Matt Eppers Email and Phone Number

— Edited, engaged and published sports content to USA Today’s website and mobile platforms, including breaking and trending news, live coverage, columns, feature stories, analysis and longform pieces.— Wrote news stories on breaking and trending topics and live events across multiple sports. Updated breaking and live stories as they developed, including contacting sources and collaborating with reporters and editors.— Collaborated with reporters and editors in the field and newsroom throughout the writing and editing process to develop breaking news stories and effectively craft the most engaging and compelling content.— Programmed and curated sports sections of USA Today’s desktop website and mobile platforms, including placement of written and multimedia content, headline writing and photo selection and editing. Assisted occasionally in programming and curating USA Today’s main homepage on desktop and mobile platforms.— Closely monitored traffic analytics, Google search trends and social media trends to inform programming, curation and editorial decision making.— Crafted headlines and story briefs for breaking news alerts and push notifications. Disseminated alerts and notifications to USA Today’s website and mobile apps.— Assisted in crafting and coordinating NBA coverage, formulating, developing and executing story ideas and content strategies across platforms, including video and social media, in collaboration with editors and reporters at USA Today and other outlets in the USA Today network.— Wrote news stories on breaking and trending NBA topics and live events, plus analysis and occasional features on other significant NBA subjects.— Managed main USA Today sports accounts for Twitter, Instagram and Facebook. Shared written content and video, created graphics and hosted and participated in Twitter Spaces chats.

— Compiled and formatted sports agate for daily newspaper, Sports Weekly and other print products.

— Reported on high school sports with live game coverage written on deadline, features and analysis.— Compiled and formatted sports agate for daily newspaper.