Nicole Russo Email & Phone Number

Saratoga Springs, NY, US

• Lead beat writer in horse racing coverage at historic Saratoga Race Course, helping coordinate staff efforts for our daily summer racing supplement, The Pink Sheet, as well as covering the sport year-round
• During the racing season, plan daily and long-range budgets, coordinate staff including writers and photographers, file daily stakes race recaps, handle breaking news coverage, develop feature/enterprise stories on.
• Write a column on 2-year-old racing at Saratoga and around the country (daily in the summer, weekly the rest of the year)
• Implemented new Web components to coverage, including daily analysis video, live blog and Twitter feed
• Cover a variety of other sports throughout the year, including local high schools, colleges, community organizations and two AHL hockey teams in region. Also develop features on a variety of topics
• Assist in pagination and copy editing several nights per week

• Covered college sporting events and wrote features on athletes for several New York state newspapers (including the Finger Lakes Times, Oneida Daily Dispatch, Baldwinsville Daily News, Marcellus Observer)
• Events covered included NCAA Division III playoffs for several sports, including the 2006 national football semifinals
• Also wrote freelance pieces for the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame in Saratoga Springs in 2010

• Fielded calls from area high school and college coaches to collect game results; wrote briefs on games to post live to the Web.
• Compiled roundups and agate strips for print edition on deadline.
• Covered area games and events out of office on deadline.
• Learned to work in a fast-paced environment with a Web-first mentality.

• Award-winning campus newspaper at St. John Fisher CollegePositions held:
• News Editor, Spring 2009 semester
• Copy Editor/Recruitment Coordinator, Fall 2009 semester
• Viewpoint Editor, 2007-08 school year
• Assistant News Editor, Spring 2007 semester
• Assistant Copy Editor, Fall 2006 semester

• Did research, conducted phone interviews, and wrote stories for the Circulation Idea Service and Newspaper In Education Information Service, a pair of trade journals aimed at increasing newspaper readership.

• Covered a variety of events in communities surrounding Rochester.
• Regularly pitched stories to assignment and local editors.
• Gathered content for and compiled regular weekly features such as community calendar, college notes, etc.

• Dealt with customer concerns and orders via phone and e-mail for national catalog company.

B.A., Communication/Journalism, Writing Minor

Activities and Societies: Cardinal Courier Media, First Generation ScholarDean's List seven of eight semesters

Education record

Activities and Societies: The Gabriel (student newspaper), Equestrian Club, Perosian Choir, Select Choir, DramaI'm one of many women in my.