Chase Wright Email & Phone Number

Monroe, CT, US

• Oversee the production of a daily and weekly newspaper in southwestern Connecticut
• Manage newsroom staff, coordinate coverage, and edit copy for style and clarit
• Direct news coverage and develop strategies to increase user engagement
• Serve as representative and spokesperson for company at assigned events and community forums
• Website, SEO and social media management

• Oversee two weekly newspapers with a combined circulation of 20,000
• Preside over a team of reporters, freelancers and correspondents
• Assign stories to writers and edit copy for style and clarity
• Manage the websites and social media accounts for both papers
• Design and layout front page, news and various sub-sections of both papers using QuarkXPress

• Work with fellow members of the Events Committee to plan and manage events
• Execute up to eight events per year
• Help oversee events and guide participants
• Identify and secure event sponsorships
• Market upcoming events through traditional mailings and flyers, and publicize all events using social media and email marketing

• Wrote in-depth feature articles for a daily newspaper based in Norwalk, CT
• Covered a wide range of topics including crime, health, politics, education and development, as well as the nonprofit sector
• Shot and edited video and uploaded content to the web
• Cultivated trusted sources through consistently fair and balanced reporting
• Updated social networking sites and maintained a daily news blog
• Worked collaboratively in teams to increase Internet traffic by supplementing stories with maps, graphs, photo slideshows and video

• Lead reporter for weekly community newspaper based in Stamford, CT
• Covered nearly every beat, including crime, city government, development and business, state and local politics, and arts and entertainment
• Found fresh angles to developing stories and wrote in-depth feature articles for weekly edition
• Edited and proofread copy and provided feedback on layout and design

Master Of Business Administration (Mba), Management And Digital Marketing Strategy

Bachelor'S, Magazine Journalism

Activities and Societies: • Chancellor Scholar • Member, National Honor Society