ constitutional rights – March 22, 2025
Three organizations filed a lawsuit against UNC last week, alleging the University of violating the protestor rights following the Triangle Gaza Solidarity Encampment.
Organizations offer legal services amid national rise in student visa revocation – April 14, 2025
Students can receive immigration-related guidance from Carolina Student Legal Services, Inc., a private nonprofit separate from the University that provides students with free legal support.
No plans for UNC to implement hiring freeze amid N.C. State University changes – March 5, 2025
North Carolina State University announced a pause in some hiring activities in a Feb. 14 memo.
UNC System suspends general education and major-specific DEI requirements – Feb. 11, 2025
In an email on Monday to the campus community, Chancellor Lee Roberts and Provost Chris Clemens wrote that current classes and course content are not suspended.
Executive Branch introduces Investment Advisory Committee – Oct. 27, 2024
The Undergraduate Student Government Executive Branch has begun work on its Investment Advisory Committee to increase transparency and awareness surrounding the UNC endowment management.
Videography
The summer before sixth grade, at 11 years old, I produced my first broadcast package. It was part of my participation in the Gloria Shields NSPA Media Workshop beginning broadcast class, which I took in hopes of joining my middle school TV news elective. Armed with an iPad and a borrowed laptop, I learned alongside students who were a minimum of four years older than me, and easily more than a foot taller. I was hooked.
Fast forward seven years and I still haven’t been able to shake the broadcast bug. I spent all four years of high school producing video news segments for my school’s online news site, including one that was later aired on the national PBS NewsHour evening broadcast. In 2022, I was named the National Scholastic Press Association’s Broadcast Journalist of the Year for my work. Now, I do contract work for Jostens Renaissance Education, where I have filmed and conducted interviews for three separate video series focused on student mental health and well-being. Below are some of my favorite videos I have produced over my many years as a broadcast journalist.
UNC-Chapel Hill Hussman School of Journalism and Media
Bringing Color to the world – April 28, 2025
Alyssa Crane is a first-year at UNC-Chapel Hill who spends her free time running a small business called Crane Createz.
Reaching for the Stars – March 5, 2025
Madilyn Haskett is a first-year astrophysics major with dreams of one day becoming an astronaut at NASA.
PBS NewsHour
Transgender youth on the value of support, respect for their identities – Dec. 30, 2021
Two transgender teenagers in Texas talk about their lives and the journey of finding their true identities.
Jostens, Inc.
The High School Experience – Jostens Rennaisance
High schoolers talk about their experiences and give advice to younger students in this video collection used for marketing analysis.
“Alice blew us away. Not only was her work usable, it was exceptional.“
Sara Sausker
Director, Jostens Renaissance Education
Design
To me, design has always been about telling a story without words. If a page design or graphic is strong enough, a reader should be able to tell what the topic of the corresponding content is about without ever reading a single word of text.
That has been what I have striven to do in my design work, which ranges from Instagram posts and stories to interactive web content to pages in a print publication. Especially in today’s society, where most people won’t stop to read a full article. The role of an eye-catching design has never been more important. Check out a few instances of when my design work fulfilled this purpose.
Carolina Housing
Voice into action tabling event reminders
These are two of the Instagram story graphics I designed for Carolina Housing’s marketing team during their Voice Into Action Survey campaign, which allows students to provide their feedback about on-campus living.
The Shield, McCallum High School
Photography
Writing has always come naturally to me, which has served as a good foundation for almost every other skill I have picked up as a journalist. If I could write and ask questions, I could do anything. Except take pictures. Camera settings seemed like a puzzle I would never be able to solve and I didn’t know the first thing about where to stand or how to compose a good shot.
It would have been easy for me to just write off photography as a skill I was not going to master. Luckily, I’ve never been one to take the easy way out. During my senior year of high school, I challenged myself to cover as many events as I could to get out of my comfort zone and improve my photography. I became part of the weekly varsity football coverage team. I learned to shoot theatre, pep rallies, orchestra concerts and basketball games. Scroll through this section to see examples of my growth as a photojournalist.
The Shield, McCallum High School
Sweet Charity dress rehearsal – Sept. 27, 2023
MacTheatre’s production of Sweet Charity opens tonight on the MAC stage at 7 p.m. The months of work over the summer culminated in last night’s dress rehearsal which blended the show’s different technical, musical and theatrical elements.
Halftime show – McCallum vs. Northeast – Oct. 6, 2023
For their halftime show contribution, Blue Brigade performed “Build Me Up Buttercup.” Mac Band performed their 2023-24 show, “Star Surfers.”
Homecoming pep rally – Oct. 19, 2023
Students turned up for the homecoming pep rally today to cheer on the Knights as they take on Navarro High School. Students played a spirited game of Head, Shoulders, Knees, and Poms and the homecoming court was introduced.
