Henry A. Brechter Email & Phone Number

San Francisco, California, Us

San Francisco, California, Us

I run the news operation on allsides.com.In my 3+ years at AllSides, our traffic has grown more than 1200% across our website, mobile app and social media platforms. More than 1 million people now use our products and services each month, up from roughly 100,000 in early 2019.Our news team is small, fully remote and spread across the U.S. time zones. I create and execute our news agenda; lead meetings; manage the news team's payroll and HR; and lead our recruiting and hiring.I also spearhead the development and execution of our news strategies and goals. Since starting at AllSides, I've built a set of News Curation Principles to guide our operation, and created a one-of-a-kind content labeling system within our curation that we apply to hundreds of news outlets. I also formed our News Advisory Board, made up of six industry veterans and experts who meet several times per year and are available for consulting on a regular basis. In addition, I rehauled our news operation to emphasize quality, traffic and monetization while serving a daily audience.I am responsible for ensuring that all our news content meets our editorial and philosophical standards.I write editorials and analysis pieces for our AllSides Perspectives blog, some of which are featured as guest columns or reports by other newspapers and news websites. I also lead the production of our weekly newsletter.I analyze traffic to our site and social media, and craft Key Performance Indicator (KPI) reports using Google Analytics that our team uses to make improvements to Search Engine Optimization and overall discoverability. I monitor audience engagement daily on our site and social media platforms, and develop strategy based on those evaluations to help us reach more people more effectively and promote more user engagement with our content.I also created a system for all our managers to conduct performance reviews of our employees, and I assist in various other administrative operations.

San Francisco, California, Us

I was hired after graduating college to create a new and improved news service on allsides.com. Right away, I took a disorganized operation and a fully-remote, inexperienced team and created a legitimate daily news service. In my eight months as daily news editor, I oversaw a vast improvement of the quality and profitability of our news service. I created content quotas, implemented a 24/7 publishing schedule for the site and social media, and codified every news team task and procedure into step-by-step "How To" reference documents for team members. I created the AllSides News Curation Principles, an ethical framework for our news operation modeled after the Society of Professional Journalists' Code of Ethics. I set up weekly team meetings and put news team members in constant contact, building a sound working camaraderie with team members scattered throughout the U.S.In my first six months on the job, our monthly returning website users grew from 50,000 to 100,000. Our news content went from attracting 8,000 daily users to more than 30,000. Our Twitter following grew 300%, our Facebook following grew 50%, and our reach on each platform doubled.

I advise the Whiteacre Properties team on growing its outreach to potential lenders, buyers, sellers, and partners. This includes:- developing and implementing growth strategies across newsletters, YouTube, Instagram, LinkedIn, Facebook, and Google My Business- editing newsletters, YouTube, Instagram, LinkedIn, Facebook, and Google My Business- advising video production- advising and editing direct mail campaigns

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I was one of 52 early-career journalists to be selected for the groundbreaking Media and Journalism Fellowship launched by the Poynter Institute in conjunction with the Charles Koch Institute. This career-accelerating program focused on the pillars of First Amendment law and foundations of a free press; media ethics, balance and fairness; reporting/storytelling techniques and digital literacy/misinformation. I had the opportunity to learn from some of the country's most prominent journalists and media professionals — Google News VP Richard Gingras, CBS News' Major Garrett, and many other writers/editors/specialists from a host of backgrounds and influential news organizations — while participating in weekly educational workshops, attending in-person networking summits, and being enlisted with near-limitless tools and educational resources over the course of the year-long program. I made dozens of lasting, empowering connections and gained cutting-edge knowledge that significantly advanced my skills and understanding of the industry.I was part of a team that won First Place in the fellowship group project contest for a story about journalism in Mexico, which is linked above.

At the award-winning digital magazine of the UMass Journalism Department, I oversaw each section's work, while setting the deadlines and publishing schedules for the entire publication. I assigned stories and ideas to writers, editors and the digital production team, and also ran weekly meetings for all staff writers and editors. I oversaw recruitment and new hirings; helped oversee marketing efforts and social media management; and studied analytics and changed our operations accordingly.

After conducting an exclusive one-on-one interview with CNN's Jake Tapper, I was hired as the Wire's special projects editor. I wrote, assigned and edited stories, while ensuring effective workflow for the section.

Springfield, Ma, Us

My position as a production assistant began as a fellowship. I was able to gain real-world experience in television / field production and reporting for the first time, and an exceptional amount of reps in learning to identify good stories and proper balance in sourcing interviews for them. Each day, I was assigned to pitch stories and reach out to and schedule people of interest to record interviews for the station's nightly current events program, who were at times VIP local politicians, leaders, CEOs, etc.After my six-month fellowship ended, I was re-hired as a production assistant. My work continued and expanded, as I generated ideas for stories that would resonate with the station's audience, and reached out to experts to book interviews. I also had the opportunity to direct, write, edit and narrate my own packages for the show.

Boston, Ma, Us

I covered local high school sports and college football assignments in Massachusetts for both the print edition and online. As a correspondent, I covered the 2018 UMass football team, as well as other sporting news and events in western Massachusetts while attending school in Amherst.

Boston, Ma, Us

My first experience working in a major, fast-paced newsroom full-time and learning from some of the best in the business was absolutely incredible. I was chosen as one of three co-ops to work full-time on the Boston Globe sports desk for the Fall 2017 semester. I covered the high school football beat, attending games on a weekly basis, while also going to practice for background reporting and feature story writing. I also helped format the scoreboard page of the Globe's print edition one night a week, and covered assorted Boston sports news per assignment. This position helped me to build my network exponentially, and develop personal connections that will not only benefit my career going forward, but will remain good friendships as I move forward in life.

Amherst, Massachusetts, Us

My first experience writing for a campus news outlet, I covered five different sports beats over a three-year period, honing my journalistic and reporting skills on deadline for the first time. I also published several news stories on local events.I penned several cover stories for the Sports section about the highly successful Minutewomen lacrosse team.

Beamsville, Ontario, Ca

My first experience writing for a non-campus media outlet, I wrote stories of my choice covering the New England Patriots at least once a week.

Northampton, Ma, Us

My first internship working in a real newsroom confirmed that this was the career path I wanted to pursue. I covered local high school sports in western Massachusetts, attending games and writing feature stories while being enrolled full-time in college.

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, Journalism

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