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Lancaster, Pa, Us

As an full-time editorial intern with The Sporting News, I assist with the editorial team's goal of explaining sports news so fans have a one-stop place to understand the latest trends in the NFL, NBA, MLB, etc.In my creation of trending content, I've written explainers on significant sports trends, live blogs for top NFL/NCAAF games each week, stat pieces for top in-game performances, injury updates on big names, etc. Finding trending article ideas consists of searching… Show more As an full-time editorial intern with The Sporting News, I assist with the editorial team's goal of explaining sports news so fans have a one-stop place to understand the latest trends in the NFL, NBA, MLB, etc.In my creation of trending content, I've written explainers on significant sports trends, live blogs for top NFL/NCAAF games each week, stat pieces for top in-game performances, injury updates on big names, etc. Finding trending article ideas consists of searching through social media & Google Trends, planning out content week-by-week with the rest of the staff and pitching ideas as games happen to produce quick stories on timely news. Show less

State College, Pennsylvania, United States

As a freelance contributor to Penn State on SI, Sports Illustrated's channel dedicated to Penn State sports coverage, I cover Nittany Lions press conferences, news and game previews while writing three pieces each week of the 2024 season.

After graduating from Penn State, I contributed to multiple outlets as a freelance sports writer. That included coverage of the PIAA state baseball playoffs for the Centre Daily Times and Mike Drago Sports, as well as Penn State football for the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.

State College, Pennsylvania, United States

As a sports intern with the CDT, I assisted with coverage of local sports in State College, including game coverage & features about Penn State & local high school teams and athletes. This role gave me the unique opportunity to cover a wide variety of sports, with stories ranging from high school girls basketball and Penn State wrestling to Olympic skateboarding teams. My work with the CDT was the culmination everything I'd learned over my time as a student journalist at Penn State, as… Show more As a sports intern with the CDT, I assisted with coverage of local sports in State College, including game coverage & features about Penn State & local high school teams and athletes. This role gave me the unique opportunity to cover a wide variety of sports, with stories ranging from high school girls basketball and Penn State wrestling to Olympic skateboarding teams. My work with the CDT was the culmination everything I'd learned over my time as a student journalist at Penn State, as I applied my unique storytelling skills to each piece, filled in with game coverage as necessary and wrote 5+ Centre-County-focused sports feature stories. Stories written included game coverage of Penn State men's basketball's "Return to Rec Hall" upset over Illinois, an investigative piece on the lack of high school sports officials in Centre County & more. Show less

University Park, Pennsylvania, United States

As a spring sports editor for The Daily Collegian, I led the newspaper's staff of 35+ sports reporters.On top of editing and posting each of their stories to The Daily Collegian's website, Twitter/X and Facebook, I provided advice and leadership to growing sports writers and led weekly budget meetings.Outside of the many leadership skills I gained from this role, it made me a better writer and reporter, gave me experience writing headlines/working with SEO, improved my ability… Show more As a spring sports editor for The Daily Collegian, I led the newspaper's staff of 35+ sports reporters.On top of editing and posting each of their stories to The Daily Collegian's website, Twitter/X and Facebook, I provided advice and leadership to growing sports writers and led weekly budget meetings.Outside of the many leadership skills I gained from this role, it made me a better writer and reporter, gave me experience writing headlines/working with SEO, improved my ability to generate sports story ideas and grew my digital content + social media skills by using BLOX and creating unique promos for each story. Show less

State College, Pennsylvania, United States

Over two years as a sports reporter with The Daily Collegian, I covered the Penn State men's hockey, men's volleyball, women's basketball and sports features beats.Through collegiate sports coverage of some of the Big Ten's top athletic programs, I wrote dozens of gamers, siders, previews, media stories, features and more. On a weekly basis, these beat coverage roles included reporting on live games through Twitter/X and social media, finding, pitching and completing feature story… Show more Over two years as a sports reporter with The Daily Collegian, I covered the Penn State men's hockey, men's volleyball, women's basketball and sports features beats.Through collegiate sports coverage of some of the Big Ten's top athletic programs, I wrote dozens of gamers, siders, previews, media stories, features and more. On a weekly basis, these beat coverage roles included reporting on live games through Twitter/X and social media, finding, pitching and completing feature story ideas, attending weekly media availabilities with coaches and athletes, etc.These roles prepared me for a career in digital sports reporting, growing my skills such as storytelling, event/game coverage, writing and reporting, social media, and much more. Show less

In my position with NBC Sports, I assisted with coverage of Penn State football for games that NBC had on its upcoming broadcast schedule, providing an on-the-ground, student perspective on the Nittany Lions, who remained a top-15 team in the AP Poll the entire season and ranked as high as No. 6. This role included attending Penn State football press conferences & practices, gathering information and quotes for story sourcing and working with NBC editors to produce a clean & interesting… Show more In my position with NBC Sports, I assisted with coverage of Penn State football for games that NBC had on its upcoming broadcast schedule, providing an on-the-ground, student perspective on the Nittany Lions, who remained a top-15 team in the AP Poll the entire season and ranked as high as No. 6. This role included attending Penn State football press conferences & practices, gathering information and quotes for story sourcing and working with NBC editors to produce a clean & interesting copy for its national audience. Show less

Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States

As an editorial intern with the LNP sports newsroom, I assisted with coverage of local high school sports, tournaments in Lancaster, Lancaster Barnstormers baseball and other sports stories as necessary. With LNP being one of the final remaining Pennsylvania newspapers to print all seven days a week, my work was often published in the print editions, including multiple front-page stories. This internship gave me experience writing to an established local audience, as LNP has one of the… Show more As an editorial intern with the LNP sports newsroom, I assisted with coverage of local high school sports, tournaments in Lancaster, Lancaster Barnstormers baseball and other sports stories as necessary. With LNP being one of the final remaining Pennsylvania newspapers to print all seven days a week, my work was often published in the print editions, including multiple front-page stories. This internship gave me experience writing to an established local audience, as LNP has one of the largest daily circulations in the state and its website, LancasterOnline, has a monthly readership of over one million unique users. This internship included both assigned stories and pursuing my own, including gamers, previews and features. I worked in the sports newsroom to consistently meet deadline, write interesting stories and provide coverage of various sports in Lancaster County. Show less

University Park, Pennsylvania, United States

In CommRadio, I had a variety of sports media experiences. Over the air, I called Penn State sports (softball, women's basketball) in both play-by-play and color commentating, which required preparation with teams, stats, etc. and has developed my on-air skills.I also wrote about both professional and Penn State sports for the outlet's website, contibuting 40+ pieces about collegiate sports, the NBA, MLB and NFL.Finally, I gained experience in the world of audio and podcasting… Show more In CommRadio, I had a variety of sports media experiences. Over the air, I called Penn State sports (softball, women's basketball) in both play-by-play and color commentating, which required preparation with teams, stats, etc. and has developed my on-air skills.I also wrote about both professional and Penn State sports for the outlet's website, contibuting 40+ pieces about collegiate sports, the NBA, MLB and NFL.Finally, I gained experience in the world of audio and podcasting by using the club's studio equipment to assist with getting sports broadcasts live over the air and appearing on podcasts to discuss various sports topics. Show less

As a sports writer with The Game Haus, I covered the Philadelphia 76ers, writing 2-3 weekly articles about the team’s games, players and current news. This internship helped me display my passion for the NBA and sports writing as I brought in weekly stories to be posted on the blog and my social media. Working through WordPress, this role helped me improve my skills with editing, SEO and blog-style sports writing.

Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States

As a community relations intern with the Barnstormers, I assisted with planning team events at Clipper Magazine Stadium, which included theme nights and events between innings. I also assisted with gameday operations, which included managing mascot appearances, 50/50 raffle sales and some upkeep of the field. Finally, I shadowed in the radio broadcast booth with the Barnstormers' longtime play-by-play announcer and with the media team that ran the cameras, digital screens and… Show more As a community relations intern with the Barnstormers, I assisted with planning team events at Clipper Magazine Stadium, which included theme nights and events between innings. I also assisted with gameday operations, which included managing mascot appearances, 50/50 raffle sales and some upkeep of the field. Finally, I shadowed in the radio broadcast booth with the Barnstormers' longtime play-by-play announcer and with the media team that ran the cameras, digital screens and scoreboard at Clipper Maganize Stadium. Show less

Bachelor'S Degree, Digital/Print Journalism

Activities and Societies: John Curley Center, CommRadio, The Daily Collegian

High School Diploma