Gregg Hampton Email & Phone Number

Nashville, Tn, Us

Greater Nashville Area, Tn

Duties;• Backup finisher for USA TODAY - Finish stories by trimming, writing headlines, editing photo captions and proofing overall presentation by deadline, for news, business, editorial and feature pages for USA TODAY.• Finish local and wire stories by trimming, writing headlines, editing photo captions and proofing overall presentation by deadline, for news, business and editorial pages for the Top 29 entities in USA TODAY NETWORK. Newspapers include, but not limited to the Nashville Tennessean, Knoxville News Sentinel, Louisville Courier Journal, Cincinnati Enquirer, Indianapolis Star, Florida Times-Union, Palm Beach Post, Sarasota Herald-Tribune, Treasure Coast Newspapers, Bergen Record and Arizona Republic.• Serve as a backup to all other finishers for the network's 260 newspapers, pitching in when help is needed.• Communicate and collaborate with multiple editors and designers throughout the country on a nightly basis through Microsoft Teams.

Greater Nashville Area, Tn

Duties;• Finish local and wire stories by trimming, writing headlines, editing photo captions and proofing overall presentation by deadline, for news, editorial and features for 12 of USA TODAY NETWORK's newspapers in Kentucky, Tennessee, Indiana. Mississippi and Louisiana.• Communicate and collaborate with multiple editors.

Greater Nashville Area, Tn

In this position, I show my versatility by working with nearly all aspects of producing print products for 17 newspapers in Gannett's USA TODAY Network.From my latest performance review on 6/18/2017: "You're my Swiss Army knife. I feel confident plugging you into any role on the team. Your knowledge and experience make you a vital asset to the Studio." ... "I've been very pleased with your addition to the team. I feel like I can assign you any task and it will get done, no questions asked." - Chris Bistline, Sports Team LeaderCurrent duties: • Pull and package sports wire stories for daily newspapers across the network. Select and attach photos, write headlines, edit cutlines. Curate story budgets and distribute to editors and studios.• Finish local and wire stories by trimming, writing headlines, editing photo captions and proofing overall presentation by deadline, for sports and news. • Produce/update multiple versions of daily standings pages for MLB, NBA and NHL for more than 100 newspapers nationally for multiple time zones. • Produce widely shared USA TODAY butterfly sports pages and half-page sports news modules.• Book stories to and design all pages for up to two sports sections nightly for any of 17 papers handled by team.• Communicate and collaborate with multiple editors.• Provide comic relief in the office when needed.

Greenwood, Sc

In charge of the day-to-day operations of the sports department.* Plan sports coverage for 10 high schools, two Division II universities and a four-county area in Upstate South Carolina;* Ensure the department has a presence on social media with live tweets and Facebook updates, driving traffic to indexjournal.com with story links and information updates;* Interact with public in the office and on social media, and serve as a liaison for the newspaper at community events; * Report on and photograph breaking news, putting it online and on social media as soon as possible; * Write and photograph feature and enterprise stories; * Research stories and fact-check while editing;* Mentor young writers to develop skills in reporting breaking news, writing enterprise/investigative stories, garnering sources and contacts, and establishing beats; * Edit all local sports copy and prepare press releases for publication according to Index-Journal and AP style;* Design sports pages;* Coordinate special sections with advertising and graphics departments.

Greenwood, South Carolina

In charge of the day-to-day operations of the newsroom, which included 15 employees.* Plan local news and features coverage for Greenwood, Abbeville, McCormick and Saluda counties in South Carolina; * Ensure the newspaper has a presence on social media by posting links to stories and giving updates on Facebook and Twitter to drive traffic to indexjournal.com; * Write SEO headlines and copy for online;* Ensure website homepage is updated and devoid of any glitches; * Interact with public in the office and on social media, and serve as a liaison for the newspaper at community events; * Mentor young writers to develop skills in reporting breaking news, writing enterprise/investigative stories, garnering sources and contacts, and establishing beats; * Cover and photograph breaking news, putting it on social media and indexjournal.com as soon as possible; * Schedule writing and photo assignments; * Edit all local copy and prepare press releases for publication according to Index-Journal and AP style; * Research stories and fact-check while editing;* Coordinate with advertising and graphics departments to produce special sections and special projects.

Knoxville, Tennessee Area

In charge of the night operation for the sports desk. * Finalize daily story budgets, coordinate page flow and story play on a nightly basis;* Manage staff and freelance writers; * Edit local/wire copy for the sports section and various company websites;* Write stories based on press releases and submitted information;* Post stories online through Ellington Content Management System, adding photo galleries, videos and related articles, and updating rotating posters on homepages;* Promote all content on social media such as Facebook, Twitter, Google+, Vine and Instagram;* Write SEO headlines and copy for online;* Devise alternate ways to cover local events with limited resources;* Coordinate stories and budgets from papers across the state in a content-sharing program and report those metrics to management;* Schedule work shifts for the desk to coincide with the rest of the department;* Manage sports department when the sports editor is out of the office;* Interact with public via comments on website stories, phone calls and email;* Send text alerts to subscribers for breaking news;* Serve as a "super-user" when company introduced two new front-end editorial systems, including training staff and serving as a troubleshooter when problems arise;* Mentor new and part-time employees (includes interns and University of Tennessee practicum students).

Knoxville, Tennessee Area

* Edit local/wire copy for the sports section and various company websites;* Post stories online through Ellington Content Management System, adding photo galleries, videos and related articles, and updating rotating posters on homepages;* Promote all content on social media such as Facebook, Twitter, Google+, Vine and Instagram.* Write SEO headlines and copy for online;* Write stories based on press releases and submitted information;* Coordinate stories and budgets from papers across the state in a content-sharing program and report those metrics to management;* Manage sports department when the sports editor is out of the office;* Interact with public via comments on website stories, phone calls and email;* Send text alerts to subscribers for breaking news;* Serve as a "super-user" when company introduced two new front-end editorial systems, including training staff and serving as a troubleshooter when problems arise;* Mentor new and part-time employees (includes interns and University of Tennessee practicum students).

Knoxville, Tenn.

* Edit all copy for sports section and various company websites on a nightly basis;* Design sports pages and special sections;* Mentor new employees on pagination system, company guidelines and style;* Mentor part-time employees.

Jackson, Tennessee Area

In charge of a sports department of five writers, two copy editors and three part-timers.* Plan local sports coverage on a daily, weekly, monthly and quarterly basis for 48 high schools, six colleges, plus the University of Tennessee; * Schedule writing and photo assignments for enterprise, in-depth reporting assignments and special sections; * Oversee budgetary, travel and technological concerns of the sports department; * Schedule special sections with advertising and composing departments; * Work with marketing department to promote and brand the sports section and the sports staff within the community; * Work with advertising staff to develop advertising opportunities with special promotions, pages and sections; * Work with online editor to ensure sports presence on jacksonsun.com; * Mentor sports staff to develop skills, long-range stories and contacts; * Edit and paginate sports section five to six nights a week, and special sections.

Gulfport, Miss.

Lead copy editor for news production for The Sun Herald newspaper in Biloxi/Gulfport, Miss. I was the last eyes to see a story before publication.* Edit all copy for news and sports special sections; * Coordinate wire copy for inside pages of news section.

Florence, Sc

Assist in overseeing a sports department of six writers, three copy editors and several part-timers.* Plan local sports coverage on a daily, weekly, monthly and quarterly basis; * Cover the Pee Dee Pride minor league hockey team and the East Coast Hockey League as a regular beat; * Cover NASCAR racing and non-racing events at Darlington Raceway; * Write feature stories for race programs for Darlington Raceway; * Cover local college and high school events and the local/Myrtle Beach golf scene as a regular beat;* Serve as a liaison for the newspaper at community events; * Schedule special sections for Pee Dee Pride and Darlington events with advertising and composing departments; * Coordinate with advertising staff to develop advertising opportunities with special promotions, pages and sections; * Mentor sports staff to develop skills, long-range stories and contacts; * Edit and paginate sports section five to six nights a week; * Edit and paginate special sections

Florence, S.C.

* Edit and paginate sports pages three days a week;* Paginate weekend features pages two days a week;* Cover local high school and college sports events.

Mt. Vernon, Ill.

In charge of a sports department consisting of me and another writer.* Plan local sports coverage on a daily, weekly, monthly and quarterly basis for seven high schools, 10 middle/junior high schools, one junior college and community sports;* Write and photograph (with film) game, feature, breaking news and enterprise stories;* Schedule special sections with advertising and composing departments;* Coordinate with advertising staff to develop advertising opportunities with special promotions, pages and sections;* Coordinate with sports staff to develop skills, long-range stories and contacts;* Edit and paginate sports section five to six day a week;* Write, photograph, edit and paginate special sections;* Promote the sports staff and the newspaper within the community and the state;* Vote on the Associated Press' Top 25 Class A and Class AA boys basketball weekly poll.

Mt. Vernon, Il

* Write and photograph (with film) game, feature, breaking news and enterprise stories for seven high schools, 10 middle/junior high schools, one junior college and community sports;* Edit and paginate sports section five to six day a week;* Write, photograph, edit and paginate special sections;* Vote on the Associated Press' Top 25 Class A and Class AA boys basketball weekly poll.

West Frankfort, Il

Oversee a sports department of one (me).* Plan local sports coverage on a daily, weekly, monthly and quarterly basis for three high schools, four middle/junior high schools and the community;* Write, edit and photograph game, feature, breaking news and enterprise stories;* Schedule special sections with advertising and composing departments;* Work with advertising staff to develop advertising opportunities with special promotions, pages and sections;* Edit and paginate sports section five to six day a week;* Write, photograph, edit and paginate special sections.

Murphysboro, Il

Oversee a sports department of one (me).* Plan sports coverage for three high schools and one junior college for a twice-weekly newspaper;* Write and photograph game, feature, breaking news and enterprise stories;* Schedule special sections with advertising and composing departments;* Work with advertising staff to develop advertising opportunities with special promotions, pages and sections* Write, photograph, edit and paginate all copy for the sports section;* Write, photograph, edit and paginate all copy for special sections.

Carbondale, Il

* Receive and compose sports box scores from local high school and college events;* Paginate the scoreboard page;* Cover local high school events with game coverage and/or features;* Write features on local TV/radio scene and local golf scene;* Compile stats for high school athletes across the region for football, basketball, baseball, softball, track and field.