Joey joined NBC 7 San Diego as a reporter in November 2023.
She graduated with honors from Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism in 2021. She is the recipient of five student Emmy Awards.
After graduation, Joey spent two years as a reporter/investigative reporter at the ABC affiliate, KETV, in Omaha, NE. While at KETV, Joey covered education, politics and the occasional tornado. Her work brought attention to injustices in the prison system and among students in special education programs. She won a Great Plains Journalism Award for feature storytelling.
While at school, Joey spent years as the news director of the Northwestern News Network. She spent two summers interning at NBC Nightly News in the Los Angeles Bureau and another getting her feet wet on-air at KGET in Bakersfield. She also interned at ABC 7 Chicago, spent a quarter reporting in Washington, D.C. and reported from the Middle East. She won both of Medill's prestigious broadcast journalism awards upon graduation.
Joey was born and raised in LA and is ready to be back by the sun and shore! Feel free to reach out with story ideas, or to swap book recommendations.
The Latest
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Lawsuit alleges former San Diego COO was fired without cause, faced discrimination
A lawsuit filed on behalf of Eric Dargan, the former San Diego chief operating officer, alleges discrimination and says he was fired without cause.
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San Diego pagará casi $13 millones por mordeduras de perro y otras demandas
La ciudad aprobó un pago de $11.4 millones en relación con un vertido de aguas residuales en la bahía de San Diego en 2023.
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San Diego OKs nearly $13M in payouts for dog bite, sewage spills, other lawsuits
The city approved an $11.4m payout regarding a sewage spill in the San Diego Bay in 2023.
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Ley de Extranjeros Enemigos despierta dolorosos recuerdos en habitantes de San Diego.
Durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial se recurrió a esta ley para encarcelar a japoneses-americanos en campos de internamiento, entre ellos 2.000 habitantes de San Diego.
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White House invoking Alien Enemies Act stirs painful memories for some San Diegans
The law was infamously invoked during World War II to incarcerate Japanese-Americans in internment camps, including 2,000 people from San Diego.
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California state senator from San Diego wants to reform state sanctuary policy
A state lawmaker from San Diego is proposing a bill that would change part of California’s sanctuary policy passed during the first Trump Administration.
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Mail ballots for San Diego County Supervisors District 1 special election go out March 10
Candidates for the District 1 seat on the San Diego County Board of Supervisors only have a few weeks to make a case to voters. Mail ballots go out the week of March 10.
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San Diego organization leads push to help Afghan refugees in limbo
A San Diego Navy veteran is calling on the Trump Administration to reconsider a policy pausing refugee resettlement for Afghans who aided U.S. war efforts.
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How Trump's executive actions on immigration, border security may impact San Diego
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