I'm a reporter and photographer on the military and defense desk at Business Insider. I previously worked as a breaking news and crime reporter for the Chicago Sun-Times. I eventually left that job to freelance at Standing Rock and on the war in Ukraine. My work has also been published in AJ+, The Daily Beast, Sports Illustrated, The Capital Times, WhoWhatWhy, and others. In my free time, I read and write about the French Revolution. I hold a master's degree from the Medill School of Journalism.