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Atlanta, GA, US

Atlanta, Georgia, United States

Edit content from over a dozen reporters, checking for style, factual and grammar mistakes as well as clarity and conciseness.Prepare articles for publication on WordPress, utilizing best practices for search engine optimization.As needed, help run live blogs and coordinate event coverage.

Atlanta, Georgia, United States

As MLB/Prospects Writer (January 2022-July 2023):Wrote feature stories and notebooks on the minor leagues and draft prospects.As Nationals Beat Reporter (February 2021-December 2021):Reported and wrote on the news and trends of the Nationals.Collaborated with co-workers on league-wide projects and on an individual basis, including live blog participation.

Covered Angels as the primary reporter, breaking news and producing daily stories and weekly features during the season.Reported on a manager search and a general manager search in consecutive offseasons, breaking news of interviewees anddecisions.Broke player negotiation news during offseason.Placed fourth place in APSE's breaking news reporting category.

Kansas City, Missouri Area

Covered the Royals as the newspaper's primary beat reporter from March 2018-September 2018 and high school sports before that.As a digital/social media editor:Managed all sections, top stories, videos and appearance of website.Strategized optimum posting times to gain better traction and maximized all content promotion/audience growth.

Lakeland, Florida Area

• Edited content for publication-readiness, including clarity, fairness, legality, spelling, grammar, punctuation and style.
• Monitored wires for breaking news, standout profile pieces and photography in order to select stories for placement in daily newspaper across local, state, nation and sports sections as well as for posting online.
• Wrote SEO-friendly headlines, cutlines and summaries.
• Published content online through CMS, working with metadata.
• Worked with central copy desk in Texas to lay out pages.
• Communicated with reporters to go over article copy.

Mcdonough, Georgia

• As one-person department, covered 12 Georgia High School Association schools, racing and other amateur sports in Henry County, Ga.
• Optimized digital content by producing or adding assets such as photo galleries, videos, sidebars, links and polls.
• Monitored analytics to elevate reporting and cater to popular topics
• Published 10 to 12 articles online and in the twice-weekly newspaper every week.
• Engaged audience on Twitter by posting links, news blurbs and questions and live-tweeting games, increasing impressions and ultimately clicks on tweets (from 1,379 impressions Feb. 2 to 145K by October’s end).
• Scoured social media for every possible follower, increasing Twitter count from 282 on first day of job to 929 in December.

Miami/Fort Lauderdale Area

• Worked as Miami Marlins secondary reporter in team coverage, reacting to breaking news such as trades, injuries and call-ups with preliminary early updates then write-throughs.
• Utilized fluency in Spanish to write about Latino players.
• Produced two or more pre-game notebook items, one or more sidebars, a running gamer and a write-through per game.
• Acted as principal reporter for an away team when reporter did not travel to Miami.
• Wrote preview stories for all MLB teams and assisted on news desk when Marlins were out of town.
• News desk duties involved research and reacting to breaking news when on-field reporter was unable to do so.

Athens, Ga.

• Used PhotoShop to edit pictures for the website.
• Interviewed alumni and wrote an article for the alumni magazine.
• Researched files and archives for the 50th anniversary celebration.

Athens, Georgia Area

• Wrote an A1 article about the workings of a new, portable ice rink in Athens’ civic center.
• Covered Georgia Bulldogs baseball games.
• Served as a stringer for a UGA/Tennessee baseball game for Knoxville News-Sentinel.
• Profiled prominent prep athletes in Clarke County, which has seven (three public) high schools.

Miramar, FL

• Used non-linear video editing platform to create content for nightly sportscasts.
• Wrote play-by-play scripts in Spanish that were used on air by anchors.
• Worked teleprompter, created graphics and found newsworthy clips for broadcasts.
• During NBA Championship, created station's highlight reel for the championship game while producers were on-site at American Airlines Arena.

Athens, GA

• Compiled over 60 clips as a general assignment (sports, health, business, news, events) reporter and as softball beat writer (Spring 2013) for the student-run weekly newspaper at the University of Georgia, a state.
• Analyzed extensive data from a student survey on the viability of the student center and wrote a story about it.

Atlanta, GA

• Explored and discussed new ways to attract more media attention for the company.
• Planned and executed two photo shoot events for 25 company executives and directors.
• Drafted a speech for the Grand Opening of the Research and Development Center.
• Published articles for the company intranet and blog and press releases.
• Created presentations for the department used at both departmental meetings and larger scale presentations.
• Served as an assistant editor for press releases, blogs, intranet articles and the corporate site.