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Bristol, Connecticut, United States

Bristol, Ct

Direct and drive content strategy, goals, operations, management, structure and processes encompassing storytelling initiation, execution and integration for ESPN digital and espnW; collaborate with ESPN The Magazine, ESPN linear feature networks, ESPN audio and social channels to deliver ESPN’s most ambitious storytelling on all available platforms. Assign, edit, plan and direct the production, cross-platform longform presentation and distribution/audience engagement strategy for digital and print enterprise features. Member, Executive Women’s Forum Partnership Program.Previously co-directed the ESPN Digital & Print Media Enterprise team, establishing the vision, strategy, goals, operations, management, structure, personnel and processes for the production of digital and print features, projects and enterprise storytelling.Won two Sports Emmys and been part of four additional Sports Emmys nominated for work as coordinating producer of digital content for ESPN.com. Previous member of the ESPN Editorial Board and a 2015 Sulzberger Fellow.Responsible for directing and championing the causes of maximizing innovation, quality and value of ESPN's enterprise storytelling across platforms; delivering excellent content on all available platforms; engaging as wide an audience as possible with ESPN's enterprise storytelling; and leading members of the Digital & Print feature storytelling teams in the mission of "enterprising our enterprise journalism."

Amherst, Ma

Instructor, Issues in Sports Journalism: Collaborated with UMass faculty to design and teach a course instructing and engaging senior-level students in the issues facing journalists in sports. Topics included reporting, writing, newsroom management, ethics and issues in sports coverage such as diversity, concussions, performance-enhancing drugs, money, gambling, cheating, sex scandals, crime and labor, as well as news management and decision-making, beat writing, sourcing, commentary, analysis and coverage of international sports and women in sports.

Edited NFL and NBA coverage; supervised the sports copy desk/news desk.

Greater Omaha Area

Assistant Sports Editor for Content, 2002-03: Planned the daily and enterprise budgets; assigned and edited daily and enterprise stories; produced a regular section critique; conducted evaluations; represented the department at daily budget meetings and long-term planning meetings.Assignment Editor, Sports, 2001-02: Assigned and edited daily and enterprise stories; assisted in daily and long-term story planning; provided critiques to writers and the department.Copy Editor, Sports, 1999-2001Staff Writer, 1988-90, 1992-99: Covered the City of Omaha and Douglas County governments, metropolitan growth and suburban development, higher education at Nebraska’s 35 public and private colleges and universities, public policy issues and local and statewide political campaigns. Additional assignments included police, local and federal courts, youth issues and sports enterprise.

Anniston, Alabama Area

Staff Writer: Covered government, politics, business, education and the environment. Assisted in coverage of NASCAR at Talladega and wrote an occasional column.

Masters, Journalism

Bachelor'S Degree, Political Science And Government