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New Jersey, United States

New Jersey, United States

• Produce daily coverage of Florida State University’s football program for one of Florida’s top newspapers.
• Help cover the Seminoles’ late-season search for a new football coach.
• Developed a weekly content plan consisting of feature and enterprise stories, along with post-game analysis.
• Contribute to Pro Soccer USA, the Sentinel’s soccer vertical, including coverage of the 2019 MLS All-Star Game.

Murfreesboro, Tennessee, United States

• Covered Middle Tennessee State University's football and basketball programs during the 2018-19 season.
• Maintained weekly plan of content, including features and enterprise stories, complete with visual components.
• Co-managed the newsroom’s branded Facebook and Twitter social media accounts.

Jackson, Tennessee, United States

• Covered 30-plus high school football and basketball programs as part of Tennessee’s USA Today Network.
• Provided digital and print content while doing video highlights for football and basketball games.

Orlando, Florida Area

• Correspondent for the Orlando Sentinel covering UCF sports and general assignments, including minor-league hockey and high school sports.

Stuart, Florida

• Fall 2016 intern at TCPalm, Treasure Coast Papers, as part of the USA Today Network.
• Covered 13 high school football teams, prep sports, the St. Lucie Mets and Tim Tebow as part of the New York Mets' instructional league, among other stories.

Gainesville, Florida Area

Florida Gator correspondent for The Palm Beach Post. Worked with the UF beat writer and editors to provide stories for the paper and blog posts on the University of Florida athletic programs.

Gainesville, Florida

Worked with the NPR affiliate in Gainesville, WUFT-FM (89.1). Was the radio producer for the late morning and early afternoon hours. Conducted interviews, created sound stories, created audio wraps which aired on the "Front Page" program on 89.1, and did hourly updates.

Gainesville, Florida

• Online Sports Editor (December 2015-April 2016)Responsible for running the alligatorSports social media and posting stories on the content management system on a daily and nightly basis. Worked with the editors to come.
• Assistant Sports Editor (May 2015-December 2015)Responsible for the daily layout and content for the alligatorSports section of the paper. Worked directly with the sports editor to manage a staff of writers.
• Beat writer for the University of Florida Baseball Team (January 2016-April 2016)Covered the UF baseball team and pitched story ideas to the sports editors and wrote gamers on deadlines, feature stories, midweek.
• Beat writer for the University of Florida Football Team (March 2015-April 2016)Covered the UF football team and pitched story ideas, wrote gamers on deadline, longform features midweek stories and columns.
• Beat writer for the University of Florida Softball Team. (December 2014-June 2015)Covered the UF softball team and pitched story ideas, wrote gamers on deadline, midweek stories, columns for a national championship.
• Beat writer for the University of Florida Men's and Women's Golf Teams. (August 2014-December 2014)Covered the UF men's and women's golf teams and pitched story ideas and features to the editors.

Gainesville, Florida Area

Worked at the ESPN affiliate in Gainesville (95.3 FM). Did two-minute updates about local and state sports for the listening area. Provided web stories on the WRUF.com website.

Gainesville, Florida Area

Worked as a TV Reporter for the PBS affiliate in Gainesville, WUFT-TV. Worked as the photographer and a reporter in the field to create VO/SOT's and Packages. Wrote scripts and edited video on Final Cut and Premiere Pro.

Orlando, Florida Area

Covered the University of Central Florida baseball team and the Orlando Magic basketball team. Conducted interviews with players and coaches, wrote game stories and feature stories.

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Telecommunication, 3.42 Gpa

Associate Of Arts (Aa), General Studies

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