• Supervised the on- and off-platform strategy of the Chicago Tribune's audience team, including home page curation, social and alert programming, headline optimization and newsletter production.• Managed a team of audience editors by providing continued training for long-term professional development as well as by supporting daily functions like scheduling. • Worked across desks to plan for high-visibility projects and implement digital best practices.• Assisted others in analyzing and understanding metrics in order to help the Tribune become a data-informed newsroom.• Led the newsroom's transition to a new content management system and provided ongoing training for our digital tools.

• Curated the Tribune's home page and app.• Postes stories to the Tribune's main social accounts.• Crafted and delivered push notifications, email alerts and Apple News alerts.• Produced detailed audience engagement plans for features, investigations and other high-visibility projects.• Helped spearhead the rollout of digital tools across the newsroom.

• Taught the Foundations of Interactive Journalism course as part of Medill's M.S.J. curriculum.• Prepared lectures and assignments on disruptive effects in the journalism industry.• Helped students develop the skills and confidence needed to use HTML and CSS in the newsroom.

• Created and edited high-visibility content and images across Groupon's North American markets.• Worked closely with featured merchants and sales staff to ensure our independent copy was compelling and accurate.• Protected Groupon’s editorial philosophy and voice.• Tracked errors throughout the company in order to eradicate long-term inefficiencies in the editorial process.

• Contributed as a reporter, editor and blogger on the Sports desk.• Produced online photo galleries, updated several verticals with breaking news and managed social media accounts.• Updated our live digital scoreboard with scores, stats and highlights.

• Edited local high school sports stories and updated the Sun-Times website with scores and stats.• Sent text message alerts to subscribers.

• Taught a weekly introductory journalism course.• Rated as “excellent” by ICES student evaluations for the Fall 2008 and Spring 2009 semesters.• Provided research support for independent projects.

• Produced and edited video, photo and audio features. • Designed multimedia pages for supplemental content.• Supported by the Marajen Stevick Foundation.

• Edited copy, wrote headlines and designed interior pages for the local news section.