Emma is a recent graduate of Washington and Lee University, where she studied journalism and English and was co-editor-in-chief of the student newspaper, The Ring-tum Phi. Emma was the founding CEO of the Ring-tum Phi, Inc., a nonprofit corporation designed to secure a sustainable financial model and editorial independence for the student-run paper. She grew up in rural southwestern Pennsylvania, but has reported across the east coast with internships at Pittsburgh Magazine and VTDigger, Vermont’s statewide nonprofit news organization. Emma now joins Cardinal News through Report for America, a national service program that seeks to strengthen local news in communities that need it most.