About

I am a young Oregon Journalist that has developed experience in a variety of subjects within Journalism. Starting as a student at the University of Oregon’s School of Journalism and Communication, I have since worked as a senior reporter for the Daily Emerald, a reporting intern with Eugene Weekly, a general intern with The Chronicle in Accra, Ghana, and as a reporting intern for Willamette Week

At the Daily Emerald, I gained my first real experience as a journalist and was assigned to cover the Associated Students of University of Oregon, which is the student government at UO. My coverage was focused primarily on holding the governing body financially accountable for the way they spent their budget which was made up entirely of money paid by students each year. This includes stories about programs proposed by ASUO as well as surplus and stagnant funds that ASUO failed to use in a meaningful way.

During my month-long internship with the Chronicle I gained experience as a political reporter while shadowing the papers courts and Parliamentary correspondent. When I wasn’t out of the office on assignment I worked closely with the editing team on fact checking and copy editing. 

During my time, first with Eugene Weekly, and then with Willamette Week, I gained first hand experience on the ground reporting on housing and homelessness. This includes reporting on abandoned buildings, local nonprofits and government programs. 

These combined projects have helped Jake to cultivate skills that will be valuable in daily and weekly papers and enable him to conduct everything from breaking news stories to arts and culture reporting to long term enterprise journalism.