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I love writing, sports and social media. If I'm able to do something that's any combination of those things, I'm happy. In 2015, I became one of six in-game social media coordinators in Major League Baseball, updating Twitter for the Minnesota Twins. I continued with that role through the 2023 baseball season.I'm a reporter, with a background in a variety of areas, including sports, city government, education, crime, community news and general assignments. Though I love sports, I'm much more of a spectator than an athlete, which goes along well with reporting because reporters observe. I didn't play many sports, but I love to watch them. It's so rewarding to see the great stories that come out of sports.I worked at three newspapers in Greater Minnesota. I've built up my portfolio with a variety of freelance opportunities including covering state high school tournaments and writing feature stories for the Star Tribune. Starting with the 2023-24 hockey season, I expanded my role with Minnesota Hockey Magazine, becoming the editor. Past event coverage: 3M Championship (now 3M Open), Schwan's USA Cup, WNBA Finals, NCAA volleyball regionals, USA sled hockey tournaments, Isobel Cup Final, NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs, MLB Postseason, 2022 NHL Winter Classic, Hockey Day Minnesota, USA/Canada women's hockey Rivalry Series, NCHC Frozen Faceoff, Big Ten men's hockey tournament, NCAA men's hockey Frozen Four, Minnesota State High School League section/state tournaments (hockey, basketball, football, volleyball, tennis, baseball, soccer, swimming, badminton, adapted sports).It's always interesting to meet new people and hear their stories.Connect with me on LinkedInEmail me: heather.rule86@gmail.comPh. 612.306.6106Check out my website: heatherrule.comRead my sports blog: thoughtsfromthestands.blogspot.comFind me on social...Follow me on Twitter: @hlruleFollow me on Threads: @hlruleFollow me on Instagram: @hlruleLike my Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/heatherrule86Follow me on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/hlrule.bsky.social
Heather Rule's Current Company Details
Minnesota Hockey Magazine
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Freelance sports journalist | Minnesota Hockey Magazine executive editor | Writer | Author
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Heather Rule Work Experience Details
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Executive EditorMinnesota Hockey Magazine Sep 2023 - PresentGreater Minneapolis-St. Paul AreaStarting with the 2023-24 hockey season, I transitioned from a writer into the role of executive editor with Minnesota Hockey Magazine. I manage freelance writers and photographers to help produce content for the magazine's website. I assign stories, games and photography coverage. Once content is submitted, I edit the copy and post it on the WordPress site, adding in photos and the appropriate information for each story. Published stories then get shared on Facebook and Twitter/X pages for Minnesota Hockey Magazine. In the 2023-24 hockey season, we produced four magazine issues (all digitally, two were also in print).Along with editing, I still attend hockey games and write feature stories about the Wild, PWHL (Professional Women's Hockey League) and other community hockey stories.
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Features, Minnesota Wild Beat WriterMinnesota Hockey Magazine Feb 2015 - Sep 2023Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul AreaThis position provided some great opportunities. Among them: Covering both the boys' and girls' state high school hockey tournaments, boys' hockey section finals and profiling a female goaltender playing for the high school boys hockey team. That's Maddie Rooney, before she led Team USA to a gold medal and started playing professional hockey.Starting in the 2018-19 Wild season, I expanded my role with the magazine as the main writer on the Minnesota Wild beat. I attend games and practices, and interviewed players for feature stories like focusing on Ryan Suter's 1,000th NHL game, Zach Parise's healthy return for the new season and the evolving career of Jason Zucker. In the 2021-22 season, I also covered the Winter Classic at Target Field and Hockey Day Minnesota in Mankato. Starting with the 2023-24 hockey season, I transitioned into the role of executive editor with Minnesota Hockey Magazine.
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Freelance Sports ReporterStar Tribune Oct 2014 - PresentGreater Minneapolis-St. Paul AreaMy freelance writing journey started with the Star Tribune. The work has ranged from feature stories to sectional playoff games to various state tournaments. During games, I update scoring plays and comment with play-by-play happenings throughout the game on the Star Tribune Hub websites. I also update social media sites like Instagram and Twitter/X during the games. Sometimes the writing ends up as game briefs, and sometimes I write lengthy narrative stories. I've worked with tight deadlines filing stories shortly after games are completed.Some of my frequent game coverage assignments include the state high school tournaments for tennis, swimming, volleyball, basketball and hockey. I've also covered football and soccer along with some Gophers basketball and hockey games. I work with preps reporter David La Vaque covering the boys' state high school hockey tournaments, providing preview and tournament coverage. -
Children'S Book AuthorRed Line Editorial Sep 2016 - PresentGreater Minneapolis-St. Paul AreaI had the opportunity to branch out from traditional sports reporting and writing by doing something else: Writing children's books. The non-fiction book series, geared toward children in grades 4-8, has a few books within them. From the titles provided, I chose which ones I wanted to write about. The work consisted of book and internet research, breaking it up into chapters based on the topic and people involved. The first books I wrote were included in the Women in Sports series.Books are typically written in a four-to-six-week timeframe with an outline and sample chapter provided to an editor before the main manuscript. I also include glossary and Further Reading information in the back matter portions of the books. -
Freelance Sports ReporterRed Line Editorial Apr 2016 - PresentGreater Minneapolis-St. Paul AreaMy work with Red Line Editorial started with covering the Toyota-USA Hockey Girls Tier I National Championships in the spring 2016. I write a variety of feature stories for USAHockey.com as assigned by an editor. For these stories, I've interviewed many famous names in the hockey world including Adam Hall, Brock Faber, Caroline Harvey, Jason Robertson, Haley Skarupa and Katie Million.
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Freelance Sports WriterBreakdown Sports Media Feb 2018 - PresentGreater Minneapolis-St. Paul AreaThe Breakdown Sports feature stories I've contributed represent another umbrella of high school sports coverage I've taken on within the Twin Cities area. I've written preview stories on high school teams for volleyball, softball, baseball, basketball and hockey Breakdown Sports preview guides for the specific seasons. Stories range from 2,000-2,500 words. -
Freelance Sports ReporterIndependent Contractor - Various Media Outlets Dec 2010 - PresentGreater Minneapolis-St. Paul AreaIn addition to my other freelance/work experiences, I have worked for many other publications and media outlets as a freelance writer. Sometimes work was covering a local tournament. Other times, it consists of assigned feature stories.Bylines: 1500ESPN, Breakdown Sports, Chicago Tribune-Pioneer Press, College Hockey News, The Herald-Sun, Minnesota Cities magazine, Minnesota Hockey Journal, Minnesota Hockey Magazine, Minnesota Wild, NBC SportsEngine, NHL.com/Wild.com, Omaha World-Herald, Otter Tail Lakes Country Magazine, Red Wing Republican Eagle, The Register-Guard, St. Cloud Times, Star Tribune, The Athletic, The Times of Northwest Indiana, USA Hockey, USA Today, Zone Coverage. -
Freelance WriterLeague Of Minnesota Cities May 2023 - PresentGreater Minneapolis-St. Paul AreaAs a contractor, I write articles for the League's magazine - Minnesota Cities - on an as-assigned basis. I conduct phone interviews and write in-depth feature stories about assigned topics relating to communities and offering practical information about how to govern and manage cities. The bimonthly magazine is geared toward Minnesota city staff and elected officials. The mission of the League of Minnesota Cities includes promoting excellence in local government through effective advocacy, expert analysis, and trusted guidance for all Minnesota cities. -
Freelance WriterOtter Tail Lakes Country Association Apr 2020 - PresentFergus Falls, Minnesota, United StatesAs the main writer for the Otter Tail Lakes Country Magazine, I interviewed sources and wrote stories for this annual tourism guide in Otter Tail County, Minnesota. For the 2021 magazine, I wrote 31 magazine stories and completed any requested edits. In 2022, I wrote 26 stories that appeared in the magazine. Stories focused on various cities in Otter Tail County, including Fergus Falls, Henning, Ottertail, New York Mills, Pelican Rapids, Battle Lake, Parkers Prairie, Perham and Vergas.
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Sports BloggerThoughts From The Stands Jun 2009 - PresentHttp://Thoughtsfromthestands.Blogspot.Com/I started my own sports blog in 2009 after I graduated from college. While I searched for a full-time journalism job and worked as an intern, I wanted to keep up my writing skills. A blog seemed like a good fit for that purpose. I decided to write about sports, which was a topic that greatly interested me. I titled the blog Thoughts from the Stands because I describe myself as more of a spectator rather than an athlete.
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In-Game Social Media CoordinatorMinnesota Twins Mar 2021 - Feb 2024Minneapolis, Minnesota, United StatesThis role consisted of the same work I did when I was an employee of Major League Baseball Advanced Media working closely with the Minnesota Twins. I watched all of the Minnesota Twins home and road games, and then I updated the team's Twitter account during the games with videos, GIFs, scoring plays, stats and photos. I also posted recap graphics on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram with a photo and winning final score. When appropriate, I included player Twitter handles in Tweets along with various team-related hashtags including #MNTwins, #UnBuckingbelievable, #TwinsWin and #BuckTruck. The Twins Twitter/X account had more than 700,000 followers through the 2023 season.This was a part-time, seasonal position. -
Sports ReporterSportsengine Dec 2016 - May 2023Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul AreaAssignments with this company included covering high school sports in the metro area for the various Minnesota Hub websites which kept track of prep sports throughout the state. I covered games with live commenting, social media posts and live scoring. I filed a first-report story right after games before interviewing players and coaches, gathering information to write a feature story about the game/team on a deadline of roughly one to two hours following the game's end.In the 2022-23 high school hockey season, I put together weekly Top Games packages highlighting games for boys and girls throughout the season. I researched which teams/games to focus on while choosing a variety of teams, wrote the content and put together the web page with the content and photos.I also contributed as-assigned feature stories for the Colorado Hockey Hub website. Stories were compiled with remote research and phone interviews. -
Let'S Play Everyday Podcast PanelistLet'S Play Sports Network Sep 2021 - May 2022Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul AreaOnce or twice a week, I joined host Tim McNiff and other rotating panelists for a 9:30-10 a.m. podcast show to discuss the various sports topics of the day. Topics generally focused on local Minnesota sports teams, Vikings, Timberwolves, Twins and Wild, along with the University of Minnesota Gophers, high school sports, women's sports and any big national news updates.
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In-Game Social Media CoordinatorMajor League Baseball Advanced Media Jun 2015 - Feb 2021Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul AreaI watched all the Minnesota Twins games and updated the team's Twitter account during the game with scoring plays, graphics, GIFs and videos. I also posted recap graphics with the game boxscores to all of the team's social media accounts (Facebook, Twitter and Instagram). Tweets included fun reactions to home runs and other scoring plays, comments on good defensive plays, and a variety of player/team statistics from the game and season. I also included verified Twitter handles from Twins players when appropriate, used the hashtag #MNTwins and a few other creative hashtags, like #BuxtonSpeed #SanoDoubter #LetItSano and #DozierGoesDeep. The Twins Twitter account reached more than 600,000 followers during this period.I also helped out with the social media booth at Twins Fest. In January 2017, I helped with the Twins Winter Caravan, setting up events around the state for players to have Q and As and sign autographs for fans.This was a part-time, seasonal position. -
Contributing Sports WriterThe Athletic Oct 2017 - Mar 2020Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul AreaThe Athletic is a sports website with national and local focuses for a variety of sports including professional hockey, baseball and college hockey. The site launched in 2017 and includes the work of many talented sports journalists across the country. I contributed to the site on a freelance basis, offering up story ideas to write about college hockey and, starting in 2018, the women's professional hockey team at the time, the Minnesota Whitecaps. -
Social Media ManagerFox Nutrition & Diabetes Services, Inc. Nov 2015 - Jan 2020Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul AreaI kept the Fox and Nutrition & Diabetes Services, Inc. social media pages updated with relevant content. The business owner provided the text, links and photos. I edited and posted mainly to Facebook but also to LinkedIn, Google+ and Pinterest. I monitored the business social media pages to check for comments and view the post engagements.I also sometimes organized and edited the provided e-newsletter content via iContact and sent it out to customers.
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College Athletics Freelance WriterThe Times Of Northwest Indiana Oct 2018 - Jun 2019I compiled a weekly notebook with five or six college athletes, all of whom graduated from the newspaper's coverage area. The information was gathered from my editor, emails from readers and college athletic news sites. I put together briefs of about 100 words for each athlete. -
Sports Writer For Zone CoverageCumulus Media Jan 2017 - Jan 2019Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul AreaI wrote weekly pieces about the Minnesota Wild for the website Zone Coverage. It's a combination of opinion, stats and game coverage. I also covered the 2017 boys' state high school hockey tournament, providing coverage of the Class 1A and Class 2A tournaments from start to finish. Some other odds-and-ends work for Zone Coverage included writing about the Indianapolis 500, various college hockey previews/coverage and writing about the 2018 Olympics. -
Freelance Sports ReporterChicago Tribune Media Group May 2016 - Aug 2018Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul AreaThese stories were typically profile pieces on high school athletes or sports teams, focused on the Chicago-area high schools. Stories appeared online and in the suburban sections of the Chicago Pioneer Press. Since I worked remotely, all of my interviews were conducted via phone. I also did some internet research to learn more about athletes and the programs.I wrote about state high school tennis results, badminton and feature stories on USA swimmers who competed at the 2016 Olympic Trials, among other things. -
Gophers Men'S Basketball Writer For 1500Espn.ComHubbard Broadcasting, Inc. Nov 2016 - Feb 2018Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul AreaI wrote two columns a week (600 to 1,000 words) about the University of Minnesota Gophers men's basketball team. I attended some home games at Williams Arena on campus, or watched them from home to keep tabs on the team. Then I attended the press conferences after the games to hear from the head coach and players. The columns contain stats, quotes and game analysis.1500ESPN rebranded as SKOR North in 2019. -
BloggerStoryteller Media + Communications Feb 2015 - May 2017Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul AreaAs a freelance blogger, I wrote 450-500 word blog posts for different StoryTeller clients including Hazeltine National Golf Club and Uroplasty. The blogs started out with a specific topic, and then I used internet research and articles to find the appropriate information. -
Contributing WriterMinncentric - Wildxtra.Com Jan 2016 - Dec 2016Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul AreaWildXtra.com was part of the MinnCentric family of blogs, articles and forums that provided independent coverage of the Minnesota Wild. My work with WildXtra.com started when I re-posted my own blogs onto the site. After developing relationships on Twitter with some of the founding writers, they asked me to come on board as a writer. I wrote and posted one article per week, usually pertaining to a hot-button topic with the Wild at the moment. Plus, the site had an active forums board and Twitter account (@WildXtra). Management decided to shut down new content for the site at the end of 2016.
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News ReporterDaily Journal Of Fergus Falls Feb 2013 - Aug 2014Fergus Falls, Minn.My beats at the Fergus Falls Daily Journal were primarily city and crime, which included covering city meetings and certain court cases within Otter Tail County. I also wrote news stories and features about the public library, community events and the saga of the Fergus Falls Regional Treatment Center. Other work involved taking photographs, updating the paper's website, some page layout and sending out the daily top-stories email to readers. -
Sports ReporterAlbert Lea Tribune Jan 2013 - Feb 2013Albert Lea, Minn.Working at the Albert Lea Tribune gave me a chance to dip my pen in sports again. As a part-time sports reporter, I attended high school sporting events, including wrestling matches, and hockey and basketball games. I photographed the games, took notes, interviewed players and coaches afterward, all before heading back to the office to write the story. I also downloaded and edited photos, and then published my work on the newspaper's website.I also contributed to the news side, writing weekly features titled On the Road about small-town communities surrounding Albert Lea. -
News ReporterPost Bulletin Mar 2011 - Dec 2012Austin, Minn.This marked my first full-time reporting job, working as a news reporter for the six-days-a-week Austin Post-Bulletin in Austin, Minn. Coverage included the education and city beats, plus general assignment reporting, breaking news and some photography. As a small office staff in Austin, we also pitched in with customer service. With dutiful meeting coverage, I caught the Austin Housing and Redevelopment Authority in violation of the Minnesota Open Meeting Law. I also wrote a variety of enterprise stories about the process Austin Public Schools went through in building its new intermediate school. -
Sports Copy AideStar Tribune Dec 2009 - Mar 2011Minneapolis, Minn.I enjoyed this opportunity to work in the Star Tribune sports department. This part-time position was usually split into four-hour evening shifts of answering phone calls from high school coaches and taking down boxscore information. All scoring information was recorded online and printed in the daily newspaper editions. Sports copy aides recorded entire boxscores (points per player, scores by half/period, etc.) for metro area schools.I had the chance to write a couple of stories and sports briefs as well. I also created weekly stats-leader lists for a variety of sports, like volleyball and hockey.
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Freelance Sports ReporterRed Wing Republican Eagle Jan 2011 - Feb 2011Red Wing, Minn.Work here was all about keeping track of Red Wing-area athletes playing collegiate sports. I scoured college websites looking for tidbits to highlight about these athletes, writing a few paragraphs about each one.
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Freelance Sports ReporterPatch.Com - Fridley, Minn. Dec 2010 - Jan 2011Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul AreaThis was a chance to get my feet wet with prep sports reporting. The beat covered prep sports for Fridley, Spring Lake Park and Totino-Grace high schools. I covered the games, took photos, wrote stories and posted them on Patch.com. The stories usually focused on the Fridley-based school involved in the game. -
Marco Andretti ExaminerExaminer.Com Mar 2010 - Oct 2010The opportunity to write about IndyCar racing, focusing on driver Marco Andretti, seemed like a fun and interesting opportunity. I had the creative freedom to write about something I love: Racing. I wrote three to four, 200 to 400-word articles per week and published them on the Examiner.com website. I made good use of hyperlinks within the article text, and I uploaded a photo with each article.
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Copy EditorInside Hockey Nov 2009 - Jun 2010This volunteer position with the online magazine Inside Hockey was a great way to keep my copy-editing skills fresh. I enjoy editing and hockey, so this was a nice little side project. I edited stories to make sure they fit the mold for a typical hockey story. -
Website Content ManagerNorth American Membership Group Jan 2009 - Dec 2009Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul AreaAs a website content manager, I was responsible for a variety of tasks regarding the special member websites for magazines including North American Hunter, North American Fisherman, Handyman, Gardening How-To and Cooking Club. I edited and loaded articles to websites, organized online member profiles, checked sites for any errors or missing links, and updated site polls and member surveys. I also covered the 3M Championship for the PGA magazine.Scout Media (Scout.com) was acquired by NAMG in 2013. -
Color Commentary BroadcasterMinnesota Sports Broadcasting Network Nov 2008 - Feb 2009I had the opportunity to broadcast seven University of St. Thomas women's hockey games from the St. Thomas Academy arena. This position was through a sports broadcasting program started by a St. Thomas student at the time, Chris Nordenson. The broadcasts were streamed via the Minnesota Sports Broadcasting website. It was a good learning experience and a fun opportunity.
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Sports Editor And Staff WriterThe Aquin Newspaper, University Of St. Thomas Sep 2005 - Dec 2008Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul AreaBeing a part of The Aquin staff was one of my best experiences in college. It helped me to find my passion for sports journalism.I started as a staff writer for my first two years, then became the sports editor for my last three semesters up until graduation. As a writer, I chose weekly stories (650 to 800 words each), conducting interviews with a minimum of three sources.As an editor, I provided the sports story ideas each week and managed the writers assigned to them. I copy edited stories, wrote weekly sports briefs and also worked to improve the quality of the sports pages. I created a word document for staff writers to provide guidance writing sports stories. The goal was to shift away from the overdone cliches of sports writing. -
Sports InternSun Focus Newspapers May 2007 - Aug 2008Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul AreaCommunity sports stories were the focus in my two summers with the Sun Focus weekly newspaper in the northwest metro. The big highlight was covering the 3M Championship golf event twice, along with the Schwan's USA Cup soccer tournament in Blaine. Other stories included 5K runs, athlete profiles and even a high school fishing tournament.
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