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Sarasota, Florida Area

• Administer day-to-day operation of online edition of the Sarasota Herald-Tribune. Plan, develop and launch web content, including writing copy and editing images, videos and text, and building web pages and apps. Edit.
• Boosted daily web traffic by 20+ percent through strategic initiative to identify and target core audiences
• Developed landing pages for award-winning web stories, including a Pulitzer Prize-winning series on Florida’s property insurance risk and a Pulitzer-nominated series on fraudulent property-flipping practices
• Led roll-out of new blogging platform across Herald-Tribune digital products, including implementation, staff training and continued enhancements to and maintenance of 50 blogs

Bradenton, Florida Area

• Crafted high quality news content under very tight deadlines across the environmental, government, business and education beats. Ensured excellence institution-wide by mentoring peers and junior colleagues in story and.
• Promoted an exceptional public profile through the development of stellar news content for daily newspaper with a circulation of more than 40,000 readers;
• Received awards from the Florida Society for Newspaper Editors and the Florida Press Club for environmental reporting on groundwater contamination, mangrove destruction and phosphate mining;
• Earned numerous awards for reporting on a diverse array of topics, from minority issues and education, to business and industry stories, to breaking news coverage;
• Developed feature stories and investigative series related to environmental issues, including researching government and industry environmental impacts;
• Used expertise in environmental science to report on diverse green building initiatives and to investigate the impact of the improper disposal of contaminated phosphate wastewater;

Daytona Beach, Florida Area

• Produced superb news content under stringent timelines across the health, business and agriculture beat. Deployed broad background in environmental science to develop spot pieces on environmental issues. Planned and.
• Maintained strong circulation numbers amid growing challenges from leading competitors, including The Orlando Sentinel;
• Earned designation as “frontline” reporter, driving circulation in competitive environment.

Danville, Illinois Area

• Wrote daily news copy on various topics, including city and county government, environmental, business and education beats. Spearheaded multiple investigative and illustrative series. Maintained unsurpassed ethical and.
• Earned awards from the Illinois Press Association and Gannett Corporation;
• Developed award-winning stories across beats, including a series on the Toews-Mahomet aquifers, the unexpected death of a long-standing state senator and a profile of Freedom Rider Ben Cox.

Tampa/St. Petersburg, Florida Area

• Conducted human and ecological risk assessments for clients in diverse industries, including collecting water and soil samples. Analyzed laboratory results and developed accurate, timely and comprehensive reports on.
• Optimized the assessment of wildlife risk factors as key contributor in developing method for evaluating the impact of combined industrial materials exposure through inhalation, ingestion and touch.

Morris, Illinois Area

• Provided comprehensive environmental oversight of the day-to-day operation of large petrochemical plant. Monitored the generation and disposal of hazardous and non-hazardous waste. Performed on-site inspections of.
• Optimized proper handling of waste through the creation of computer program to track the industrial waste stream, generate shipping manifests and develop reports for government authorities.

Master Of Arts, Journalism

Bachelor Of Science, Environmental Health