Bobby Mathews Email & Phone Number

Birmingham, Alabama, United States

Birmingham, Alabama Area

• Managed public relations campaigns for technology startup in Birmingham, Alabama
• Ghost-wrote opinion pieces for national outlets like The Huffington Post, Politico, Salon and Slate
• Wrote and edited long-form sports reportage
• Wrote direct-to-consumer messaging for a financial services client
• Wrote B2B and B2C blogs and messaging on behalf of a private marketing firm

Tuscaloosa, Alabama Area

• Cultivated local, state and national media for PR pitches as part of media relations team
• Wrote and distributed press releases for humanities and social science programs
• Managed and edited annual university-wide highlights publication
• Pitched and penned stories for in-house publications, including newsletters and magazines

Tuscaloosa, Alabama Area

• Conceived and executed marketing plans to reach target audiences
• Produced and directed multimedia ad presentations (TV, radio, print)
• Created and maintained the company's first Facebook and Twitter accounts

Troy, AL And Demopolis, AL

• Daily sports writing and live-blogging sports events
• Shot and edited photos of sporting and news events
• Managed online editorial content
• Daily pagination of sports and news sections
• After six months as sports editor in Troy, I was promoted to managing editor in Demopolis.

Milledgeville, Ga.

• Acted as the face of the newspaper to the public
• Produced daily news reportage and photography
• Supervised collegiate and high school interns
• Led newsroom to eight Georgia Press Association awards
• As part of a team, helped launch a new monthly magazine, Around the Lakes

Statesboro, Ga.

• Planned award-winning coverage of high-school and college sports
• Wrote game stories, features, opinion columns
• Assigned and edited photos

Griffin, Ga.

• Managed a staff of nine to meet stringent daily deadlines
• Multi-tasked daily to design pages, write stories, oversee reporters, and edit
• Managed online editorial content

Bachelor’S Degree, Journalism

Activities and Societies: •Society of Professional Journalists•Sports editor, then news editor at The Tropolitan student newspaper

Core Classes

Activities and Societies: Editor of student newspaper, SGA Senator, Scholar Bowl (team captain)•Editor in chief of The Weevil Eye, student.