Professional Experience

2016 to present: Investigative reporter, WINK News. Previously worked as a producer at KPRC-TV in Houston, WKMG-TV in Orlando and WINK News.

Awards & Recognition

  • Florida Associated Press Finalist for Investigative Reporting, 2018
  • Suncoast Regional Emmy Nominee for Crime News, 2017
  • Lonestar Emmy Awards, winner for Best Investigative Story, nominee for Best Business/Consumer Story, 2016.
  • Houston Press Club, first place for TV Consumer News, 2016.
  • Texas Associated Press Broadcasters, second place for news series, 2016.
  • National Press Club Award, third place for investigative reporting, 2012.
  • IRE/NICAR, Holly Wisenhunt Stephen Fellowship recipient, 2011.
  • Suncoast Emmy Awards, winner for Crime Story, 2008. Five-time nominee, 2010 - 2014.
  • Edward R Murrow Awards, 2008 and 2009 regional winner for Investigative Reporting.

Hobbies, Interests & Community Service

Cooking, fitness, running, yoga, scrapbooking,  reading the New York Times' travel section, dreaming about places to travel and sometimes going there, watching my husband golf, taking the dog to the beach, rooting for the Steelers and Nittany Lions, and spoiling my nieces and little ‘sister’. I'm also a Big Brothers & Big Sister mentor, volunteer at PACE school for girls and WGCU's radio reading for blind and visually impaired.

Education

Penn State University

Likes best about Southwest Florida

"The people."

Birthplace

Western Pennsylvania.

Irma victims may not have home rebuilt for another year

Like thousands of Southwest Floridians, Hope Daley and Matthew Dykes got out of town before Irma rolled ashore. They weren’t expecting to come back to the amount of devastation they found at their Golden Gate home; but the damage wasn’t the worst of their worries. A year later, they are paying a mortgage on an […]

Residents hit hard by 2017 flooding growing impatient with county

More than a year after historic flooding damaged hundreds of homes and several surrounding businesses near Island Park Road in south Fort Myers, long-term prevention efforts by Lee County have still not begun. A county website dedicated to flood mitigation efforts said, “options will be presented at a to-be-determined-date in 2019.” “I’m very concerned. I don’t want to […]

Island Park homeowners fight to save their homes amid Ten Mile Canal flooding concerns

Island Park homeowners attended a meeting to find out what needs to be done to prevent flooding in their neighbohood. The South fort myers area was among the hardist hit by flooding in 2017. The Ten Mile Canal Community Group, a collective of homeowners from the area,  presented findings from their own research. The group […]

Fort Myers police reach tentative pay agreement with the city

The Gulf Coast Police Benevolent Association police union representing the Fort Myers Police Department and the City of Fort Myers have reaches a tentative pay agreement. The union agreed for starting officer pay to raise from $40,726 to $43,700 and for officers to be making $55,265 by their fifth year. The union agreed to keep the […]

Fort Myers police seek pay raise, negotiate with city

Negotiations over the next contract for the Fort Myers Police department continue Monday between the police union and the city. The Gulf Coast Police Benevolent Association is asking for officer pay to raise from $40,000 to $44,000 and for officers to be making $56,000 by their fifth year. The union will agree to keep the […]

Southwest Florida Dentist among thousands who claim weedkiller caused cancer

Thousands of plaintiffs have joined a multi-district litigation against Monsanto, the maker of the popular Round Up herbicide. Jeff Joffe, a dentist in Charlotte County, is one of those plaintiffs. He said he used the product in his garden for 15 years before being diagnosed with non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma in October 2016. He said there were […]

Decision on stand your ground parking lot shooter could take months

The Pinellas County Sheriff said it could be weeks or months before the state attorney Bernie McCabe’s office is complete makes a decision to charge the shooter in the July 19 killing of Markeis McGlockton. McGlockton was killed after an altercation with a man in a Clearwater parking lot. “We are still actively investigating this […]

More than a half million dollars paid for incomplete hurricane repairs

A company from Indiana collected at least $565,478 to fix hurricane Irma damage for homeowners and businesses who were under the impression they were affiliated with a licensed local contractor. Months after handing over his entire first insurance draw to Remodeling Services and Complete Restoration in October, Matt Braunstein stood in his living room and […]

Marco Island, south Fort Myers top list for flood insurance claims

Marco Island home and business owners filed more flood claims during the rainiest parts of 2017 than anywhere else in Southwest Florida, according to claim data obtained from the federal government. WINK News filed a freedom of information act request to see which areas of Florida filed damage claims more than others. Four zip codes […]