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United States

Assists in managing Agile software development processes.Oversees requirements gathering, acceptance criteria formulation, success metric definition, and liaising with design teams. Strategizes and drafts user stories and story maps, while closely monitoring issue progression and providing timely solutions to the development team. Collaborates to refine the product backlog and facilitate daily standup meetings and other essential team gatherings. Collaborate with remote teammates and execute meticulous product acceptance tasks. Proficient in documenting business requirements and conducting thorough business analysis, leveraging market data to inform product strategies aligning with both user and business needs.Actively engage with the user community on dailykos.com to ensure a thorough understanding of user perspectives and needs, fostering company-wide success through stakeholder alignment.

Develops and facilitate professional learning sessions, in-person and virtual, on a variety of news literacy concepts for audiences of adult learners. Constructs feedback surveys and other tools that assess learning and provide data for reporting key metrics relevant to team objectives and specific donor and grant requirements.Collaborates on the design, development, and implementation of a digital education platform for on-demand, self-paced professional learning for educators and adult learners.Collaborates on the design, development, and publication of related resources to supplement our programs for the public.

Oakland, California, United States

Worked in audience development to help its existing newsrooms (BerkeleySide, OaklandSide), as well as supported its work expanding into new markets in the Bay Area.

Members of the Personal Finance Cohort are forward-thinking student journalists. They will learn about some of the innovative strategies the WSJ newsroom uses to engage audiences, gaining insights and tools that they can bring back to bolster their own publications.

A year-long journalism fellowship for early-career professionals who are aspiring future leaders in the industry.Finds placements for fellows as paid, full-time journalist at a participating news outlet, joining a cohort of up to 60 colleagues who are passionate about journalism and the critical role of the free press in society.*Completed my placement at Blavity, Inc.

Wrote over 700 news, features, and profile stories on subjects of interest to the Black community. Secured over 10 million pageviews and more than 10,000 social media interactions on digital content.

Greater Chicago Area

Manages and coordinates social media for West Side United, a collaboration of six local hospitals seeking to improve neighborhood health by addressing inequity in healthcare and other community-based institutions. Works with communications fellows to execute #MyWestSideIs campaign.

Greater Chicago Area

Breakthrough partners with those affected by poverty to build connections, develop skills, and open doors of opportunity. •Supports the creation and implementation of annual communications plan, which includes social media, monthly newsletters, and all constituent communication•Creates and edits all content for print appeals, e-communications (social media and online newsletter), blogs, events, and other communications to engage all Breakthrough audiences (donors, volunteers, participants, EGP residents)•Oversees social media strategy and implementation•Enhances Breakthrough’s local and national reputation through securing media placements in print and digital news outlets•Captures images of programs to be used in marketing materials, newsletters, and social media•Oversees creation and implementation for marketing tools including brochures, newsletters, special reports, annual reports, fact sheets, program booklets, and website content•Assists with external presentations and equip Breakthrough staff to communicate effectively by providing story materials and coaching•Spearheads communications analytics and provides regular reports to larger development team

Greater Chicago Area

Greater Chicago Area

Created CULTURE with a team of community-focused Millennials dedicated to coverage of the origins of American culture. Leads company strategy, development and expansion. Heads online content program and editorial endeavors at cultureisnews.com.

Digital

Writes recaps of Chicagoland and notable suburban high school basketball competitions. Strategizes with editors and fellow media producers for optimum coverage during basketball season.

Greater Chicago Area

Responsible for connecting and interacting with current customers of the branded/clothing boutique via digital media, as well as engaging new patrons. Directs production shoots and manages branded work. Oversees development of e-commerce website.

Wrote feature, spotlight and human interest stories about the various levels of football practiced in America. Curated high school football highlights for weekly "Top Plays of the Week." Collaborated on the creation of "Captain's Corner" - an editorial series that delved into the leadership of college football's most successful programs.

Greater Chicago Area

Acted as P2P’s lead writer/contributor in the Illinois and metro Chicago high school sports network. Recruited and mentored students in journalism practices. Wrote stories and captured photos to accompany copy.

Chicago

Assisted in managing content for the national Sun-Times Network. Contributed to digital network that garnered more than 30 million page views per month. Wrote 12+ articles per day on local community, sports and news events. Manage social media interactions that total hundreds per month on each site. Utilized proper SEO, interlinking techniques to maximize exposure for content.

Chicago, Il

Oversee communication aspects for Under Armour All-America Game Selection Tour including drafting and distributing press releases, media outreach, while teaming up with Corporate Partnership Activation team and Selection Tour Manager of Under Armour All-America Game.Support Marketing Director in website maintenance and content development for Hockey City Classic. Assist in managing social media outlets (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram) for live television properties. Strategically plan and execute public relations plans for live television events.Manage and execute onsite media logistics for live television events. Maintain and update record books and rosters for owned properties.

Rosemont, Ill.

Wrote and edited communications materials, including fact sheets, web copy, Playbook (intranet), feature and news articles, social media posts and program overviews.Compiled daily media monitoring reports for company-wide circulation.Helped coordinate and staff promotional events for key programs and with partners.

Carbondale, Il

Assisted with media components of basketball/football/volleyball game days.Wrote feature stories and blogs for website.Complied statistics and media.

Carbondale, Il

Responsible for sports coverage of 15,000 circulation daily student paperAssigned and edited stories for the sports deskCollege basketball beat writerAttended budget and editorial meetings to help decide coverage and policies

Masters Of Science In Journalism, Media Innovation And Content Strategy

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Radio, Television And Digital Communication

High School, Liberal Arts And Sciences/Liberal Studies