Résumé

EXPERIENCE:

SPORTS SUMMER INTERN, Santa Ana, California.
The Orange County Register
05/09 – 08/09

  • Covered Lakers parade, NBA Draft, Boxing, Manny’s return to Dodger Stadium, U.S. Open of Surfing, along with daily features for ocregister.com.
  • Creator, host and producer: OC SportsChat. Fast-paced web video series discussing Southern California sports with beat writers on a regular basis.

MANAGING EDITOR FOR ONLINE, Tucson, Arizona.
DailyWildcat.com
08/09 – pres.

  • Redesigned and re-branded entire Web site, coordinating content, new media and ad placements.
  • Implemented a new newsroom workflow to publish continuous updates and multimedia projects throughout the day.
  • Direct social media efforts on Twitter and Facebook, which tripled traffic on a daily basis.
  • Assign and produce videos and podcasts. Coordinate efforts to combine UATV content on DailyWildcat.com.

SPORTS COLUMNIST / BASKETBALL BEAT WRITER, Tucson, Arizona.
Arizona Daily Wildcat
08/07 – pres.

  • Aside from typical beat writer duties, produced video packages, slideshows, podcasts, video interviews and highlights for DailyWildcat.com.
  • Covered 2008 NBA Draft, Phoenix Suns training camp, Pac-10 Tournament, NCAA Tournament First Round, Sweet 16.

FOUNDER, PUBLISHER
CelticsHub.com / An ESPN.com affiliate
08/08 – pres.

  • Recruited by ESPN.com editors to build, manage and maintain the Celtics’ TrueHoop blogging network affiliate.
  • Manage staff writers, editorial content and social media marketing in the fastest growing Celtics fan blogs.

REPORTER / COLUMNIST, Springfield, Massachusetts.
The Springfield Republican
05/04 – 08/08

  • Wrote a bi-monthly column with daily local feature and sports stories.
  • High school football beat writer, responsible for previewing and recapping Western Massachusetts football games each weekend.
  • Covered Super Bowl XLII in Glendale, Ariz.

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EDUCATION:

UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA, Tucson, Arizona.
Journalism, Creative Writing, Business focuses

  • First-place winner in Breaking News Reporting (Lute Olson retires) for the Society of Professional Journalism Region 11 Awards.
  • Selected to speak at the 2009 National College Media Convention in Austin, Texas.
  • Member of the Entrepreneurship Students Association.

SKILLS:

  • Web programming: HTML, CSS, PHP
  • Software: Adobe Photoshop, Final Cut Pro, Wordpress, Audacity, College Publisher, Newsgate, CCI