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New York, NY, US

New York, New York, United States

Help lead AP's Digital News team, which works with our global newsroom to expand the reach of our non-partisan journalism across digital platforms, including APNews.

Led the Audience Growth team at The Associated Press with a focus on making sure we are telling the day's most important news stories across social platforms and using data to help inform our journalism.

Greater New York City Area

Helped to make sure the AP's journalism gets the audience it deserves and led our staff to embrace analytics and audience-centered thinking in their work. Served as deputy director of the AP's central editing hub to help ensure our journalism meets the industry's highest standards and reaches the widest audience.

Greater Philadelphia Area

Trenton/Newark

Managed team responsible for finding and telling stories from New Jersey that matter to readers in the state and around the world, including breaking news, accountability journalism and original enterprise. Use social media and audience data to discover interesting news and develop coverage priorities.

Worked with more than 75 journalists working in 10 states across the Northeastern United States to plan and edit content for publication on the wire for use across all platforms. Ensured that headlines and text were maximized for SEO, mobile and social.

Philadelphia

Developed and managed PhillyDailyNews.com. Worked with various groups inside Interstate General Media - including editorial, tech, circulation and marketing - to create fun, organized and engaging members-only website to re-ignite relationship with readers.

Worked with editorial leadership to oversee staff of 20, including story planning, line editing and personality management. Also closely involved with the planning and successful launch of the joint Daily News-Inquirer-Philly.com Breaking News desk and helped manage social networking accounts for the Daily News.

Oversaw local news for Metro newspapers in New York, Philadelphia and Boston. Also handled nighttime editing responsibilities for all three editions.

Covered the city with a focus on politics and government. Led award-winning coverage of 2007 mayoral race, including Best of Philly blog.

Covered the city of Chester, with focus on the Chester Upland School District.

Covered Hamilton Township and Mercer County governments.

Covered professional and college sports for The Associated Press; covered high school, college and local sports for the Delaware County Daily Times; covered high school, college and professional sports for the Courier-Post in Cherry Hill, N.J.; and covered Philadelphia Eagles for profootballnews.net website.