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Dublin, Dublin, Ie

Track, report and analyze the top sports betting trends and stories in North America.Write stories, data-driven analysis, and commentary for several GDC Group sports-betting websites, including Gambling.Com and Bookies.Com. Make daily and weekly NFL picks. Content focuses on breaking Industry news, data-driven trends, analysis and offers a perspective not seen elsewhere.Stories and columns syndicated via McClatchy Newspapers and other partner outlets. Work cited and/or linked by Reuters, ESPN, NFLonFox, USAToday, CBS Sports, Axios, Forbes, SI.com, The Dallas Morning News, MSN.com, yahoo! sports, Golf Digest, Marketwatch, Fox 5 DC, Variety, The Tampa Bay Times, the Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel, the Hartford Courant, Boston Globe, Boston Herald, and other top legacy media sites. Featured in 5 of the nation's top 20 DMAs on TV as a Betting Analyst. Stations include CBS New York; WCVB-TV, WBZ-TV, WHDH-TV and NBC10 in Boston; Action News 8 Tampa Bay; WFTV Orlando; and CBS Miami. Radio hits include WABE-FM (National Public Radio - Atlanta), 98.5 The Sports Hub in Boston, and multiple podcasts and streaming outlets. Produced, edited and managed digital, social and video content. Directed social media feeds. Served as Weekend Editor during our peak traffic and user times. Professional Associations:Associated Press Sports Editors:Select Judge in 2012-23 National Contest. Invited presidential guest to 2011-13 National Conventions. Moderated Legal Sports Betting Panel at 2023 Convention in Las Vegas Sponsor and mentor for multiple student APSE members.Featured Speaker at 2024 New England SPJ Meeting

Boston, Massachusetts, Us

Write sports column for major metro daily newspaper using the Obnoxious Boston Fan® moniker and traditional byline. Reported multiple exclusive stories and news-making columns. Covered Super Bowl and other major events.Built Obnoxious Boston Fan® brand in a highly-competitive, Top 10 media market. Co-hosted Weekly "Obnoxious Boston Show" on Boston Herald Radio. On-Air/Social Media Presence: - Regular Guest on WAAF Boston's Matty & Nick and Hill-Man Morning shows. Other Appearances: WEEI 93.7 Boston, 92.9 The Ticket in Bangor, Maine, Boston 25's TV Sports Sunday recap and the Chaz & AJ Morning Show in Hartford, Conn. - Active and impactful social presence. 14.3K Twitter and 3.7K Facebook followers, averaging more than 3 million Twitter impressions monthly.

Mclean, Va, Us

Managed Golfweek.com, its related social feeds, digital desk and multi-platform content team. Developed content and set strategy for digital and social feeds. Planned daily coverage, marquee story placement and monitored breaking news and social trends. Year-over-year 2018 data saw organic, non-paid PVs rise 85% (to 47.9 million), uniques increase 25% (to 17.5 million) and time spent increased 14%.Site set seven consecutive monthly records for PVs and comScore in 2018 - peaking with 7+ million PVs in July 2018 and our top traffic day (890K PVs)Site set mark of 3.79 million uniques and saw a year-over-year traffic increase of 263% in March 2018. comScore surpassed 1 million monthly starting in March 2017 and has remained above that mark since.Twitter/Facebook footprint organically grew 50% and 26% from November 2016.

Atlanta, Georgia, Us

Managed DawgNation.com, writers, related social feeds, digital desk and a multi-platform content team for a website focused on University of Georgia athletics.DawgNation.com drew more than 10 million PVs monthly in September and October 2016. Developed and executed multiple successful sponsored-content formats, generating a significant portion of the overall revenue for the entire SEC Country/Land of 11/All-22 Diehards franchise. Managed content for the DawgNation Facebook page (456,000 followers). Averaged nearly 2 million impressions and 800,000+ minutes of video views weekly during first 8 weeks of 2016 UGA football season.

San Francisco, Ca, Us

Wrote exclusive profiles, features, columns and news stories about Major League Baseball, NBA, and other sports for national sports web site. Conducted several exclusive interviews with David Ortiz during his final season. Covered Tim Tebow's Mets debut (95,000 reads) in March 2017. Story on Olympic weightlifter Mattie Rogers in May 2016 accumulated more than 335,000 reads.

Boston, Ma, Us

Provided a distinct perspective on the Red Sox, Patriots, Bruins, Celtics, and top sports topics of the day. Sports columnist, content developer, and writer on Boston Globe-owned web site. Wrote the "Most Shared" article on any Boston Globe-owned web site from 2011-15. "Your Kid Isn't Playing Because Their Not Good Enough" column from October 2014 generated more than 1,000,000 page views and 204,000 Facebook shares. It was the No. 1 story on the site on Oct 25, 2015 - more than a year after it was published. Column averaged more than 125,000 weekly unique PV in 2014. Logged more than 15 million PVs since 2011. Contribued to Boston.Com's Pulitzer Prize-winning Boston Marathon coverage. Wrote first live on-line column after attacks. Posted seven other stories within a week of the attacks and manhunt. Generated multiple "exclusives" in Bombings' aftermath. Interviewed survivors and victim families. First uncovered the real numbers behind the "thousands" of racist Tweets following a Bruins playoff game in 2014. Provided live coverage of the 2013 World Series, the 2013 Stanley Cup Finals, and two Super Bowls. Covered Super Bowl XLIX for Boston.Com from a Las Vegas sportsbook. Produced and host live in-game fan chats during key sporting events via Scribble It and Cover It Live. First on the site to live-blog network TV shows like "Saturday Night Live" on a regular basis. First on Boston.Com sports site to curate social media and multimedia content in stand-alone posts on regular basis.Also of Note:- Sports Illustrated/Fansided. NBA writer (2016). - CBS Sports Interim Social Media Editor. Grew Facebook following from 900,000 to 1.1 million in eight weeks during Summer of 2014 by creating original live visual content for World Cup and NBA Finals. Managed live social feeds during key events, including the PGA Championship.

Bristol, Ct, Us

Produced more than 250 individual by-lines on ESPN.COM. Wrote blog posts, features and breaking-news stories for ESPN.COM. Generated profile stories and features from trending content and assignments. Aggregated content and create stories from Twitter, Facebook, Reddit feeds, Instagram images, You Tube videos and other social media platforms for the Playbook site. Edited weekly Tuesday Morning Quarterback column (and other stories as assigned) and chose photos for use each week.

Orlando, Fl, Us

Supervised the sports desk and multiple reporters and columnists on deadline at a major metro daily newspaper in Central Florida. Our primary areas coverage included the NBA's Orlando Magic, 3 NFL teams, state and national college football, golf, NASCAR and the region's high schools. Hired as Assistant Sports Editor and promoted in 2004.Created innovative content that helped the section achieve journalistic excellence, market dominance and national recognition with more than 30 national awards - while informing and serving readers. Section consistently ranked as one of nation's Top 10 by the Associated Press Sports Editors. Developed 10-15 special sections annually, including our 8-time APSE Top 10 award-winning football preview. The 2008 edition featured Barack Obama and John McCain, who participated in exclusive photo shoots and interviews and appeared on dual covers. Planning and execution of these sections included interaction with advertising, marketing, circulation and production departments. Projects involved many sports stars and national celebrities. Established contacts across United States.- Negotiated and implemented 3 print and digital content sharing agreements with outside news organizations.- Directed the sports visuals (photos, graphics and illustrations) for the newspaper. Art-directed photos, graphics and illustrations.- Served as night editor in charge of the production of the daily sports section 5 nights per week - responsible for final content, accuracy and meeting deadline. Coached and assigned editors, photographers, designers and reporters on deadline.

Denver, Colorado, Us

Led sports department copy and production desk at a major metro newspaper that covered Denver’s MLB, NBA, NFL and NHL teams, top national sports stories, colleges throughout Colorado and area high schools. Budgeted and laid out space for the daily section and was responsible for its final content and production on deadline in an extremely competitive environment. Assigned and coached copy editors, designers and reporters on deadline. Assisted with story and visual content development for both live and enterprise stories. Served as editor for Adam Schefter and Woody Paige. Coordinated and budgeted coverage of the NFL and Denver Broncos, including the Super Bowl XXXIII preview, live and commemorative special sections. Also produced NFL Preview and Game Day sections weekly during the season. Directed the design and visuals (photos, graphics and illustrations) in the sports section. Wrote headlines, edited copy, designed graphics and created pages. Worked on print and digital platforms.

Managed team members in sports department of a mid-sized daily newspaper in the metro New York market. Hired as Deputy Sports Editor and promoted in 1998.Directed coverage of the New York area professional teams, major events in the region, the UConn men and women's basketball teams, 5 regional colleges and high schools in Fairfield Country and the Naugatuck Valley. Oversaw the daily content, design and visuals of the sports section.

Waterbury, Ct, Us

Directed sports department of a mid-sized suburban daily newspaper in Central Connecticut. Responsible for the daily content (visuals and stories) and on-time production of the paper's sports section. Guided coverage of the UConn men and women's basketball teams, 2 colleges and 12 high schools.

Ba, Journalism

Certificate, Digital Multimedia