She has worked for some of the nation’s best-known news organizations, serving as a metro reporter for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution and covering local government for the San Diego Union-Tribune, among other roles. Taylor holds a graduate degree in Journalism and Media Studies and during her master’s degree studies won a prestigious fellowship to study journalism at the San Diego affiliate of National Public Radio. Over the course of her career, she has won numerous journalism industry honors, including five awards from the North American Travel Journalists Association. She was also part of a team of reporters who won a 2011 Walter Cronkite Award for Excellence in Journalism.