Rich Torres Email & Phone Number

Indianapolis, Indiana Area

• Produce sports features, profiles, game stories and previews on assignment.
• Compose accurate and engaging high school sports coverage on deadline.
• Contribute in the sports department's social media coverage.
• Research and submit prospective features with an emphasis on thorough sourcing.

Indianapolis, Indiana Area

• Write prep sports features, game stories, profiles and previews on assignment.
• Contribute in the department’s social media coverage.

Noblesville, Indiana

• Recognized for exceptional content planning and management of an award-winning daily sports section.
• Honored for exemplary sports writing ranging from features, game stories, columns, breaking news, headlines and enterprise.
• Bolstered the department's social media presence with a dedicated campaign to increase followers, readership interaction and website traffic.
• Cultivated professional relationships with community leaders, school administrators and coaches to further the company's coverage aims.

Greenfield, Indiana

• Contributed features, profiles, game stories and previews on assignment.
• Provided high school sports coverage on deadline.
• Appeared as a special guest on the sports department’s televised talk show.

Indianapolis, Indiana

Noblesville, Indiana

Indianapolis, Indiana Area

• Provide high school sports coverage on assignment.
• Assist in social media initiatives.

Zionsville, Indiana

• Produced prep sports coverage on deadline.

Noblesville, Indiana

• Planned and produced content for the newspaper's daily print edition and additional sports website.
• Recruited and supervised a freelance staff of 15 writers and photographers to cover nine high schools and other community sports within Hamilton County.
• Composed features, game stories, event recaps, previews, columns, photo captions and headlines on deadline.
• Launched the department's social media campaign.
• Edited all sports content and photos for print and digital publication.
• Uploaded and curated daily sports web content and produced separate online coverage for the company's supplemental website: Hamilton County Sports Daily.

Indianapolis, Indiana Area

• Directed all editorial content for print, digital, social media and multimedia deliverables.
• Wrote and edited copy for advertising and marketing materials and promotional scripts.
• Managed a freelance staff of 30 writers and photographers to cover 91 high schools in nine Indianapolis-area counties.
• Constructed and published a weekly promotional email newsletter.
• Created and published a monthly digital magazine to generate website traffic and increase readership.
• Maintained and populated the company's website, mobile application and social media channels while efficiently tracking and adhering to advertiser commitments.

Pendleton, Indiana

• Wrote features, staff reports, game stories, photo captions, statistical reports, and headlines for The Herald Bulletin’s zoned edition.
• Managed staff correspondents and freelance photographers.
• Delegated and tracked story and photo assignments.
• Paginated and proofread zoned sports section.

Anderson, Indiana

• Composed award-winning features, game stories, profiles, columns, enterprise, breaking news and notebooks for the daily edition and quarterly special sections.
• Recognized as the department's lead prep reporter for football, track and field, wrestling and baseball.
• Produced enterprise and deadline coverage on the Indianapolis Colts, the Indiana Pacers, Brickyard 400, Indianapolis 500 and NCAA athletics.
• Hosted a weekly sports talk show on WHBU-AM 1240.
• Made guest appearances on ESPNEWS The Hot List.
• Collaborated with staff members to layout the daily sports section.

Lebanon, Indiana

• Paginated 10-page daily newspaper.
• Proofread copy and composed breaking news on deadline.
• Prepared, transferred and verified final page proof delivery to press.
• Wrote staff reports, community profiles and features for the daily and quarterly special sections.
• Covered the Western Boone Schools beat and reported on Thorntown and Sheridan town council.
• Contributed a weekly sports column and live game coverage.

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), English, Secondary Education (Minors: Philosophy, Journalism)

Activities and Societies: Lambda Iota Tau (English Department), Ball State Daily News (News Editor / Feature Writer / Copy Editor /.

Education record

Activities and Societies: Football / Wrestling / Student Newspaper (Acropolis)