Andy Paras Email & Phone Number

Fort Wayne, Indiana Area

Manage a multi-million-dollar newsroom budget; plan large projects and daily news coverage; hire talent; oversee all broadcast, digital and social media content; track Google Analytics; collaborate with department heads on branding and community engagement.

Gainesville, Florida

Hired talent, managed newsroom budget, coached reporters, assigned and edited stories, planned projects, posted to digital and social and tracked analytics.

Charleston, South Carolina Area

Managed broadcast, social and digital content. Supervised producers and coached reporters. Nominated for Southeast Regional Emmy as field producer for Charleston Tent City.

Charleston, South Carolina Area

Helped pioneer digital and social media strategies at The Post and Courier as its first social media editor. Focused on news, community engagement, brand development and customer service. Also trained staff, tracked analytics and wrote a social media blog, column and the occasional breaking news story.

Charleston, SC

As the morning crime reporter, I wrote stories, shot photos and videos and posted to social media - occasionally all at the same time.

Covered cops and courts in three counties. Also wrote a nightlife column called "Paras at Night."

Covered Shenandoah County as a general assignment reporter during the day and helped design pages at night.