About
The first thing you should know about me is that I’m not going to pretend someone else wrote this and put my “about” section in the third person.
Hi! It's me. Thanks for stopping by.
I’m a journalist, essayist, and researcher always looking for new stories to tell and mysteries to solve.
My pronouns are she/her/hers.
To paraphrase Lady Bird of “Lady Bird,” Allee is my given name in that I gave it to myself.
I’m the oldest child in my family and a Virgo, which probably explains a lot.
I also bake a mean loaf of bread.
Hi! It's me. Thanks for stopping by.
I’m a journalist, essayist, and researcher always looking for new stories to tell and mysteries to solve.
My pronouns are she/her/hers.
To paraphrase Lady Bird of “Lady Bird,” Allee is my given name in that I gave it to myself.
I’m the oldest child in my family and a Virgo, which probably explains a lot.
I also bake a mean loaf of bread.
Education + Work Experience
I majored in journalism and gender studies and minored in a program called media, society, and the arts at SUNY Purchase while slinging coffee at various restaurant chains and calling alumni to solicit donations for the department that provided my academic scholarship. I also served as the features editor of the campus arts magazine, The Beat, from 2013-2014. (You can read something I wrote during this time period here. It’s a profile of a record salesman, musician, and punk rock historian named Malcolm Tent.)
Immediately after graduating, I worked as a research intern at RetroReport; a blogging intern at Complex Media; a freelance copywriter for a Kodak-run website about packaging; a freelance writer for Backstage, Posture, and Resource; a local news reporter; and a data reporting intern at Vocativ. After nearly a year of that I was hired as an editorial assistant at TIME For Kids. I loved this job because I truly felt like I was providing an important service. I'm passionate about news literacy (particularly when it comes to children) and TIME For Kids served as my own introduction to journalism back when I was in third grade.
I then joined Vocativ as a data reporter for the visual news team in late 2015. I told data-driven stories about a wide variety of topics (an incomplete archive can be found here), working with data analysts, designers, and developers. After the company “pivoted” to a tech focus the following year, I was moved to the sex, science, and tech desk. After the company “pivoted” to video this past summer, I was let go along with all of the other writers and editors. I've been freelancing ever since, and recently began pursuing a graduate degree in Library and Information Science.
In addition to my freelance writing, I also have professional experience teaching an afterschool journalism course to middle schoolers, working at the Museum of Sex, curating the summer 2018 panel series for Future of Sex (a popular podcast about sex and technology). I also work part-time as a public services assistant at an academic library.
Immediately after graduating, I worked as a research intern at RetroReport; a blogging intern at Complex Media; a freelance copywriter for a Kodak-run website about packaging; a freelance writer for Backstage, Posture, and Resource; a local news reporter; and a data reporting intern at Vocativ. After nearly a year of that I was hired as an editorial assistant at TIME For Kids. I loved this job because I truly felt like I was providing an important service. I'm passionate about news literacy (particularly when it comes to children) and TIME For Kids served as my own introduction to journalism back when I was in third grade.
I then joined Vocativ as a data reporter for the visual news team in late 2015. I told data-driven stories about a wide variety of topics (an incomplete archive can be found here), working with data analysts, designers, and developers. After the company “pivoted” to a tech focus the following year, I was moved to the sex, science, and tech desk. After the company “pivoted” to video this past summer, I was let go along with all of the other writers and editors. I've been freelancing ever since, and recently began pursuing a graduate degree in Library and Information Science.
In addition to my freelance writing, I also have professional experience teaching an afterschool journalism course to middle schoolers, working at the Museum of Sex, curating the summer 2018 panel series for Future of Sex (a popular podcast about sex and technology). I also work part-time as a public services assistant at an academic library.