Editor at Sunraysia Daily.

Was editor of the Ballarat Times, Bendigo Times, Golden Plains Times, The McIvor Times and The Moorabool News. Established three mastheads (Ballarat, Bendigo Golden Plains) and relaunched two more creating a $2 million revenue stream in major regional Victorian markets.Always placed the audience at the centre of the experience with actionable, meaningful andengaging content for print and digital.Put an emphasis on high-quality copy, strong images, and functional and meaningful layout.Led, develops, and works collaboratively with teams of reporters, designers, photographers and sales. Built significant and lasting relationships with advertisers, audience, government and the wider community.

Website overhaul projects, copy review and multimedia content updating for education and not-for-profit clients. Developing social media and online community management strategies, and ways of implementing them, for educators. General news content creation for use by organisations in internal and external messaging.

Ran the sports desk. If it related to sport and the Latrobe Valley, I'm was all over it like Cam Talbot on a loose puck.Filling 13-16 open pages over bi-weekly editions. Edited and directed all elements of sport including 80 per cent original copy, submitted content, layout, photography, web and social media. Told “everybody makes it their own,” so increased diversity of people represented in sport section. Covered three football netball leagues, a 12-team soccer competition – and FFA Cup runs, the local Big-V basketball side and so much more.

Journalist covering general news. Filing two leads, two story/down pages and two briefs daily minimum. Great understanding of company systems, policies, procedures and style guide. Quickly developed a strong contact book and produced original and engaging reads. Big stories included major floods and their aftermath, a federal election, and a seal stuck in a public toilet.

General news reporter at a weekly newspaper servicing the people of Westlock and surrounds in rural Alberta, Canada.Covered politics, crime, health, education, sport, and human interest. Producing 10 to 14 original stories an edition, with images, along with editorial and opinion pieces. Broke the paper’s record for social media interactions. Fostered relationships and sources creating a reputation of trust and professionalism.