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Digital Content

I have been writing digital content since 2018, when I had my first internship with The Charlotte Agenda, a media company in Charlotte, North Carolina that has since been acquired by Axios. Since then, I have written and fact-checked long and short form content for BestColleges, one of Red Ventures' owned and operated brands.

Please note that some of these articles, indicated with an * in the title, are collaborative writing efforts.

Featured Articles

BestColleges.com • 2nd December 2023

College Football Conference Realignment: Where Is Everyone Going?

Darlene Earnest is a copy editor for BestColleges. She has had an extensive editing career at several news organizations, including The Virginian-Pilot and The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. She also has completed programs for editors offered by the D...

Chloe Appleby is an associate writer for BestColleges. She contributes to both the News and Data teams, writing both higher education news stories and data reports for the site. She graduated from Davidson College with a BA in English and commun

BestColleges.com • 2nd December 2023

College Application Fees: What It Costs to Apply | BestColleges

Lyss Welding is a higher education analyst and data writer for BestColleges who specializes in translating massive data sets and finding statistics that matter to students. Lyss has worked in academic research, curriculum design, and program evaluati...

Chloe Appleby is an associate writer for BestColleges. She contributes to both the News and Data teams, writing both higher education news stories and data reports for the site. She graduated from Davidson College with a BA in English and commun

BestColleges.com • 10th July 2023

Alix Earle Funds Scholarship for U. Miami Business Students | BestColleges

The TikTok star made a special gift to empower juniors and seniors at the Miami Herbert Business School just months after her own graduation.

BestColleges.com • 10th July 2023

Top Colleges for Bachelor's Degree in AI | BestColleges

Whether you want to be a machine engineer or a game developer, here's where you can kickstart your career by majoring in artificial intelligence.

BestColleges.com • 10th July 2023

Texas Bans DEI Offices at Public Colleges, Universities – BestColleges.com

The new law will also prohibit state-funded institutions from requiring diversity, equity, and inclusion training and diversity statements in hiring.

BestColleges.com • 10th July 2023

Who Are The Highest-Paid College Football Coaches? | BestColleges

The highest paid college football coach makes nearly $11 million a year. Find out which coaches are taking home the biggest salaries.

BestColleges.com • 10th July 2023

Sexual Misconduct Reporting Under Title IX Confuses College Students | BestColleges

Lack of awareness about Title IX processes — plus institutional mistrust and ineffective training programs — dissuade students from reporting sexual misconduct. Student organizations are trying to bridge the gap.

BestColleges.com • 10th July 2023

Where Did Mike Pence Go to College? | BestColleges

The forever Hoosier, former vice president of the United States, and presidential candidate attended not one, but two universities in his home state of Indiana.

BestColleges.com • 10th July 2023

Biden Admin Delays Title IX Overhaul | BestColleges

The proposed changes to Title IX would extend protections to LGBTQ+ students, reverse Trump-era rules impacting survivors of sexual assault, and allow transgender college athletes to participate on sports teams that match their gender identity.

BestColleges.com • 10th July 2023

What Graduation Season Means for a First-Generation College Student | BestColleges

Indiana University Bloomington graduate Ashley Peña is among the first-generation students who posted a TikTok video with their family members wearing their graduation cap and stole.

BestColleges.com • 10th July 2023

USC Launches $1 Billion AI Literacy Initiative | BestColleges

The University of Southern California's "Frontiers of Computing" initiative will open a new School of Advanced Computing and touch every student, regardless of discipline.

BestColleges.com • 10th July 2023

Where Did Nikki Haley Go to College? | BestColleges

The GOP presidential candidate might champion red during the Republican primary, but she's still loyal to the purple and orange of her alma mater Clemson University.

BestColleges.com • 10th July 2023

Where Did Joe Biden Go to College? | BestColleges

The president's push for student loan cancellation is polarizing but personal, reflective of his own family's struggle to afford his state-school education in the 1960s.

BestColleges.com • 10th July 2023

Where Did Ron DeSantis Go to College? | BestColleges

The Florida governor and likely 2024 Republican presidential candidate earned degrees from two Ivy League universities, which now he claims are "political scarlet letters."

BestColleges.com • 10th July 2023

These College Students Created an App for Party Playlists | BestColleges

Three Boston College students created an app to crowdsource song requests at parties. It's now available in the App Store.

BestColleges.com • 10th July 2023

*Anti-DEI Legislation Tracker | BestColleges

There are currently more than 30 bills across the U.S. targeting diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives at public colleges.

BestColleges.com • 10th July 2023

Who Are the Highest-Paid College Basketball Coaches | BestColleges

As March Madness comes to a close, find out which head coaches in men's college basketball are taking home the biggest salaries.

BestColleges.com • 10th July 2023

Turnitin Launches New AI Detection Tool | BestColleges

The digital tool promises to detect 97% of ChatGPT and GPT-authored work.

BestColleges.com • 10th July 2023

TikTok Ban Would Anger College Students: 6 Key Survey Findings | BestColleges

Students also report that the app helps them find their community, and 1 in 4 college TikTokers use the app more than Google.

BestColleges.com • 10th July 2023

HBCU Sports Set for Huge Growth. These 5 Women Are Leading the Way | BestColleges

In the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference — home to eight HBCUs — the majority of athletic directors are women. Here's how they're maintaining their conference's momentum while helping other women step up to leadership roles in college sports.

BestColleges.com • 10th July 2023

Iowa Might Defund DEI Offices at Public Universities | BestColleges

If passed, the bill would require institutions to reallocate the money spent on DEI offices toward merit-based scholarships for low- to middle-income students.

BestColleges.com • 10th July 2023

Who Has the Most NCAA Basketball Championships? | BestColleges

Find out which teams claim the most titles in men's and women's college basketball from the very first NCAA tournament in 1939 to today.

BestColleges.com • 10th July 2023

Will Colleges Ban ChatGPT?| BestColleges

So far, most institutions of higher education have declined to ban the chatbot. Instead, they are releasing guidance about the role of artificial intelligence in the classroom and letting instructors determine their own policies.

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