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New Haven, Ct, Us

New Haven, Connecticut, United States

Edit stories on the trending and features team ranging from entertainment features to political deep divesFocused on storytelling techniques and adjusting for SEO best practices, including optimizing headlines and article summaries for homepage, social media and print products using programs like Google Analytics, Chartbeat and Parse.lyProject managed teams of up to five reporters for special projects on health care and housingCultivated a diverse collection of sources to pitch… Show more Edit stories on the trending and features team ranging from entertainment features to political deep divesFocused on storytelling techniques and adjusting for SEO best practices, including optimizing headlines and article summaries for homepage, social media and print products using programs like Google Analytics, Chartbeat and Parse.lyProject managed teams of up to five reporters for special projects on health care and housingCultivated a diverse collection of sources to pitch, report, write, and produce engaging multimedia stories for the Features and Trending team published across 10 daily newspapers and 20 weekly newspapers Show less

New Haven, Connecticut, United States

Covered a wide range of topics from food news and trends to state politics and social issuesSpecialized in digital-first content with an emphasis on expanding news-of-day items into trend and feature piecesProduced an average of 100,000 page views per month as a writerCollaborated with photography and design staff for visual elements, and independently created original photo and video contentReceived Connecticut Society of Professional Journalists 2022 award for video… Show more Covered a wide range of topics from food news and trends to state politics and social issuesSpecialized in digital-first content with an emphasis on expanding news-of-day items into trend and feature piecesProduced an average of 100,000 page views per month as a writerCollaborated with photography and design staff for visual elements, and independently created original photo and video contentReceived Connecticut Society of Professional Journalists 2022 award for video storytelling Show less

Greater Tampa Bay Area

Covered politics in the cities of Tampa and St. Petersburg as well as statewide coverage of the Legislative Session and all things politics adjacent in a state with some of the most controversial politics in the nationCovered the development and passage of Florida’s controversial bill known as “Don’t Say Gay” and bills governing transgender youthInvestigated allegations of harassment by a Tampa Council Member against their legislative assistant that resulted in the lawsuit against the… Show more Covered politics in the cities of Tampa and St. Petersburg as well as statewide coverage of the Legislative Session and all things politics adjacent in a state with some of the most controversial politics in the nationCovered the development and passage of Florida’s controversial bill known as “Don’t Say Gay” and bills governing transgender youthInvestigated allegations of harassment by a Tampa Council Member against their legislative assistant that resulted in the lawsuit against the city Show less

Greater Tampa Bay Area

Reported on and produced audio news and feature stories on issues ranging from health and social equity to politics and human interest pieces broadcasted across all of Florida. Stories were also assembled into digital packages for web and social mediaDuties included anchoring hourly newscasts in both live and pre-corded formats, composed of original and aggregated reportingExtensively covered civil unrest during the summer of 2020 and the 2020 Presidential ElectionUncovered child… Show more Reported on and produced audio news and feature stories on issues ranging from health and social equity to politics and human interest pieces broadcasted across all of Florida. Stories were also assembled into digital packages for web and social mediaDuties included anchoring hourly newscasts in both live and pre-corded formats, composed of original and aggregated reportingExtensively covered civil unrest during the summer of 2020 and the 2020 Presidential ElectionUncovered child abuse at a Tampa public elementary school resulting in the arrest of the teacher and principal Show less

Tampa/St. Petersburg, Florida Area

Specialized in digital-focused reporting and editingMost-read author at Florida’s largest newspaper for 2019 Wrote breaking news, in depth stories and covered viral/trending topics Helped develop flash briefings for Amazon Alexa and Google Home devices including writing scripts, recording and editing audio Appeared in audio and video reporting segments Managed and optimized social media, curating the homepage of tampabay.com, aggregating stories from wire services, building… Show more Specialized in digital-focused reporting and editingMost-read author at Florida’s largest newspaper for 2019 Wrote breaking news, in depth stories and covered viral/trending topics Helped develop flash briefings for Amazon Alexa and Google Home devices including writing scripts, recording and editing audio Appeared in audio and video reporting segments Managed and optimized social media, curating the homepage of tampabay.com, aggregating stories from wire services, building visually focused digital versions of stories, scheduling push notifications and building newsletters Show less

Plant City, Florida

Crafted and covered the paper’s first city beat Duties included writing four-six stories per week on deadline, taking photos for all stories, assembling photo galleries, writing special weekly sections, copy editing articles for print and posting stories to the web. Many stories also appeared in our sister paper, the Tampa Bay Times Earned five awards in 2017 from the Florida Press Association: General News Story, Breaking News Story, Education Reporting, Agricultural and Environmental… Show more Crafted and covered the paper’s first city beat Duties included writing four-six stories per week on deadline, taking photos for all stories, assembling photo galleries, writing special weekly sections, copy editing articles for print and posting stories to the web. Many stories also appeared in our sister paper, the Tampa Bay Times Earned five awards in 2017 from the Florida Press Association: General News Story, Breaking News Story, Education Reporting, Agricultural and Environmental Reporting, Informational Graphic Show less

Clearwater, Florida

Copywriter for direct mail and e-based marketing materials for Subaru of America and Mercedes-Benz dealerships nationwide.

Lakeland, Florida Area

Covered the Polk County delegation of the Florida Legislature during the historic 2015 legislative budget impasse and special session. Close attention paid to objectivity regarding political coverage to ensure accurate and unbiased coverage. Concurrently covered the county’s large veteran population, paying special attention to health and support services.Covered the night cops beat for all of Polk County, Florida with a focus on breaking newsCultivated sources within local emergency… Show more Covered the Polk County delegation of the Florida Legislature during the historic 2015 legislative budget impasse and special session. Close attention paid to objectivity regarding political coverage to ensure accurate and unbiased coverage. Concurrently covered the county’s large veteran population, paying special attention to health and support services.Covered the night cops beat for all of Polk County, Florida with a focus on breaking newsCultivated sources within local emergency management organizationsDeveloped human interest feature stories for A1 and B1 weekend pages Show less

Bachelor'S Degree, Journalism And Media Studies

Associate'S Degree, Liberal Arts And Sciences/Liberal Studies

Associate'S Degree, Film And Media