Oversee all public relations, community relations, and communications for a suburban school district of 13 schools and more than 7,000 students. Maintain and update website and social media pages. Write stories and press releases, as well as take and edit photos and video, for posting on the district's website and social media channels, and distribution to news media. Coordinate community outreach as well as emergency and routine communications with families and staff.

Taught high school class that includes TV production, video editing, basics of journalism, web posting, and responsible use of social media. Standard certification (No. 01470118) from NJ Department of Education for Career and Technical Education. Endorsement: Desktop publishing

Oversaw all public relations and publicity for Linden schools, a district of more than 6,000 students with a high school, two middle schools and eight elementary schools. Wrote stories and press releases, as well as take and edit photos and video, for posting on the district's website and social media channels, and distribution to news media. Acted as community and media liaison for superintendent and Board of Education. Also coordinated all community outreach as well as emergency and routine… Show more Oversaw all public relations and publicity for Linden schools, a district of more than 6,000 students with a high school, two middle schools and eight elementary schools. Wrote stories and press releases, as well as take and edit photos and video, for posting on the district's website and social media channels, and distribution to news media. Acted as community and media liaison for superintendent and Board of Education. Also coordinated all community outreach as well as emergency and routine communications with parents and staff. Show less

Worked with director to supervise team of eight assignment editors and 40-plus reporters for digital-first regional news outlet. Assigned and edited coverage of breaking news and local news, including municipal government, schools, elections, regional issues and human interest. Published news stories to NorthJersey.com website and mobile app with focus on maximizing readership and social media engagement. Enhanced stories with SEO headlines and visuals, including video, photos and charts… Show more Worked with director to supervise team of eight assignment editors and 40-plus reporters for digital-first regional news outlet. Assigned and edited coverage of breaking news and local news, including municipal government, schools, elections, regional issues and human interest. Published news stories to NorthJersey.com website and mobile app with focus on maximizing readership and social media engagement. Enhanced stories with SEO headlines and visuals, including video, photos and charts. Created videos to accompany stories. Helped plan news coverage for daily newspaper and string of weekly community papers. Show less

Worked with director to supervise team of assignment editors and reporters for digital-first regional news outlet. Directly oversaw environmental reporters, healthcare reporters, and general news columnist, assigning and editing coverage of breaking news and enterprise stories. Helped lead topics team's coverage of business, education, courts, immigration, religion, diversity and other key areas for print and digital. Published news stories to digital outlets with focus on maximizing readership… Show more Worked with director to supervise team of assignment editors and reporters for digital-first regional news outlet. Directly oversaw environmental reporters, healthcare reporters, and general news columnist, assigning and editing coverage of breaking news and enterprise stories. Helped lead topics team's coverage of business, education, courts, immigration, religion, diversity and other key areas for print and digital. Published news stories to digital outlets with focus on maximizing readership and social media engagement. Enhanced stories with SEO headlines and visuals, including video, photos and charts. Created videos to accompany stories. Show less

Supervised team of production editors, copy editors and web producers for New Jersey's top daily newspaper and digital news outlet. Edited all of our biggest breaking news and feature stories, working closely with assignment editors and reporters. Wrote headlines, captions and story summaries for front pages of newspaper, website and mobile news app.

Supervised staff of five reporters to cover breaking news and develop enterprising feature stories. Worked with reporters before a story was written to ensure proper sourcing and outline the lead and body of the story. Edited stories in close collaboration with reporters to rewrite and refine.

Designed and laid out front page and inside news pages of newspaper for business, local, nation and world sections. Copy-edited articles for the news, business, sports and travel sections. Wrote headlines, captions and teasers. Served as chief copy editor for Sunday edition.

Wrote press releases and blog posts for consumer electronics company on a freelance basis.

Designed and laid out front page and inside news pages of daily newspaper for local, nation and world sections. Copy-edited articles for the news, business and lifestyle sections. Wrote headlines, captions and teasers. Served as copy desk chief.

Managed news department of daily newspaper, including six reporters and two photographers. Assigned and supervised all news coverage. Edited all staff stories for content and style. Designed and laid out front page and inside news pages. Wrote news stories, editorials, headlines, captions and teasers.

Covered wide variety of sports on high school, recreational and youth levels for daily newspaper, including game stories and features. Designed and laid out front and inside sports pages. Wrote headlines, captions and teasers.

Covered sports on high school and college levels for daily newspaper. Wrote feature stories and spot news for news section. Wrote obituaries and police briefs.

Covered wide variety of sports for Rutgers University student newspaper. Assigned and supervised reporters. Edited sports stories for content and style. Designed and laid out sports section.