Wyatt has experience covering politics/government, social issues and climate change while using data, investigative and solutions techniques. They’re passionate about finding ways to give readers the information they need for their daily lives, and give a platform to those driving the solutions to big issues.
As Assistant Managing Editor for the Houston Business Journal …
- They edit stories for print and online platforms, write headlines, subheads and facilitate artwork and photos.
- They help in managing several reporters, prioritizing their daily short-term and long-term enterprise content.
- They shepherd the HBJ’s events and awards process from beginning to end, handling nominations, selecting honorees and writing pre- and post-event coverage.
- They manage the newsrooms research and data projects, including directly managing the data reporter/researcher.
As the former data reporter/researcher, they managed the newsroom’s database of thousands of businesses with locations in the Houston metro area. They analyzed this data, found trends and combined it with traditional reporting.
At AccuWeather, they worked with other journalists on large data-driven projects covering the impact of climate change, extreme heat events and hurricanes.
At The Portager, a decentralized news startup in rural Northeast Ohio, they covered the 2021 elections, environment/pollution and local government.
At EcoOhio, a local news project of Kent State University, they wrote solutions stories about the Cuyahoga River, walkability in Cleveland and Pittsburgh, brownfields and Superfunds.
Wyatt graduated in 2022 with a degree in journalism and political science from Kent State University.