Chris Burt Email & Phone Number

Boca Raton, Fl, Us

Current Role• Oversee all editorial, marketing and promotional materials, including content on digital platforms and at the company's trade shows, including the New York Produce Show and Conference. • Create educational content and hire speakers for sessions and panels at the New York show.• Write press releases on breaking news and speaker announcements for the New York show.• Lead all social media outreach strategy and campaigns, including posting companywide updates.• Promote our company and connect with industry leaders at fresh produce events across North America. • Develop and implement editorial strategies for print and digital publications that build the Phoenix brand.• Help build yearly editorial calendar and analytics to help track readers, subscribers and attendees.• Write press releases on major magazine campaigns, including 40-under-40 and Innovation awards.• Provide final proofs of content for Produce Business magazine and other digital publications.• Collaborate with sales team on growth strategy and increasing advertisers, sponsors and subscribers.• Provide support to chief executive on all content- and show-related matters.Former Managing Editor role• Direct and supervise all aspects of the company’s industry-leading Produce Business magazine.• Oversee and proofread all content and editing of digital publications in the U.S. and U.K.• Coordinate all story assignments and production with editors, freelancers, and graphic artists.• Provide editorial leadership and operations support at the New York and London Produce Shows.• Direct editorial on two major marketing campaigns - our Innovation and 40-under-40 Awards.• Write all social media posts with hashtags of staff-written copy for our UK publications.• Write monthly news briefs and occasional feature stories for print and digital products.• Design high-impact covers for the monthly Produce Business print publication.

Boca Raton, Fl, Us

Atlanta, Ga, Us

• Write and develop health training materials for CDC and the nation’s laboratory workforce.• Prepare and design a variety of guides, including SOPs and eLearnings, for staff and external partners. • Edit and revise all scientific and technical aspects of internal- and external-facing documents.• Apply legal and ethical standards to all communications materials released by the Branch.• Lead assigned project management tasks for the Training & Strategy Operations (TSO) team.• Create PowerPoints and deliver presentations for leadership, staff, and external partners.• Deliver cross-team guidance on clear communication, plain language, and Branchwide etiquette.• Provide technical writing, editing, and presentation assistance to subject matter experts.• Prepare all documents produced by TSO for 508 accessibility compliance.• Assist in 508 accessibility checks for other teams and documents translated into Spanish. • Build project management lifecycle templates to better support team members in Wrike• Write video scripts for several campaigns, including a national push to gain OneLab subscribers. • Create a set of design standards for documents from TSO that align with best practices from the CDC.• Advise staff weekly on best practices on our Wrike Strategy and Accessibility Champions teams.

Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, Us

• Cover the education beats for two publications – University Business and District Administration.• Write 2-3 stories per day for University Business, totaling 1,000 articles over two years.• Report on all topics impacting education, including health, technology, cybersecurity and enrollment.• Provide breaking news articles daily on COVID-19 and its impact on colleges and universities.• Create an online database of colleges requiring vaccines. (That surpassed 350,000 views).• Sit in on national press conferences involving health leaders from CDC and provide updates.• Conduct hundreds of interviews with academic leaders and businesses connected to K-12 and higher ed.• Develop and generate all content ideas for UB, including enterprise and investigative pieces.• Perform all outreach to college leaders and create a series of Q&As with university presidents. • Conduct research and write on campus emergencies, including mental health, suicide and hazing.• Post all of my stories via WordPress to the UB and DA websites with headlines, captions and SEO.• Curate several newsletters weekly for our publications and conferences.• Lead program development and oversight of the inaugural Academic Esports Conference & Expo.• Develop from scratch a 60-session program on innovations across esports for the Expo.• Edit all marketing materials, write requests for proposals (RFPs) and hire speakers for the Expo.• Cover and assist in the planning of the Future of Education Technology Conference. • Post live editorial updates and coverage online and on social media from the show.

Atlanta, Georgia, Us

• Design sports sections for The Palm Beach Post, Dayton Daily News, and Austin American-Statesman. • Edit content, and write headlines and captions for all four of Cox Media Group's newspapers.• Design and help edit business pages for the Dayton Daily News.• Coordinate coverage and daily design of pages and Sunday sections for the Palm Beach Post.• Help oversee final productions of sections daily and prepare spreadsheets to track analytics.• Create impactful, high-quality special sections and posters for print and online audiences for top events such as the Super Bowl, Atlanta Olympics, Baseball Hall of Fame, and the World Series.• Redesign and update standing elements for the Statesman's fall football coverage and previews.• Select, tone and placed images from staff, AP and Getty Images photographers into daily products.• Create charts, illustrations and graphics to supplement all four publications.• Mentor younger co-workers on editing and style through periodic meetings.

West Palm Beach, Fl, Us

• Manage a staff of 10-15 copy editors and designers, organizing budgets and assignments each night.• Carry through the section's editorial mission and excellence. (We won several APSE Top 10 awards).• Copy edit and proofread all content daily, including headlines, captions, and other standing elements.• Design special covers and special sections using Photoshop and InDesign.• Prepare daily reports, write evaluations of staff members, and conduct hirings and firings.• Oversee all aspects of the Post’s Sunday sports section every week for five years.• Design most of the Post’s Sunday sections, including covers and advance previews of major events.• Ensure all pages and online stories were accurate upon sending and met targeted deadlines. • Mentor younger co-workers on editing, style, and design through periodic meetings.• Write occasional game stories on the Florida Panthers and other feature stories.

Deerfield Beach, Fl, Us

• Plan and design sports pages for the largest volume section in the country (275,000 Sunday).• Edit copy and proofread stories from reporters for all daily and weekend sports sections.• Write headlines, captions, and add information on all standings elements in the section.• Create infographics, charts, and new design elements for all special sections and daily sections.• Create special marketing and promotional materials, including posters, for local sports teams. • Assist columnists and staffers daily on improving their writing skills and with story development.• Design special sections from cover to cover, including NFL, MLB, College Football, NHL and NBA. • Won three Sunshine State awards, including best in the state of Florida, for graphic design.

Albany, New York, Us

• Oversee editorial and production of the sports section for the midsize daily newspaper (100,000 daily).• Schedule work shifts and help conduct performance reviews of night sports desk staff.• Give editing and design assignments daily to the night sports desk team.• Design cover pages and many of the inside pages of daily and special sections• Create Winter Sports section and manage content. (It won two Hearst awards for page design).• Work with writers and columnists on story developing and improving their copy.• Compile and edit inserts for daily coverage of the Saratoga horse racing meet each year.

Athens, Georgia, Us

• Generate budgets and plan all sports section coverage for three weekly newspapers in the Boston area.• Write as many as 12 articles per week, including columns, in Burlington, Bedford, and Lexington.• Connect with and interview influential sports leaders in northwest Boston, including coaches and ADs.• Design all sections, place photo assignments, and collaborate with artists on display and infographics.• Hire freelancers, assign stories, and edit and refine reporters’ writing.• Write investigate pieces. (Through a monthslong investigation, uncovered a wrongful termination). • Won two companywide awards for general reporting and column writing.

Boston, Ma, Us

• Cover the state high school hockey beat and report from games across eastern Massachusetts.• Write weekly columns, conduct Top 20 polls, and write features on players scouted by the NHL.• Cover and write live game stories from other sports, including football state championships.• Compile and write daily roundups of area events for the sports section. • Report on major breaking events. Some of those included the death of Celtics captain Reggie Lewis; Bill Buckner’s confrontation with a fan in Pawtucket and exit from New England; the Harvard-Yale game; and quarterback Drew Bledsoe signing with the Patriots. • Assist top editors in major research projects, which included our award-winning investigative reporting on the Lisa Olson trial and the death of greyhounds at area dog tracks.

Meriden, Ct, Us

• Report on all local high school events, including coverage of games in all sports. • Write other assigned local feature articles, including the town’s annual run on New Year’s Day.• Compile and write the R-J’s state golf column during summer months.• Research and write reports on prominent events that occur on this date each week.• Cover breaking sports events in New England, including the Red Sox and statewide tournaments.• Design, edit copy, and help assist in the production of daily print pages and sections.

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Journalism

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