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247Sports is a sports news website owned by CBS Interactive. Its focus centers on college football, basketball and recruiting. In my role as college football, basketball and recruiting editor, I report to the network's director of editorial. Together, we work closely with 247Sports' expert team of football, basketball and recruiting writers to produce original content that coincides with our brand as the industry leader in the three aforementioned areas. In addition to pitching article ideas… Show more 247Sports is a sports news website owned by CBS Interactive. Its focus centers on college football, basketball and recruiting. In my role as college football, basketball and recruiting editor, I report to the network's director of editorial. Together, we work closely with 247Sports' expert team of football, basketball and recruiting writers to produce original content that coincides with our brand as the industry leader in the three aforementioned areas. In addition to pitching article ideas, strategizing content scheduling/placement and copy editing, I assist in managing our homepage and Twitter, among other areas. Show less

247Sports is a sports news website owned by CBS Interactive. Its focus centers on college football, basketball and recruiting. As a national news desk editor, I oversee a wide range of stories on a daily basis in these three areas, with NFL and NBA mixed accordingly. I seek article ideas via Asana project management, copy edit headlines and bodies of every article on my shift for search optimization, manage a staff of writers and organize the homepage layout. This ultimately plays a pivotal… Show more 247Sports is a sports news website owned by CBS Interactive. Its focus centers on college football, basketball and recruiting. As a national news desk editor, I oversee a wide range of stories on a daily basis in these three areas, with NFL and NBA mixed accordingly. I seek article ideas via Asana project management, copy edit headlines and bodies of every article on my shift for search optimization, manage a staff of writers and organize the homepage layout. This ultimately plays a pivotal role in contributing to the tens of million-plus unique and growing visitors to 247Sports. I also monitor social media for its Facebook and Twitter accounts, which collectively boasts nearly 4 million followers and is entrenched as one of the industry’s top college news brands. Show less

247Sports is a sports news website owned by CBS Interactive. Its focus centers on college football, basketball and recruiting. As a national news desk writer, I cover a wide range of stories on a daily basis in these three areas, with NFL and NBA mixed accordingly. I write anywhere between 6-10 articles of 450 words or more per shift, which contributes to the 30 million-plus unique and growing visitors to 247Sports. I also monitor social media for its Twitter account, which boasts nearly… Show more 247Sports is a sports news website owned by CBS Interactive. Its focus centers on college football, basketball and recruiting. As a national news desk writer, I cover a wide range of stories on a daily basis in these three areas, with NFL and NBA mixed accordingly. I write anywhere between 6-10 articles of 450 words or more per shift, which contributes to the 30 million-plus unique and growing visitors to 247Sports. I also monitor social media for its Twitter account, which boasts nearly 300,000 followers and is entrenched as one of the industry’s top college news brands. Show less

New York, New York

SportsNet New York (SNY) is "The Home of All Things New York Sports" with exclusive broadcasting rights to the New York Baseball Mets, New York Football Jets and UConn football/basketball. As an editorial producer at the company’s revamped and growing SNY.tv website, I write multiple daily articles — from breaking news to creative blogs and other stories — covering all professional New York sports teams on a freelance basis. Those franchises primarily include the baseball Mets and Yankees; the… Show more SportsNet New York (SNY) is "The Home of All Things New York Sports" with exclusive broadcasting rights to the New York Baseball Mets, New York Football Jets and UConn football/basketball. As an editorial producer at the company’s revamped and growing SNY.tv website, I write multiple daily articles — from breaking news to creative blogs and other stories — covering all professional New York sports teams on a freelance basis. Those franchises primarily include the baseball Mets and Yankees; the football Giants and Jets; the basketball Knicks and Nets; and the hockey Devils, Islanders and Rangers in the world’s largest media market. Show less

Columbus, Ohio Area

Buckeye Sports Bulletin is an independent newspaper covering Ohio State athletics, primarily football and recruiting, circulating 30,000 weekly and monthly for its subscribers across the United States. BSB appears online at BuckeyeSports.com, previously for 10 years as a syndicated partner of the CBS Interactive network — formerly of the Scout Media network — mainly providing premium content in addition to free breaking news on Ohio State football, basketball and other programs. The website… Show more Buckeye Sports Bulletin is an independent newspaper covering Ohio State athletics, primarily football and recruiting, circulating 30,000 weekly and monthly for its subscribers across the United States. BSB appears online at BuckeyeSports.com, previously for 10 years as a syndicated partner of the CBS Interactive network — formerly of the Scout Media network — mainly providing premium content in addition to free breaking news on Ohio State football, basketball and other programs. The website became independent April 1, 2018.As a staff writer on the Ohio State football, basketball and recruiting beats, my work appeared in print in the newspaper and in multimedia on the website. My duties as online and social media coordinator included moderating the website and its forums, ensuring SEO headlines and front-page layout, in addition to managing the social media channels: @Buckeye_Sports on Twitter, Buckeye Sports Bulletin on Facebook and Buckeye Sports Bulletin on YouTube. When the newspaper went to press, I conducted additional work as a copy editor in the editorial office. Show less

Scout Media, which is now merged with 247Sports, was a multimedia sports website owned by CBS Interactive since its Feb. 1, 2017, purchase. It placed a special focus on college football and recruiting online at Scout.com, where I was a staff writer for the Rutgers home on Scout's network at ScarletReport.com. At Scarlet Report, which covers Rutgers athletics, I specifically covered Rutgers football, men's basketball and recruiting. I have also published content on Rutgers baseball, men's… Show more Scout Media, which is now merged with 247Sports, was a multimedia sports website owned by CBS Interactive since its Feb. 1, 2017, purchase. It placed a special focus on college football and recruiting online at Scout.com, where I was a staff writer for the Rutgers home on Scout's network at ScarletReport.com. At Scarlet Report, which covers Rutgers athletics, I specifically covered Rutgers football, men's basketball and recruiting. I have also published content on Rutgers baseball, men's lacrosse and men's track and field.Alongside Scarlet Report publisher Sam Hellman and his six years of experience at Scout.com, I helped manage the site and moderate its forums on top of my daily beat-reporting duties. I compiled 201 bylines of articles and multimedia content in over one year with the site. I was also the social media manager for @ScarletReport, scheduling tweets and increasing engagement of impressions, site traffic and subscriptions through the use of our Twitter platform. Show less

New Brunswick, New Jersey

WRSU-FM is the official student radio channel at Rutgers University on 88.7-FM in New Brunswick, New Jersey. At the flagship station of Rutgers women's basketball, the sports department broadcasts weekly sports talk shows on top of every game for Rutgers football and both Rutgers men's and women's basketball. In the spring, WRSU-FM produces all home games for Rutgers baseball. My experience within the department ranged from on-field reporting to play-by-play broadcasting and studio… Show more WRSU-FM is the official student radio channel at Rutgers University on 88.7-FM in New Brunswick, New Jersey. At the flagship station of Rutgers women's basketball, the sports department broadcasts weekly sports talk shows on top of every game for Rutgers football and both Rutgers men's and women's basketball. In the spring, WRSU-FM produces all home games for Rutgers baseball. My experience within the department ranged from on-field reporting to play-by-play broadcasting and studio production. I have covered Rutgers football and Rutgers men's basketball in all three of those aforementioned positions. When I became a beat reporter at other outlets covering Rutgers football, basketball and recruiting in 2015-17, I transitioned to the role of an analyst, joining weekly shows to share with hosts and listeners my reporting insights on the Rutgers athletics teams I covered. Show less

New York, New York

SportsNet New York (SNY) is the “The Home of All Things New York Sports" with exclusive broadcasting rights to the New York Baseball Mets, New York Football Jets and UConn football/basketball. I worked exclusively for the Jets media team at SNY, specifically aiding production of the weekly "Jets Nation" show, which airs every Sunday at 7 p.m. I was either in the Manhattan newsroom studios — logging video footage for editors to turn into highlights and researching key nuggets of… Show more SportsNet New York (SNY) is the “The Home of All Things New York Sports" with exclusive broadcasting rights to the New York Baseball Mets, New York Football Jets and UConn football/basketball. I worked exclusively for the Jets media team at SNY, specifically aiding production of the weekly "Jets Nation" show, which airs every Sunday at 7 p.m. I was either in the Manhattan newsroom studios — logging video footage for editors to turn into highlights and researching key nuggets of information for our on-air personalities to dissect — or on the scene for practice at Atlantic Health Jets Training Center in Florham Park, New Jersey.Overall, through my compilation of information reports on a weekly basis and my eye for editing video footage, I contributed behind the scenes to one of the station's top TV products and in the largest media market in the world. Show less

As the lead beat reporter covering Rutgers football, Rutgers men's basketball and the respective programs' recruiting, I added onto the growth of the local CBS Sports affiliate, which lacked in subscriptions and readership as a new site before my arrival. With my previous experience covering Rutgers athletics, I brought my brand and following over to the site, owned by CBS Interactive. I was an insider for Rutgers coverage on 247Sports, which produces premium and free digital media… Show more As the lead beat reporter covering Rutgers football, Rutgers men's basketball and the respective programs' recruiting, I added onto the growth of the local CBS Sports affiliate, which lacked in subscriptions and readership as a new site before my arrival. With my previous experience covering Rutgers athletics, I brought my brand and following over to the site, owned by CBS Interactive. I was an insider for Rutgers coverage on 247Sports, which produces premium and free digital media content for subscribed users and site visitors at rutgers.247sports.com. My work included practice/game reports, feature stories, roundtable discussions and 1-on-1 interviews with recruits. I also served as an online editor, revising articles published by other staff writers, and as a social media editor for the Twitter handle, scheduling and linking stories for @TheChopNation. Show less

New Brunswick, New Jersey

Upon my completion of sports editor on the 147th editorial board, I continued as the lead writer on the Rutgers men's basketball beat. Correspondent is a position that pays per article. My time away from the editorial office allowed me to provide more in-depth coverage, extracting even greater features on top of my regular writing for game recaps and previews. Included in an example of a story linked below, I was also on top of breaking news quicker than I had been as sports editor.

New Brunswick, New Jersey

At the second-oldest daily collegiate newspaper in the country, established in 1869, I served as the sports editor on the 147th editorial board at The Daily Targum. On top of my coverage as the lead writer for Rutgers football, a beat that ranged from 5-8 articles per week with 8-page game-day wraps/previews for home games to accompany pregame and postgame video reports, I managed a staff of up to 10 sports writers. Working between 30-40 hours combined in the editorial office and out in the… Show more At the second-oldest daily collegiate newspaper in the country, established in 1869, I served as the sports editor on the 147th editorial board at The Daily Targum. On top of my coverage as the lead writer for Rutgers football, a beat that ranged from 5-8 articles per week with 8-page game-day wraps/previews for home games to accompany pregame and postgame video reports, I managed a staff of up to 10 sports writers. Working between 30-40 hours combined in the editorial office and out in the field, I designed a 4-6 page spread on Adobe InDesign and handled communications between my department's writers and the corresponding sports information directors within the Rutgers athletics department.Overall, this position turned me into a jack-of-all-trades journalist. I was a daily beat reporting breaking news in competition with established writers at NJ.com, APP.com and others. I edited the http://dailytargum.com website, publishing and slotting stories on the home page and sports section. I designed and assembled the physical pages of the newspaper, working around ad space restrictions and filling in content accordingly. I managed the social media handle @TargumSports, scheduling tweets and increasing engagement with followers to ultimately drive traffic to the website. I did all of this on top of travel in the fall for away football games, a 15-credit academic workload and my additional involvement in other organizations. Show less

New Brunswick, New Jersey

Upon my promotion to the paid role of correspondent, I wrote 4-5 articles per week while covering the beat for the Rutgers women's soccer team in the fall and the Rutgers women's basketball beat in the winter. Both beats featured nationally-ranked teams, respectively in their inaugural season as members of the Big Ten Conference. From features to game previews/recaps, I truly grew as a writer covering a sport I was not familiar with initially (soccer) and working directly with/covering a… Show more Upon my promotion to the paid role of correspondent, I wrote 4-5 articles per week while covering the beat for the Rutgers women's soccer team in the fall and the Rutgers women's basketball beat in the winter. Both beats featured nationally-ranked teams, respectively in their inaugural season as members of the Big Ten Conference. From features to game previews/recaps, I truly grew as a writer covering a sport I was not familiar with initially (soccer) and working directly with/covering a Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame coach in C. Vivian Stringer. Show less

New Brunswick, New Jersey

As a freshman at Rutgers University, I took the initiative to immediately gain sports writing experience joining The Daily Targum's sports section. After publishing my first eight articles as a contributing writer, I solidified my position within the newspaper as a staff writer. Providing exclusive coverage of the Rutgers women's track and field in the winter and Rutgers softball in the spring, I wrote 3-5 articles per week on each beat, ranging from features to game previews and recaps.

South Brunswick/Princeton, New Jersey

Dow Jones is a leading NewsCorp company that publishes and distributes information to a multitude of companies worldwide. In the data strategy department, I worked on a data delivery team in the content group. In my position as a content specialist for the summer of 2015, I analyzed and compiled information from licensed publications and articles from our Factiva database into newsletters for select clients in the "My Company Today" product. Through my three months as an intern, I took a top… Show more Dow Jones is a leading NewsCorp company that publishes and distributes information to a multitude of companies worldwide. In the data strategy department, I worked on a data delivery team in the content group. In my position as a content specialist for the summer of 2015, I analyzed and compiled information from licensed publications and articles from our Factiva database into newsletters for select clients in the "My Company Today" product. Through my three months as an intern, I took a top company product in its infancy and aided its development, contributing to the sales of the product to prospective clients, many of which were top Fortune 500 companies.My secondary duties were to compile information and analyze data in excel sheets on various projects. Additionally, I wrote and tested search queries for the Factiva database and worked on projects in conjunction with the platform "Storyful" when NewsCorp purchased the company. As an intern, I stepped in and assumed important responsibility to help advance the company's efforts in any way I could. Show less

New Brunswick, Nj

Overseeing five student dining facilities with over 4.5 million annual meals, Rutgers University Dining Services is one of the largest student dining operations in the country. In an effort to expand my versatility while polishing my skills using social media professionally from a marketing perspective, I was the social media manager for the Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/rutgersdining?fref=ts), Twitter (@RutgersDining) and Snapchat (@RutgersDining) in the marketing department. I also… Show more Overseeing five student dining facilities with over 4.5 million annual meals, Rutgers University Dining Services is one of the largest student dining operations in the country. In an effort to expand my versatility while polishing my skills using social media professionally from a marketing perspective, I was the social media manager for the Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/rutgersdining?fref=ts), Twitter (@RutgersDining) and Snapchat (@RutgersDining) in the marketing department. I also oversaw specific the marketing strategies for one Rutgers Dining cash facility, Henry's Diner, where I managed the Instagram account (@HenrysDiner_RU). Other responsibilities included my writing of news releases and stories that featured Rutgers Dining in conjunction with the editorial team at Rutgers Media Relations. Show less

SB Nation is an online sports media site that breeds a fan-oriented community in front of an audience of over 80 million viewers. As a part of the Rutgers athletics fan site OnTheBanks.com, I contributed to articles covering the football, men's/women's basketball, baseball and softball teams at Rutgers. Contributions also included panels, discussions and roundtable articles with the rest of the editorial staff. Ultimately, it was where I got my start with published writing in front of an… Show more SB Nation is an online sports media site that breeds a fan-oriented community in front of an audience of over 80 million viewers. As a part of the Rutgers athletics fan site OnTheBanks.com, I contributed to articles covering the football, men's/women's basketball, baseball and softball teams at Rutgers. Contributions also included panels, discussions and roundtable articles with the rest of the editorial staff. Ultimately, it was where I got my start with published writing in front of an audience of Rutgers athletics fans. Show less