Mike Cook Email & Phone Number

Saint Paul, Mn, Us

St. Paul, Mn

• Coordinate all information content so it provides complete, credible, timely and nonpartisan coverage of the Minnesota House of Representatives.• Direct department planning, editing and production processes, including new publications and web content, and updating existing material.• Work with director to develop and implement department outreach efforts. • Cover committee and floor session activity on a daily basis during session and when news warrants the rest of the year for web updates often under tight deadlines. • Write, edit, organize and publish daily online content on the nonpartisan office website and send updates to listserv. Post updates to Facebook and Twitter. • Oversee the work of 5-7 staff writers during session, including performing the final edit on stories. • Aid the public with their information needs in person or by telephone, such as finding their representative or determining the status of a bill.

St Paul, Minnesota, United States

Since 2017, I've covered the majority of Minnesota Lynx home games (and a fair amount of road games remotely) for this daily newspaper. I also contribute to high school sports event coverage, especially during the postseason. Most stories are written under a tight deadline.https://www.twincities.com/author/mike-cook-special-to-the-pioneer-press/

Assist with coverage of professional, college and high school sports. This includes writing game stories, features and note packages distributed on national and local wire. Coverage has included Twins, Wild, Timberwolves, Vikings, Lynx, University of Minnesota and Champions Tour golf.

Oversaw the sports page of the former website of WCCO-TV, WCCO Radio and Midwest Sports Channel, including writing and editing all stories and columns, putting audio and video clips on the site, and assisting in page design.

Rosemount, Minnesota, United States

Planned, conceptualized and implemented story and photography assignments. Chief reporter for two city governments and the fourth-largest school district in the state. Many times this occurred under a tight deadline. Photography skills were required on some stories.Built trust to strengthen relationships with community leaders and members of the public.Often worked independently with little or no supervision, but worked as a team player for larger, interdepartmental projects.