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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States

Producer for Pittsburgh's leading 11p.m. newscast. Responsibilities include leading editorial meetings, making coverage decisions, show stacking, showcasing, graphic coordination using AXIS and CHYRON systems, and timing shows in the booth. I assisted with the re-launch of 11 at 11, one of the station's most successful branding campaigns, promising and delivering a fast-paced community-focused 11 minutes of local news and weather before the first commercial break.

Erie, Pennsylvania, United States

Produced 5 and 6 p.m. newscasts for northwestern Pennsylvania, helping the station develop and implement creative and effective newscast strategies.Responsibilities include editing and coordinating reporter stories, stacking shows, editing video, VIZOpus automation software, oversaw a new broadcast graphic package implementation, produced special projects, developed interactive elements using AccuWeather Storyteller, and every live source available to create dynamic newscasts.

Erie, Pennsylvania

Produced locally-focused television news at 5 and 6 p.m. for northwestern Pennsylvania.Responsibilities included editing and coordinating reporter stories, stacking shows, editing video, VIZOpus automation software, writing a daily radio news update, producing special projects, election coverage, developing stories using AccuWeather Storyteller, CNN/CBS/NBC live sources and Dejero to craft dynamic newscasts.

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Worked on all aspects of digital strategy, editorial, design and week-to-week reporting

Point Park University

Key administrator for student-run mixed-format radio station based in Pittsburgh, PA. Responsible for hiring a staff of 15 board members and 50+ general members. Implemented the overhaul of the station's digital property (WPPJRadio.com) and oversaw the first physical move of the main studios in 40 years. Organized the 2018 Rock a Thon 67 hour long charity event on campus as a remote broadcast and community event.

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Managed and maintained studio facilities for use by various internal and external television and cinema productions. Duties included mainainenance of a multicamera studio environment and cleaning of the studio space.

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Creator, Producer, and Live Director of Point Park's NewsNight, the university's only student run live-to-tape newscast.Responsibilities included organizing staff, editing content for air, studio management, graphic production and managing a loose staff of 20+ contributors.

Pittsburgh, Pa

Wrote weekly United Student Government pieces and was a general multiplatform contributing writer.

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Hired and managed staff as head administrator, coordinated publication and layout, and wrote pieces.Coordinated 2017 Inauguration Coverage, planned and executed 50th Anniversary Edition and Celebration, and contributed to regionally award-winning coverage of Point Park's first ever faculty union contract.

Pittsburgh, Pa

Supervised staff, critiqued layout and wrote pieces

Pittsburgh, Pa

Pitched, edited, wrote, and created layout of weekly newspaper’s news section

Greater Pittsburgh Area

Regular contributing news writer for the Point Park University Globe.

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Contributor for the Post-Gazette's high school sports coverage. Duties included taking score summaries, pagination (first InCopy then Libercus) and posting score summaries to the web. Was an independent contracted stringer for Football, Basketball and Soccer.

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Production assistant and newsroom intern for 90.5 WESA radio. Functioned as a general assignment reporter and worked on special projects including the stations "Good Question!" series and community event reporting. Duties included writing and producing for air (Adobe Audition and NewsBOSS) as well as the station's digital platforms.

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Content creator and editor for 535media's project upgrūv. Duties included aggregating news for cross-platform publishing and assisting with the development of strategy across digital channels (RebelMouse CMS and social media management).

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Broadcast Production And Media Management, Cum Laude

Diploma