Handled the marketing efforts for a $80 million SEG-based credit union.Heavy business development experience and was responsible for significant loan growth.Handled all public relations, corporate communications and community relations.

--Write breaking news, features and enterprising stories for most of the towns in our paper’s circulation area, much of which were featured on page one.--Frequently provide editorial support while occasionally proofreading and editing the weekend edition.--Develop rapport with town officials, politicians, confidential sources, police and the general public.--Use interpersonal skills to build positive relationships with sources to get stories, which are reported both fairly and accurately under an early morning deadline.

Covered town council, planning, school committee and fire district meetings in the town of East Greenwich, R.I.Balanced a heavy workload under a demanding weekly deadline to ensure all stories were reported accurately and on a timely basis.The Willimantic Chronicle