Kalhan began her journalism career at Florida Gulf Coast University in Fort Myers, FL. After one semester writing for the student-led newspaper, “Eagle News,” she became editor-in-chief (the first with a major in journalism). Eager to cover more than just the university campus, Kalhan self-funded a trip to Belize to cover the sole-LGBTQIA+ activist who had launched a constitutional review of an antiquated anti-sodomy law. The coverage eventually became her senior capstone.

Although she graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Journalism in May 2015, she began working for the Naples Daily News in Naples, FL, as an associate news reporter two years earlier. There, she had several above-the-fold A1 stories and produced award-winning profiles. She also served as the paper’s designated obituary writer during her tenure at Naples Daily News.

While at NDN, Kalhan knew her future was in the journalism industry in New York City. When she was selected for The Daily Mail’s trainee program in 2015, just before her graduation, she had no idea that path included a detour to the U.K. Over the course of six month, she worked in both London, England, and Cardiff, Wales. The time abroad taught her how to write under challenging circumstances, rise to the occasion under intense scrutiny, and how to fit in with a culture that drastically differed from her own.

Finally, in January of 2016, she was back in New York City for good. She spent the remainder of the year with MailOnline, The Daily Mail’s New York City-based operation. Although she learned a lot at The Daily Mail, Kalhan yearned to do original reporting and those who had come from the trainee program predominantly aggregated news. In November 2016, Kalhan landed a job at NBC News and what was at the time called MSNBC. It has since rebranded to MS Now.

Kalhan began as a social media and homepage editor for both MSNBC and NBC News, directing traffic for millions of readers and social media followers. But her heart was still desperate to do original reporting. She begged and begged her editors to let her cover a story, and after pitching them on a feature focusing on how flight attendants were training one another to spot human trafficking ahead of the 2017 Super Bowl, her then-managers agreed she could write the article in conjunction with her daily responsibilities. She worked closely with editors in NBC News’ fledgling digital newsroom to produce the story.

The night before it published, she was at a concert with her then-boyfriend and as she stood in the packed crowd, tears streamed down her face. Exhausted from pulling five back-to-back 12- to14-hour shifts, terror gripped her. “What if it’s not good enough? What if a detail is wrong?” she fretted. The next day the story published. And, almost instantly, the internet exploded. The story went to the top of Reddit, was circulated on what was then Twitter, and became (at the time) the best performing story NBC New Digital had ever published. Kalhan received direct praise from NBC News’ then-senior vice president of news, the newsroom’s executive editor, and the story launched her career as a staff reporter. The story has also been used as the inspiration for storylines on television shows.

From then on, Kalhan was reporting anything she could get her editors to greenlight: Spending days with an abortion doctor in Alabama fighting the state as he clung to his ability to practice caring for women; Flying to Florida for the largest hurricane ever predicted to hit the state, and writing twin before-and-after features about a lone bar that intended to remain open despite warnings of assured tragedy; Burning beneath a raging sun as she profiled the citrus groves of Central Florida after that hurricane, Hurricane Irma, destroyed crops that had once grown hope inside their rinds for a seasonal comeback after disease ravaged the trees.

For a brief period, Kalhan joined a newly-launched breaking news team after NBC News Digital’s then-managing editor tapped her to be the sole reporter to get the endeavor off the ground. For six months, Kalhan worked tirelessly to get the team running smoothly. It now brings in millions upon millions of clicks, according to NBC News’ analytics.

Once Kalhan returned to her original team, what would become known as the general assignment team (GA), the newsroom began issuing beats. As a member of the inaugural general assignment team, Kalhan was assigned “Youth and Activism.” This beat came on the heels of her coverage of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting. The tragedy, once again, brought her to her home state of Florida, but this time just minutes away from where she grew up. She earned the trust of parents whose children had been slain that Valentine’s Day in 2018. Students who’d lost friends welcomed her to watch them get ready for prom, the names of their slain friends adorned to their wrists with friendship bracelets.

In May 2019, Kalhan’s mother died after five years of living with ovarian cancer. When she returned to the newsroom the following month, her manager offered her a proposition: “We want you to be our Taylor Lorenz.” This meant finding online trends, breaking news and finding scoops in the digital world — and explaining to NBC News’ audience why these stories mattered. After breaking news on VSCO Girls (which was cited by The New York Times), an exclusive interview with Caroline Calloway hours after that story in The Cut went viral, and a story about how TikTok creators were being intentionally cringe to generate an income, Kalhan had become a ground-breaking internet culture reporter.

Then, the pandemic hit.

And while working from home offered its own range of challenges, Kalhan began a new chapter of her career: On-air reporting. At first, Kalhan was a regular correspondent for NBCLX, a smaller NBC News affiliate based in Texas. Soon, she was fielding requests from NBC’s Nightly News, MSNBC, NBC News Now, the Snapchat show “Stay Tuned,” Morning News Now, and News Now Today. Once pandemic restrictions were lifted, she began working in-studio, going on-air sitting next to presidential hopefuls and journalism legends.

Kalhan has also appeared in documentaries like “Abused by Mom: The Ruby Franke Scandal” (Peacock) and “DEPP V HEARD” (Netflix).

She spent five years taking every on-air opportunity possible, realizing this was her passion.

Kalhan is a journalism fanatic in whatever form it takes. She can write about trends, business, technology, AI, education, culture, politics, young people, and more.

She is currently open to work, and would love to discuss any job opportunities.