about abby

I write for Law360’s Employment Authority newsletter covering wage and hour law, as well as employment discrimination and benefits on a national scale.

Previously, I lived and worked in South Dakota writing for both the Rapid City Journal and the Pierre Capital Journal, and my stories have been published in over 30 different publications nationwide.

In South Dakota, I reported on the COVID-19 pandemic, the South Dakota State Legislature & Governor Kristi Noem, the trial and attempted impeachment of State Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg, multiple school districts, Indigenous issues, environmental issues, marijuana legalization, and more.

I graduated magna cum laude in May 2020 from Washington College in Maryland. While a student, I served as Editor-in-Chief of the student newspaper, The Elm, for two years. Additionally, I interned at the Kent County News and the Washington Blade, a local weekly and a national LGBTQ weekly, respectively.

Upon graduation, I was named a finalist for the Sophie Kerr Prize, the largest undergraduate literary prize in the country, and I won the Maureen Jacoby Prize for strong potential for future success in the field of editing and publishing.