--Lead and guide the newsroom’s digital team through and beyond daily news coverage.--Develop and conduct newsroom onboardings and training to best equip journalists and digital editors to connect with readers and optimize their work.--Innovate, elevate and promote the newsroom’s op-ed content, including columns and letters to the editor.--Guide the digital desk to optimize distribution of digital content across all platforms, including existing social media channels, push alerts and newsletters.--Collaborate with newsroom leadership and digital desk to plan and execute daily digital content, ensuring it is timely, relevant, and engaging for the audience.

--Manage team of ten digital journalists and newsroom of more than 100 journalists in daily digital promotion of content--Develop and conduct newsroom trainings--Lead new hire digital onboardings--Strategize on digital best practices on social media, website curation, push notification, email newsletters and more--Develop and launch special audience engagement projects

-Craft engaging headlines, social media posts, push alerts and newsletters-Optimize all content for the web-Facilitate breaking news

-Covered breaking news with an emphasis on cops and crime in the Baton Rouge area-Handled weekend coverage for all breaking news in nearly one dozen parishes-Developed deeper enterprise stories and projects such as homicide tracker widgets

-Covered government in Lafourche Parish-Took photos and videos as needed-Posted daily to social media-Contributed daily content to Daily Comet and Houma Courier, Louisiana newspapers of the year for 2016

Editor-in-Chief, April 2015 – May 2016-Managed board of 30 leaders and staff of 100+ contributors in producing a weekly print issue and daily online content-Oversaw all content and business decisionsTraining Coordinator, April 2014 – April 2015-Developed training curriculum for all written and non-written sections-Held office hours to meet with writers-Assisted in recruitment and retentionNews Section Editor, April 2013 – April 2014-Trained and led staff of 15 reporters in creating weekly print and daily online stories-Worked with social media, copy editing, photography and design staff to create spreadsStaff Reporter and Photographer, August 2012 – Present

-Planned and coordinated grand opening-Updated social media profiles-Marketed and publicized updates and event-Pitched and developed gallery projects

-Contribute to College Media Matter website posts to provide the college journalist perspective on media topics and weigh in on ethical decisions, the changing landscape of media and more

-Write daily and weekly online and print content for The Advocate feature section and the Beaucoup weekly section-Contribute photographs with stories

-Created content for Health and Wellness and Arts and Entertainment sections online and in print-Assisted with production of special issue guides

-DJ a weekly radio show-Participate in annual pledge drive to fund station

-Generated and pitched story ideas-Wrote articles for the weekly paper-Wrote a rotating monthly sports column-Photographed events for the weekly paper