Jeff Stitt Email & Phone Number

North Versailles, Pa, Us

Pittsburgh, Pa

Responsible for writing, curating, syndicating, publishing, reviewing and editing digital content for over two dozen local Hearst TV stations' websites and apps.• Copy edit following AP style and grammar• Write and edit headlines, social copy and associated digital assets• Edit, write and rewrite content for news clarity, structure and tone• Use news judgment to prioritize syndication and copy edit requests• Source, from partners and respected news organizations, national/international news content of relevance to the HTV markets• Collaborate with Digital News teams to offer fresh ideas relevant to audiences• Produce trending content sourced through and attributed to respected news organizations and/or social media platforms• Respond to breaking news quickly, efficiently and accurately • Determine when to send push notifications and post breaking content to social media• Manage live video streams for stations online, on mobile and on social media• Coordinate with stations and their digital teams• Ensure ethical journalistic standards• Occasionally create 60 second vertical videos using available video from stations, partners and wire services, and post those videos to stations' Facebook and Instagram pages• Utilize platforms like Parsley and Google Trends to keep tabs on trending topics, news and more

Monessen, Pennsylvania

• Produce quality content for a local daily with thousands of bylines published in print and on the web.• Beat reporter assigned to multiple municipalities and school districts in the McKeesport area and Mid-Mon Valley, and covering elections, crime, community events, local and state-level government (including meetings and hearings), business, education, lifestyles, entertainment, veterans’ affairs and more.• Proofread and fact check copy daily.• Recognized by managing editor/editorial board as one of the most prolific staff writers.Key projects:• Collaborated with journalists and editors from other Pittsburgh-area publications amid the coronavirus pandemic for a project through the Pittsburgh Media Partnership in which an article and photos were published on various platforms discussing a lack of access to high-speed internet in both urban and rural communities in southwestern Pennsylvania.• Extensive reporting about the impacts of blight and economic/community revitalization efforts in McKeesport and the Mon Valley.• Annually submits various articles (including centerfold and cover stories) for special tabs and inserts.• Occasionally submits columns.• Engage with community groups, K-12 and university students and others as a representative of the newspaper.Key Skills/Characteristics• Interviewing, writing, research• Photography• Relationship/contact building • Community journalism• AP Style• Proofreading/copy editing• Ability to work under pressure and on a short deadline• Adobe InCopy (some use of other Adobe creative products), Google Workspace, Zoom, Microsoft Office and more.• Working knowledge of commonwealth and Pennsylvania magisterial courts and their procedures.

Murrysville, Pennsylvania

Murrysville, Pennsylvania

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Facilities, Planning and Operations Office Associate/Deputy Sergeant of Security (Supervisor)Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania• Supervise a team responsible for maintaining a safe and secure environment for priceless artifacts and antiquities, patrons, colleagues, and cash collections for secured pick-up• Practice extensive customer/guest services- have a demeanor that was friendly, courteous, and knowledgeable about museum functions, staff, and events• Acknowledge and Resolve both consumer related issues and internal issues within Facilities Planning and Operations Department including a security, custodial, and skilled maintenance team• Maintain an efficient flow of communication between all museum departments within four distinct museums (Museum of Art, Museum of Natural History, Andy Warhol Museum, Carnegie Science Center, and Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh)• Perform daily office needs: sorting/distributing mail, and handling phone calls, filing documents, scheduling tasks and meetings, making copies, greeting and escorting guests/visitors of the museum.• Office duties included: file organization, greeting guests, Calendar maintenance and design, upkeep of supplies, fielding phone calls, keeping attendance• Ensured contractors were knowledgeable about the facilities and the task at hand Crafted employee schedules• Filed incident reports concerning infrastructure/building damages, vandalism, and repair.• Maintain constant knowledge of who was on Museum premises at all times. • Executed disciplinary action to any facilities , planning, or operations employee who was in violation of policies and procedures• Handled cash-pickups from cashiers/parking attendants, Ensured that parking facility employees kept a clean and safe facility • Practiced the utmost confidentiality concerning files, documents, consumers and operations. Certifications: First Aid/AED/CPR

Pittsburgh

Apprentice Reporter and Office Assistant September 2009 to December 2012Innocence Institute of Point Park University Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania· Investigate and respond to cases of claimed innocence through the use of journalistic skills· Edited writing clips, photographs, and full length stories for a magazine publication and a highly active website· Copy and line edited stories for Justice Magazine and Innocenceinstitute.org· Captured photographs and collected story art for online articles and postings· Actively edited blog postings for organization website· Assisted in nonprofit building through special event planning, fundraising, and outreach communications· Scheduled interviews, on-site and off-site local travel destinations and transportation· Help to maintain an organized efficient office space through sorting mail, screening and taking calls, establishing and attending meetings and filing sensitive documents

North Versailles, Pennsylvania

• Supervise front end operations (Sales, customer service, inventory)• Manage front-end staff (Cashiers/greeters)• Prepare bank deposits• Minor experience utilizing accounts payable • Moderate responsibilities reviewing invoices• Authorized small-payouts to local vendors • Management of petty cash• Complete profit/sales reports (daily, weekly, and end of the month spread sheet)• Answer phones, review invoices, schedule employees, general filing• Promoted twice during my employment

Journalism And Mass Communication

non-graduate. 100+ credits completed.

Diploma, General Studies