Donovan Harrell Email & Phone Number

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States

- Produces stories for Pittwire, Pitt’s official source for informative and inspiring stories about the Pitt community — aimed toward a broad, public audience.- Writes and copyedits strategic communications, including emails, university statements, graphics and websites that highlight important events, people, and University initiatives and strategic goals.- Contributes reporting to Pitt Magazine, the University’s publication with a readership of more than 250,000 that highlights the achievements Pitt’s people and programs - Coordinates with external media, pitching stories and providing expert sources and background information.

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States

- Work includes writing and reporting for local and national publications- Wrote stories about Pittsburgh’s Black arts and music scene for the Heinz Endowments’ Pittsburgh Cultural Treasures initiative- Awarded two Golden Quill Awards for Excellence in Written Journalism for stories about education and the U.S. Census written for The Heinz Endowments’ h Magazine.

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States

- Created, edited, coordinated and managed various strategic communications for the Office for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion and the Office of Engagement and Community Affairs, including newsletters, email alerts, media advisories, news articles and website copy.- Facillitated media requests for interviews and background information for staff and events organized by these offices, including Pitt's annual Diversity Forum and the Community Engaged Scholarship forum, which sees thousands of participants each year.- Conducted outreach to internal and external stakeholders to promote office events and boost participation.

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States

- Investigated original, independent enterprise and breaking news stories about the faculty, staff and university leadership at the University of Pittsburgh. - Regularly interviewed faculty and staff to write about Pitt's Board of Trustees; COVID-19 response; faculty/staff shared governance; university administrators; university policies; community engagement efforts; health and diversity initiatives; and faculty and graduate student unionization efforts. - Copy-edited online articles using AP style and in-house style.- Produced a biweekly newsletter for the publication with a readership of 15,000.

Greater Tampa Bay Area

- Reported breaking news stories on local and national daily topics through original interviews, data analysis, public records and content aggregation on politics, crime, and local politics.- Used SEO in Google and trending social media topics on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram to find and write stories to increase website traffic.

Washington Dc-Baltimore Area

- Contributed breaking news and feature stories through content aggregation, using trending topics on social media and Google to increase McClatchy's readership.- Produced breaking news, enterprise and feature stories for McClatchy DC politics team.- Reported daily on the South Carolina delegation's eight representatives, two senators, Gov. Nikki Haley, Budget Director Mick Mulvaney and FCC Commissioner Mignon Clyburn.

Washington Dc-Baltimore Area

-Pitched and produced enterprise and breaking news stories relating to the 2016 election,Republican National Convention, U.S. domestic policy and the justice system.-Investigated campaign donations, biographies and controversies to create an internal dossier onpotential vice president picks.

Tallahassee, Florida Area

Greater New York City Area

-Reported remotely on breaking news stories across the U.S. for the National Desk by contactinglaw enforcement, government agencies and people of interest.-Used social media to investigate breaking news, gathering photos and videos that were used inCBS Evening News and CBS This Morning newscasts, social media and disseminated findings toreporters and producers.

- Reported several feature centerpiece stories and numerous briefs on small businesses.- Contributed breaking crime stories, an op-ed piece and several profiles on notable businesswomen for the Monthly Business Report section.

Education record

Associate Of Arts (A.A.)