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-Manage a team of digital producers and editors who ensure continuity of coverage for all aspects of updates to Newsday.com.-Worked with key stakeholders across the newsroom during breaking and planned news events to ensure our audiences receive timely, accurate, engaging updates to our best journalism across platforms.-Use various analytics and metrics, especially subscriber conversion and user retention numbers, to identify content that is of highest interest to our users.-Work with outside product vendors to help guide newsroom strategies on website structure, newsletter and push alert frequency and wording, and SEO best practices.-Create training documents and presentations on how to tailor the Newsday homepage and other pages to best suit the news of the moment.

-Oversaw and managed web producers on a daily basis, especially during high-traffic morning hours and breaking news events.-Developed annual plans and strategies for Newsday.com.-Helped redesign current homepage and app to resurface and highlight highly engaging content.-Worked with key stakeholders across the newsroom during breaking and planned news events to ensure our audiences receive timely, accurate, engaging updates to our best journalism across platforms.-Developed and implemented best practices, including improving headline and alert wording, visuals, story selection and more.-Developed and implement strategies for newsletters and mobile push alerts by tracking analytics; train staff on how to craft engaging alerts using keywords.-Worked with digital team and other senior newsroom editors to create content in topic areas that resonate with current and future subscribers.-Trained new hires in digital workflow, best practices and audience habits.

-Managed the posting of stories, photos, videos and various interactive content on Newsday.com and its mobile apps.-Helped grow page views on Newsday.com and its mobile apps by 13.3 percent year over year.-Worked with counterparts on the web, print, copy and multimedia desks to create news content that is most engaging to online readers.-Wrote and sent mobile push alerts and email newsletters.-Contributed to data-driven decision making through the creation of online analytics and metrics reports that determine how and when readers best respond to content.-Served as internship coordinator for the Newsday.com web desk.-Promoted stories and multimedia through the use of various social media channels.

-Assigned, edited and published reporters’ stories, covering a variety of topics relating to business, including real estate, government, technology and education.-Promoted stories, blogs and the company itself through the use of social media.-Designed all new graphical content and layouts for the newspaper’s website and daily email blasts.-Tracked analytics for which stories resonated most with readers in order to drive the most traffic possible to libn.com.-Backed up the managing editor on copyediting and layout for the print publication.-Participated in the daily decision-making and budget procedures for LIBN.

-Assisted the web editor in managing web content and social media presence. -Moderated and edit the Young Island blog. -Reported on technology, law, government and economic development news that affects local business.

-Reported on technology, law and government news that affects local businesses.-Wrote award-winning business stories about local companies, institutions, law firms and government regulations affecting Long Island companies.-Maintained constant contact with the individuals who influence Long Island’s business and government sectors.-Developed web content, including articles and video packages, on a daily basis.

-Write and report happenings in the Long Island business community for LI News Radio 103.9 FM, updating listeners twice an hour during their morning and afternoon commutes. -Give weekly recaps of the Island's top business stories in-studio each Friday morning.

-Wrote press releases about the goings-on of New York’s largest suburban county.-Responded to correspondences from constituents and government leaders.-Set up and coordinated press conferences with multiple levels of government.-Was in constant contact with members of the media to field their questions and provide them with pertinent information within their time constrictions.

-Wrote breaking news and sports stories for a local, weekly newspaper.-Photographed people, places and events adding greater depth to my written articles.-Designed individual page layouts for the weekly newspaper.