- Oversaw the day-to-day operation of Digital Optimization Team, which helps promote and refine newsroom coverage, supports breaking news efforts and creates content based on audience trends- Oversaw projects and facilitated collaborative relationships with 34 newsrooms across Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Arkansas, North Carolina and South Carolina- Led coverage of 2022 Primary and General elections across the South region, including working with newsrooms and planning team to coordinate efforts, pre-optimizing content and creating social assets for quick publication.- Helped to develop and execute social promotion of regional special projects, including The Tennessean’s “Hallowed Sound” and “Confederate Reckoning,” as well as The Clarion Ledger’s “Tainted” investigation on the Jackson, Miss. water crisis.- Responsible for South DOT team staffing and maintaining team schedules

- Helped oversee enterprise projects and facilitate collaborative relationships with 38 partner sites.- Served as on-call manager, overseeing the operation of both the Eastern and Western Digital Optimization Teams and their combined 70 newsrooms- Led multiple DOT-wide training sessions centered around breaking news and search engine optimization.- Heavily involved in breaking news coverage including the El Paso shooting, Hurricane Michael, NAS Pensacola shooting and California wildfires.- Assisted with interviewing, onboarding and training new hires

- Responsible for helping 38 newsrooms grow digital audience through search and social media.- Optimized stories for SEO visibility and optimal user experience.- Helped interview and onboard employees, as well as developing best practices and workflows for a newly-expanded team.

- Managed day-to-day digital news operation for WVTM13.com, including content generation, copy editing, social media management and multimedia asset development. - Responsible for developing and implementing digital best practices to optimize user experience and SEO. - Worked cooperatively with marketing and digital sales to ensure promotional efforts were executed well across digital platform. - Oversaw multiple content management system transitions, including training staff on new platforms.

- News, features and occasional sports coverage, including writing and photography- Assisted with copy editing, pagination and publication duties- Website content management.

- Hard news and feature coverage, including reporting and photography.- Education beat covering three area school districts consistently, and one additional district as necessary.- Copy editing and page proofing.- Generation of content for special sections including health, dairy, business, Watercade celebration, home improvement and monthly school publications during the school year.- Posting stories and photos to website, as well as moderating community comments and blogs for inappropriate content.