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Pittsburgh, Pa, Us

Pittsburgh, Pa, Us

• Lead all communications, online content and media relations • Coordinate scheduling and marketing for annual RAD Days series of free events• Produce RAD's annual report, featuring original written content and photographs• Oversee 'RAD works here.' brand and work with representatives from 99+ regional assets to increase awareness of RAD

After 7 years working in television news, I took a break for both mental health and to apply for communications/public relations jobs. During this time, I traveled to see family, began running, took on freelance work for the 2022 NCAA Tournament in Pittsburgh, and did field canvassing work for political candidates.

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Us

• Write and produce nightly newscasts for Pittsburgh’s most-watched news station• Make editorial decisions on story selection, video, scripts, graphics, and order of show• Ensure clean on-air product under daily deadline pressure, leading team of reporters, editors, and crew• Produce special projects, including weekly current affairs program and live Election Night coverage• Expanded ‘First Night’ telecast on New Year’s Eve to 1-hour live telecast, boosted ratings by 81%

Youngstown, Ohio, Us

• Pitch, write, interview, edit, and present video packages for live, daily newscast• Execute live shots in the field on deadly house fires, shootings, car crashes and other breaking news• Produce, write, anchor newscasts and sportscasts by stacking rundown appropriately and designing graphics• Film 2-3 high school football games each Friday, edit highlight reel and write shot sheets• Substitute as weather anchor by ad-libbing forecast and producing on-screen graphics

Stamford, Ct, Us

• Pitched and developed ideas in afternoon meeting for segments of Access SportsNet and #LakeShow• Input internal codes to capture footage from live trucks for Dodgers and Lakers telecasts• Edited highlights for 3 secondary games each night and wrote shot sheets of key plays for anchors to broadcast• Screened dozens of tapes in Dodger Stadium library to pull exceptional footage for TWC SportsNet LA launch

Los Angeles, California, Us

• Managed 20+ student journalists to schedule interviews, write copy and design graphics for live, daily sportscast• Pitched and executed day-of-air one-man-band packages on Dodger Stadium outdoor hockey, USC athletes volunteering for Typhoon Haiyan victims, MLB Umpire Camp and USC’s Sports and the LGBT Experience conference

Los Angeles, Us

- Hosted weekly one-hour baseball show (The Strike Zone) and general sports talk program (The Giant Rhino Show)- Announced play-by-play for USC baseball, basketball and football

- Reported on the Pittsburgh Pirates for independent site that drew 10 million hits in 2013- Covered MLB team day-to-day at PNC Park, writing enterprise stories, daily notebooks and game recaps- Launched live video webcast and weekly audio podcast to discuss team in roundtable format- Interacted with 3,000 followers on Twitter, where my stories generated over 6,000 monthly clicks- Wrote blog posts/columns about topics of fan interest; top five posts have received over 50,000 hits

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- Reported feature stories for team website and assisted in producing web content- Copyedited team media guide and web stories for errors in stats and bios, built photo galleries- Led development camp coverage: wrote daily blogs, took photos and interviewed players on PensTV

• Managed 20+ writers by leading weekly editorial meetings and giving NT coverage direction• Reported on breaking news of Monte Kiffin firing, efforts to build L.A. football stadium and USC overtaking Coliseum• Honors: Los Angeles Press Club Award for Best Sports Photograph, 2011

- Writer of the monthly "Doc's NFL Notebook," plus two to three editorial pieces each year.- As summer intern, published online news, assisting in marketing and copy editing.- Covered Pittsburgh Pirates as fill-in beat writer (Summer 2012)

Stamford , Ct, Us

- Reported stories, wrote Olympic Talk posts, copyedited pages and monitored video streams- Operated from London’s International Broadcast Centre to assist web producers in publishing content- Used Forge CMS to build photo galleries, edit bios, place video content and publish stories- Worked directly with Managing Editor to schedule producers and event coverage

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Us

- Researched, fact-checked and copy-edited articles for the monthly magazine, circulation: 50,000- Wrote articles for e-newsletters and prepared text and multimedia pieces for website

Pittsburgh, Pa, Us

- PA voice for volleyball, lacrosse, field hockey, and basketball teams. - Music coordinator for games. Created and ran displays for field video board.- Worked as administrative assistant for two semesters, scheduling, filing, mail, and performing other duties.- Set up press box for football games and press row for basketball and volleyball games.

Bachelor Of Arts, Broadcast And Digital Journalism

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