Hey! My name’s Emily.
📍 Washington, D.C.
🏠 Indiana
🐦 watcher
⛰️ climber
🐱 mom
(me ⬆️)
📰 I'm a senior news designer and art director with The Washington Post’s climate team, where I have crafted digital storytelling experiences from ideation through publication. I specialize in collaborating with artists and reporters to find unique, compelling ways to bring complex stories to life through design, art direction, and interactive experiences.
At The Post, I’ve worked across digital projects, illustration, art direction, and print design – including A1, Sunday Business, and special products.
🖥 Previously, I was part of GateHouse Media's digital innovation team, building custom graphics and interactive experiences for investigative journalism. I also designed for PATTERN Magazine in Indianapolis.
🎓I graduated from Ball State University (chirp chirp!) with a degree in journalism graphics, where I also served as creative director for The Ball State Daily News and art director for Ball Bearings Magazine.
🥾 Outside the newsroom, I'm hiking, bird watching, or working on my linocut mail club (give me a follow on Instagram and Patreon)!
Awards and honors
SND Best of News Design 46 | 2025
World’s Best Designed Digital winner: The Washington Post
Bronze: Health and Science staff portfolio
Bronze: Hurricane Helene Coverage
Award of Excellence: Individual digital portfolio
Award of Excellence: Individual combination portfolio
Award of Excellence: Individual print portfolio
Award of Excellence: Digital page design, The Drowning South
Award of Excellence: Digital page design, What to do about one of America’s last wild places
Award of Excellence: Digital page design, Where the sea wall ends
Award of Excellence: Digital page design, Anatomy of a flood
Award of Excellence: Print page design, Unearthing the Future
Award of Excellence: Print page design, A year in the life of a leaf
Award of Excellence: Print page design, What to do about one of America’s last wild places
ONA Online Journalism Awards | 2025
Excellence in Visual Digital Storytelling Finalist: Hurricane Helene coverage
American Meteorological Society | 2024
Award for Distinguished Science Journalism in the Atmospheric and Related Sciences: Hidden beneath the surface
National Association of Science Writers | 2024
Science in Society Journalism Awards, Series category Finalist: Unearthing The Future
SND Best of News Design 45 | 2024
Bronze: Digital page design, Hidden beneath the surface
Award of Excellence: Line of Coverage page design, Unearthing the Future
Award of Excellence: Digital page design, Buried under the ice
Award of Excellence: Commissioned Illustrations, Hong Kong prisons
AAAS Kavli Science Journalism Awards | 2023
Silver: Science Reporting, Large Outlet, Hidden beneath the surface
SND Best of News Design 44 | 2023
Finalist: World’s Best Designer
Silver: Individual combination portfolio
Award of Excellence: Commissioned Illustrations, Econ 101
Pulitzer Prize | 2022
Public Service: Assault on the United States Capitol in Washington on January 6, 2021
SND Best of News Design 43 | 2022
Award of Excellence: Combination Print and Digital story page design, A dance, not a war