• 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.

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

• 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.

• 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.

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

• Produced prep sports coverage on deadline.

• 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.

• 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.• Launched the company's social media presence on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.• Authored cover stories, secondary features, photo captions, briefs and headlines.• Worked with guest writers and contributors to organize and refine articles.• Conducted thorough research, verified sourcing and fact-checked all editorial content.• Compiled, edited and selected all photography for print and digital usage.• Prearranged and supervised all publication photo shoots.• Secured premier photo shoot locations including: Lucas Oil Stadium, Victory Field, Bankers Life Fieldhouse and other Indianapolis-area landmarks.• Steered the magazine layout process, oversaw production reviews and redesigns.• Inspected all page proofs and approved final document transfer to press.• Curated editorial calendars, publishing cycles, archives and freelance budget and expenses reports.• Contributed preview articles for the IHSAA's wrestling, boys and girls basketball, football and baseball state championship programs.• Routinely appeared on JMV The Drive and MPOS (Mark Patrick on Sports) on WNDE-AM 1260.• Made guest appearances on WTHR Ch. 13 SportsJam, WRTV 6News Sports Xtra, Hometown Sports Indiana and WHMB TV40 sports broadcasts.• Collaborated in distribution and sales.• Supervised and coordinated VYPE "Game of the Week" event planning and promotions.

• 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.

• 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.• Assisted the sports editor with copy editing, story budgeting and dealing with direct customer inquiries regarding community interests and concerns.• Performed sports desk duties, recorded game results and sourced additional background information for staff reports.

• 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.