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Greater New York City Area

● Created an incentive program for reporters which helped double traffic overall withoutchasing cheap clicks from non-local audiences● Ran product design team (UX and UI) that re-launched the DNAinfo brand● Launched an award-winning, revenue-driving data visualization desk using Agile frameworks● Evolved the site’s voice toward toward a broader mix of blog posts, data visualizations, podcasts, vertical galleries and deeply reported stories● Led teams that were nominated for over a dozen journalism awards

Greater New York City Area

Generating, assigning and editing feature pieces from my network of journalists across the country.

Delivering sharp copy from across the country and editorial leadership to media companies and media-savvy brands. We've delivered dozens of longform features for Fast Company; custom content campaigns for one of the big three PC companies; as well as editorial oversight to Bomoda, a Chinese luxury startup, and InsideHook, the award-winning men's interest newsletter.

● Managed 400 reporters and managers in 12 states, driving 10M monthly uniques● Expanded “Newscruncher” data journalism product, driving 5M page views in its first 5 months

Greater New York City Area

● Owned news policies and best practices across Patch’s 900 hyperlocal sites. ● Ran national breaking news coverage including the Sandy Hook, Oak Creek, and "Dark Knight" theater shootings, as well the Boston Marathon bombing. ● Managed 2012 election coverage from primaries to election day, including Patch's presidential debate strategy, which resulted in Patch’s 2nd biggest traffic day. ● In 2013, I built data and national content desks that designed and rolled out daily data journalism interactives.

Managed integration of news operations between Patch and Huffington Post's sprawling news operations. Increased referral traffic from Huffington Post to Patch by 150% in first six months.

● Created over two dozen blog brands that became television shows and news segments. A decade later, ten of these blogs are still live. (See list below.)● Built division’s social media strategy, including the launch of Facebook pages and Digg’s most successful branded handle. ● Guided editorial plan for multiple sites and products from budget to design to launch. ● Managed editors overseeing ten markets, as well as dozens of freelancers.

● Managed day-to-day and overall editorial vision for Aol's "FanHouse" blog. ● Grew FanHouse’s into the biggest sport blog on the web, eventually absorbing AOL Sports. ● Managed sixty writers editorially and contractually. ● Won "Best Sports Blog Award" from Mediaweek and Editor & Publisher.

Greater New York City Area

● Built and launched the only blog in the department, "The New York Sports Page," which was linked to Deadspin and The New York Times ● Managed dozens of dining and nightlife coverage for dozens of markets

Kenya, Ghana, Uganda, Rwanda

Freelanced in four African countries for a year, covering health, politics, and business.

Reported on International topics, managed movement of stories across foreign language editions.

Administrative duties.

Sulzberger Fellowship, Community Product

Education record

Pursued MBA with a media focus. On hiatus after birth of my first child.

English, Us History

Activities and Societies: Order of Gownsmen, Sewanee Purple student newspaper, Alpha Tau Omege fraternityAwarded grant to study.