Brian Trusdell Email & Phone Number

• Author of 11 non-fiction books for juvenile literature market: Pele: Soccer Star & Ambassador (ABDO Publishing, January 2014); Great Moments in Olympic Skiing (ABDO Publishing, September 2014); US Women Win the World.
• Provide freelance content to the U.S. Olympic Committee website (TeamUSA.org).

o The Associated Press, Newark, NJ – served as sports stringer in charge of game coverage of the New York Red Bullso The New York Times, New York City, NY – produced sports business feature regarding soccer team nameso ProSoccerUSA.com, Orlando, FL – write spot news and feature stories for Orlando Sentinel-affiliated soccer websiteo Sports Vue Interactive.

Mclean

• Wrote, reported, aggregated and edited copy remotely for Washington, D.C.-based political news website.
• Collaborated on selection of topics and approach to various story topics.

Union, NJ

• Responsible for all facets of producing weekly Union County LocalSource and monthly Union Leader newspapers, including writing, editing, photography and layout.
• Coordinate reporters, photographers, production staff and collaborate with advertising, circulation.

• Responsible for virtually all content on www.concacaf.com.
• Wrote and edited copy, edited photos, and promoted website content on Twitter and Facebook. Also tracked unique visitors to the website.
• Recruited and managed freelancers to provide coverage of teams and events throughout North, Central America and Caribbean.
• Assumed press officer functions on occasion - writing press releases and responding to media, federation and team inquiries.

• Sports Writer
• Served as international wire sports editor from 1990-2000; responsible for coordinating overseas staff to cover sports news and handling domestically produced copy for the AP's world sports report.
• Reported from six Olympics - two winter (1994 and 1998), four summer (1992, 1996, 2000 and 2008)
• Supervised the AP's world coverage of the 1994 and 1998 World Cups - preliminary and final round matches.
• Broke stories such as the folding of the Major Indoor Soccer League and FIFA’s acceptance of WADA regulations on doping.
• Covered an array of sports including U.S. Open golf and tennis championships, World Cup ice hockey, the USFL championship, rugby (league and union), cricket, skiing, field hockey, handball and Australian Rules.

• Covered soccer, rugby, skiing and auto racing. Was the first to report on the folding of the WUSA and the LA Galaxy becoming the first MLS team to declare a profit.
• Covered the 2002 World Cup, 2002 Gold Cup, two MLS Cup championship games and the 2001 CONCACAF Champions Cup.
• Covered the manslaughter trial of former NBA All-Star Jayson Williams.