Brian Keyes Email & Phone Number

Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland

Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland

Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States

• In charge of 31 writers and two assistant editors to produce roughly 15-20 stories for the sports desk every week.
• Schedule writers to attend events, work with two assistants to assign story ideas for outside reporting, and communicate daily with the staff to assist with writing, interview preparation, sourcing and editing stories.
• Plan long-term projects such as the Women in Sports Series and the UNC-Duke Rivalry Special Edition
• Write and schedule a sports newsletter once a week for The Daily Tar Heel subscribers.
• Work as a beat writer covering UNC athletics including football and men’s basketball and enterprise stories reporting on the athletics department as a whole

Chapel Hill, NC

• Worked with two other editors to edit the stories of staff and senior writers while providing guidance on interview techniques, story research and crafting strong narrative-focused game stories.

Chapel Hill, NC

• Hired and directed a staff to run the limited summer version of The Daily Tar Heel, producing online content five days a week and creating three special print editions.
• Worked with five editors to direct news coverage of the town of Chapel Hill and UNC, handle breaking news, manage social posts on the primary Daily Tar Heel Twitter, and schedule a five-day-a-week email newsletter.

Chapel Hill, NC

I worked with two other editors to research and assign stories of interest about the arts and cultural events around the town of Chapel Hill, including local and university performance groups. We worked with a staff of 12 writers to find and contact sources, plan enterprise stories and edit stories to be published online and our print publication

Chapel Hill, NC

I covered a variety of varsity athletics teams at UNC, including women's soccer, field hockey, women's basketball, baseball and tennis. I conducted interviews with players and coaches for post-game stories and wrote analysis and columns about UNC athletics.

I assisted NCSMA Director Monica Hill with the logistics of organizing a three day summer writing camp with former Sports Illustrated writer Tim Crothers. My duties included advertising the program, organizing and acquiring release forms and camper information, and assisting instructors during the camp

Master Of Philosophy - Mphil, Modern Irish History

Bachelor'S Degree, Reporting

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