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Professional journalism published by XGames.com, ESPN.com, NBC Sports, The Washington Post Magazine, Inspirato, Snowboard Magazine, The Colorado Sun, Outside, Westword, The Washington City Paper, Aviation Business Journal, National Ski Areas Association Journal, Fuel.TV, DewTour.com, Association of Alternative Newsweeklies (AAN News), Men's Journal, Mountain Town Magazine, and many more.Specialist in action sports, adventure travel. Co-author of "Shaun White: Airborne" – a… Show more Professional journalism published by XGames.com, ESPN.com, NBC Sports, The Washington Post Magazine, Inspirato, Snowboard Magazine, The Colorado Sun, Outside, Westword, The Washington City Paper, Aviation Business Journal, National Ski Areas Association Journal, Fuel.TV, DewTour.com, Association of Alternative Newsweeklies (AAN News), Men's Journal, Mountain Town Magazine, and many more.Specialist in action sports, adventure travel. Co-author of "Shaun White: Airborne" – a career-spanning photography book by the 3-time Olympic gold medalist and 15-time X Games gold medalist – published by Rizzoli USA in October 2023.Emmy Award winner as associate producer for the NBC Sports team responsible for broadcasting the 2022 Beijing Olympics. The Sports Emmy Award for Outstanding Live Special was presented in May 2023 at the National Academy of Television Arts & Science' 44th Annual Sports Emmy Awards. Copywriting work for brands including Red Bull, Vans, Mountain Dew, Fjällräven, Road Runner Sports. Available for feature stories, book-length projects, documentary film writing, copywriting and copyediting, TV production work, and strategy for social media and digital content. Show less

In this behind-the-scenes television production role, I'm responsible for interviewing all competitors in assigned skateboarding, snowboarding, BMX, and other action sports disciplines and conducting research to help prep the X Games and ESPN talent teams, Echo Entertainment TV production teams, and X Games content and social media teams prior to, during, and after the broadcasts. Responsible for creating and updating complete athlete bios, compiling statistics, creating notecards for… Show more In this behind-the-scenes television production role, I'm responsible for interviewing all competitors in assigned skateboarding, snowboarding, BMX, and other action sports disciplines and conducting research to help prep the X Games and ESPN talent teams, Echo Entertainment TV production teams, and X Games content and social media teams prior to, during, and after the broadcasts. Responsible for creating and updating complete athlete bios, compiling statistics, creating notecards for announcers, writing pick sheets and event previews and event recaps, and creating and fact-checking information for TV graphics.In this role I work closely with talent including X Games hosts Selema Masekela, Victoria Arlen, and Jack Mitrani, and support play-by-play commentators Brandon Graham and Jimmy Coleman, snowboarding analyst Craig McMorris, and skateboarding analysts Tony Hawk, Gary Rogers, Amelia Brodka, and Jason Ellis. I also work closely with the full X Games Research team, the Echo Entertainment TV production team, and the X Games social media and content teams, to ensure vibrant storytelling and accuracy in reporting across the X Games brand.To date, my TV production work with the X Games Research team has taken me to Austin, Texas; Minneapolis, Minnesota; Aspen, Colorado; Oslo, Norway; Sydney, Australia; Shanghai, China; San Diego, California; Ventura, California; and Chiba, Japan. Show less

Xgames.Com

More than 500 articles published by ESPN.com and XGames.com, spanning more than a decade, with an emphasis on action sports reporting (primarily skateboarding, snowboarding, freestyle skiing, freestyle motocross, and rally car racing).

Stamford, Connecticut, United States

Associate Producer on the team that won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Live Special at the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences' 44th Annual Sports Emmy Awards for coverage from the 2022 Beijing Olympics Winter Games. Also served as lead snowboarding researcher, responsible for writing the Olympic Snowboarding Research Manual for the 2022 NBC Olympics Research Team to prep the broadcast team for covering 11 snowboarding disciplines at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games… Show more Associate Producer on the team that won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Live Special at the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences' 44th Annual Sports Emmy Awards for coverage from the 2022 Beijing Olympics Winter Games. Also served as lead snowboarding researcher, responsible for writing the Olympic Snowboarding Research Manual for the 2022 NBC Olympics Research Team to prep the broadcast team for covering 11 snowboarding disciplines at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games including men's and women's slopestyle, parallel giant slalom, snowboard cross, mixed team snowboard cross, halfpipe, and big air. Each section included a competition overview, a recap of the PyeongChang 2018 Winter Olympics and overview of Olympic history in the discipline, event previews and early predictions, full bios on each of the American competitors and other top contenders, and a summary of Olympic records and potential Olympic history statistics to watch for. Also served as in-booth Statistician for the snowboarding and freestyle skiing big air events. Created half-sheet notecards on every big air competitor, 120 athletes in total, to prep the NBC Sports commentary team. Worked closely with play-by-play commentator Shane Bacon, snowboarding analyst Kelly Clark, freestyle skiing analyst Tom Wallisch, field reporter Samuel Brock, reporter Tina Dixon, and producers Aaron Feldstein and Shane Bishop to ensure accuracy across the broadcasts. In-booth responsibilities included logging tricks, tracking Olympic records history, live fact-checking, managing in-the-moment statistics, and otherwise supporting in-booth talent. Show less

Tokyo, Japan

Served as in-booth Skateboarding Statistician for the men's and women's skateboard street and park events at the sport's Olympic debut in Tokyo. Created half-sheet notecards on every competitor, 120 athletes total, to prep the NBC Sports commentary team. Worked closely with play-by-play commentator Todd Harris, analyst Paul Zitzer, and field reporter Tina Dixon on site in Tokyo, and with the NBC Sports Research team of Jonathan Quartuccio, Rachel Thompson, Benjamin Din, Sarah Oromchi to ensure… Show more Served as in-booth Skateboarding Statistician for the men's and women's skateboard street and park events at the sport's Olympic debut in Tokyo. Created half-sheet notecards on every competitor, 120 athletes total, to prep the NBC Sports commentary team. Worked closely with play-by-play commentator Todd Harris, analyst Paul Zitzer, and field reporter Tina Dixon on site in Tokyo, and with the NBC Sports Research team of Jonathan Quartuccio, Rachel Thompson, Benjamin Din, Sarah Oromchi to ensure vibrant storytelling and accurate reporting from the event. Show less

Denver, Colorado, United States

Behind-the-scenes writing, interviews, and production work for "Higher," a documentary film following snowboarder Jeremy Jones and friends on adventures in Jackson Hole, Wyoming; Lake Tahoe, California; the Eastern Alaska Range, and the Himalayas of Nepal. Credited as "Story Consultant," and worked closely with directors Jeremy Jones, Steve Jones, Todd Jones, associate producer Nick Kalisz, and editor Justin Fann.