Alan Shaw Email & Phone Number

Sarasota, Florida, United States

I plan when and where stories run online and in print for the Sarasota Herald-Tribune and Lakeland Ledger and each paper's daily newsletters with the goal of increasing our audience by provided the best content to inform our communities.

Sarasota, Florida Area

I take real-time data and use it to help guide our coverage and drive engagement. I also write, edit and produce breaking news and multimedia and help manage social media. I train the newsroom on our content management system and other tools we use to produce the news.

Since early 2014 I've been devoted to producing digital content, breaking news and driving traffic to our websites. I also manage several of the Herald-Tribune's social media accounts. As a side project I cover the craft beer scene in Florida, with a focus on Sarasota and Manatee counties and our burgeoning local breweries.

I copy edit for the website and newspaper, with an emphasis on updating and producing content for the website. I also write a weekly print column and blog about craft beer.

I work with assigning editors to lay out and edit the daily B sections. I also write a weekly column and blog about craft beer.

In addition to traditional copy editing and headline writing, I also work on our Web site, www.heraldtribune.com. I spent several years designing pages and copy editing before returning to full-time editing.

I was a copy editor for the fall of my senior year and became one of two copy desk chiefs for the final semester of my senior year. The Independent Florida Alligator is the largest independent student-run college newspaper in the country. It publishes five days a week while classes are in session.