Tessa has worked as a copy editor, a reporter covering beats from breaking news to cops and courts. On top of publishing many in-depth enterprise stories, she has worked as a news editor supervising as many as 25 reporters.
Below are samples of her work:
The World Down Under
20,000-foot tunnel spraws beneath Tempe campus
“The walls are stone gray, cool and drab, the ceiling low-swooping, cracks within the concrete dancing across the pavement into an endless abyss.
Machinery chugs and pumps, pipes whirr and steam, equipment buzzes and echoes — all of it is methodic and timed as it cools, heats and transmits electricity for the ASU community above.
A rainbow of wires line the walls, metal electrical boxes eating bundles and spitting them out again to continue twisting and turning, climbing the concrete inch by inch, mile by mile.
It’s a sunken, covert world, a system underneath a campus where more than 50,000 people work, teach, study and learn daily.
The underground tunnel system winds, bends and turns across 20,000 linear square feet beneath ASU’s Tempe campus to heat and cool the area, as well as manage telephone lines. The maze is both ancient and dangerous, and Facilities Management workers aren’t the only people who have explored this vast world.” Read full story
PTS Employees Reveal Betting, Unofficial Quotas
“Several employees of ASU’s Tempe campus Parking and Transit Services have revealed questionable practices within the department, including unofficial ticket quotas and student employees’ betting on who can write the most tickets each shift.” Read Full Story
A Different War: As violence — largely from drug cartels — extends to the northernmost parts of Mexico and beyond the southernmost areas of Arizona, the gap between the traditionally "safe" and "unsafe" is shrinking. This is a three-part series that speaks of the shifting violence from Mexico into Arizona.
Mexico Travel Warning Issued as Danger Grows
“As students prepare to drive and fly to spring break destinations across Mexico, ASU officials are warning students about increasing violence across the country.” Read Full Story
Talk of Violence in Mexico Alters Break Plans for Some
“As word of brutal unrest across Mexico spreads, many people in the ASU community are altering their plans to avoid the possibility of violence.” Read Full Story
Phoenix Police: City Safe Despite Violence Across Border
“Though Phoenix has become the nation’s kidnapping capital, Phoenix police officials say the brutal violence on the streets in many U.S.-Mexico border towns hasn’t hit Phoenix.” Read Full Story
Crow Announces Mandatory Furloughs for University Employees
“President Michael Crow announced Wednesday that all ASU faculty, staff and administrators will be required to take unpaid furloughs before the end of the fiscal year.” Read Full Story
Supporters Angry, Somber as McCain Concedes at Phoenix HQ
“Though the crowd of thousands had thinned, one middle-aged woman pushed toward the stage where McCain addressed his supporters, tears streaming down her face.” Read Full Story
50 Years Ago, Voters Endorse Name Change for Arizona State
“As Arizonans journey to cast their presidential votes Tuesday, many of Arizona’s older residents remember the day they voted to turn Arizona State from a college into a university.” Read Full Story
Student Accused of Kidnapping, Assaulting Man to Appear in Court
“An ASU student suspected of assaulting and choking a 19-year-old man until he lost consciousness is set to appear in court Tuesday.” Read Full Story
