Brian Pedersen Email & Phone Number

Tucson, AZ, US

Site manager for AZ Desert Swarm

Tucson, Arizona Area

My 20+ years of experience as a writer, reporter and editor are available for projects of any and all sizes and scopes. Past writing clients include: * Ante Up Magazine* Arizona Republic* Cleveland Plain-Dealer* East Valley (Ariz.) Tribune* Lubbock (Texas) Avalanche-Journal* Norman (Okla.) Transcript* Daily Oklahoman* Santa Barbara (Calif.) News-Press*.

Writer/editor for Pac-12 DieHards site

I cover college basketball and football on a national level for Bleacher Report, the No. 2 sports Web site. Also write about NASCAR, MLB, tennis and Olympics.

Tucson, AZ

Contributed a weekly sports column and provided content to the Currents and City Week sections. Also contributed to The Range blog on a variety of topics.

Handled landlord payments to property owners who rented to Section 8 federal assistance recipients.

Responsible for the Arizona Daily Star's coverage of local crime issues, ranging from daily breaking news stories on high-profile crimes, fires and vehicle accidents to picking up on local crime and public safety trends affecting the entire region.Also keep track of Southern Arizona's local poker scene by writing an occasional blog for our Web site.

Covered a variey of topics, including courts, crime, government, health and poliitics, focusing on stories and issues that worked best as breaking news updates for our Web site.

Responsible for the day-to-day coverage of the Town of Marana, Pinal County and the Avra Valley and Northwest fire districts.Produced stories for both our daily edition and our weekly Northwest section.Additional duties included editing copy and writing headlines and cutlines for weekly Foothills section.

Provided community sports coverage for our weekly East Side, Foothills, Northwest and Sahuarita sections, focusing on high school and neighborhood-specific activities.

Served as the backup beat writer for University of Arizona football and men's basketball and lead writer for UA softball as well as for Tucson-area minor league baseball and hockey team

Responsible for all aspects of the Star's high school sports coverage, including assignment of stories and photographs and compilation of game results and statistics. Oversaw a staff of between 10 and 15 high school- and college-age freelance and part-time writers.

Sold Isagenix weight loss and cleansing products to people interested in becoming healthier.

Provided on-air analysis and predictions of high school football games for the Tucson market's top-rated local newscast.Live or taped segments would appear on 5 p.m. Friday show.

Hosted a weekly hourlong show focusing on high school football in Southern Arizona.Conducted live interviews with area coaches and players.Provided analysis of past and upcoming games.

Served as the Citizen's high school editor, covered minor league hockey and compiled the sports section's daily scores and standings page.

Bachelors, Journalism

Activities and Societies: Residence Hall AssociationResident Assistant, Graham-Greenlee Hall, 1995-1997

Master, Administration, 3.91

Activities and Societies: Graduated with distinction honors with emphases in professional writing, public management, project management.