David Albright Email & Phone Number

New York, Ny, Us

Fairfield, Connecticut, United States

Teaching classes in Communication, Digital Journalism and Sports Media disciplines, including News Writing, Sports Writing, Sports Journalism, Sports Broadcasting, Podcasting and Mass Media and Society. Also advising students across campus media.

Dekalb County, Illinois, United States

Teach undergraduate and graduate students in Communication Strategies in Sport class within Sport Management program.

Charlotte, North Carolina, United States

Leader of SBJ’s newsroom of editors and reporters across digital, newsletters, print, video/audio. Responsible for daily content execution and long-term strategy of SBJ’s editorial operation.

Stamford, Ct

Established the digital content vision for new professional football league’s branded digital platforms. Created and executed the editorial programming strategy (written, social, video), including the launch of XFL.com, and managed the daily coverage plans and content teams at all eight team locations.

Bristol, Ct

Managed a multi-sport enterprise content team and served as primary liaison to client marketing and sales divisions to oversee practices that grew content sponsorship revenue and globally expanded ESPN Digital sites. Integrated content operations for digital, social and television platforms across every region. — Directed content operations for ESPN local sites (Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Los Angeles, New York).— Advanced global expansion with launch of new ESPN sites in Australia and India and formed partnerships in Africa (Kwese) and China (Tencent); boosted alliances and integration with existing sites in U.K. and Spanish speaking Latin America and sport-specific sites (ESPNFC and ESPN CricInfo).— Managed content planning and execution for MLB, NBA, NFL, NHL, F1, Golf, Soccer, Tennis, Special Projects— Managed $25M direct-to-consumer premium content business (ESPN Insider) and increased subscriber base by 20%.— Managed Fantasy Sports business and improved content integration on Digital, Magazine, Radio, Social and Television, and increased sponsorship revenue for Fantasy Football and Tournament Challenge.

Bristol, Ct

Executed the development and delivery of all college sports content and coverage on ESPN Digital platforms. Partnered with client marketing and sales divisions to facilitate new sponsorship opportunities and integrated executions for all ESPN platforms.— Primary strategy role resulted in growth of ESPN.com monthly uniques from 19 million in 2005 to 77 million in 2014.— Grew content sponsorship revenue from less than $1M to more than $30M.— Started with a full-time staff of four and built it into a team of 100-plus editors and reporters for coverage of football, basketball, hockey, recruiting, NCAA championships, and high school sports.

Bristol, Ct

Managed and implemented content integration efforts between Digital Media and other ESPN platforms (TV, Radio, Magazine, Original Entertainment).— Worked in close collaboration with other ESPN departments (Ad Sales, Finance, Programming, TV Event and Studio Production) to build and maintain status as market leader. Drove content goals for Digital Media and achieved larger corporate initiatives for college sports, including on-site coverage of the NCAA Frozen Four and College World Series.— Managed partnerships with the NCAA, Bowl Championship Series (BCS), College Football Playoff and major college conferences (ACC, Big 12, Big Ten, Pac-12, SEC).

Bristol, Ct

Managed ESPN.com news and video operations and served as liaison and ambassador for original digital partnership.

Bristol, Ct

Served as lead researcher for SportsCenter with Dan Patrick and Keith Olbermann. Also provided studio research assistance for other ESPN shows (Baseball Tonight, College GameDay, NFL Primetime, NHL 2Night, RPM 2Night).

Master Of Science - Ms, Business Journalism

Fellow, Sulzberger Executive Leadership Program, Columbia Journalism School

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, Journalism