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Working with desks across the newsroom to identify trending storylines, pitch story ideas, track reader habits and identify opportunities for further engagement with The Athletic.

New York, New York, United States

New York

• Write, produce, and voice twice-hourly sports reports covering national and international stories, can be heard nationally on Sirius XM Channel 115
• Produce and voice packaged feature stories on various breaking news topics for use on FOX News Radio.

Greater New York City Area

-Content Strategy & Publishing: Manage and ideate content strategy for CBS’s O&O local sports pages, using Google Analytics and Adobe Analytics to track metrics and inform decisions. All publishing and editing done through Wordpress CMS tool. In coordination with the CBS SEO team, implement and train market leads in SEO best practices for headlines.

Greater New York City Area

• Project manage the national pro football ‘Pick’em,’ ‘Knockout Pool,’ and ‘Bracket Challenge’ digital gaming, which generate $575,000 in sponsorships annually, including drafting rules, gathering sponsors, approving.
• Manage and ideate content strategy for CBS’s owned and operated local sports news pages,
• Develop and execute audience development strategy for CBS Local Sports social media pages;
• Write breaking news stories, features, and columns across all major professional sports for all local news sites and CBSLocalSports.com. Posts have generated over 4 million pageviews and 3.5 million unique viewers.
• Generate new ideas, lead and edit content for rotating stable of six MLB, NFL, and NCAA FB writers and columnists; Upload and manage sports video projects including live, on-demand and branded shows for CBS Local.

Marquette Michigan

• Oversaw and planned direction and broadcast line-up of ESPN affiliate in Upper Peninsula of Michigan; Broadcast radius covered 215,000 people
• Produced all promos, commercials and on-air production content transmitted on station;
• Worked directly with ESPN Radio Affiliate Managers to schedule national play by play broadcasts;
• Produced and hosted daily 1-hour live sports talk show “The SportsPen” 4 – 5 PM ET;
• Play-by-Play for local HS Football and Basketball (Men’s and Women’s).

New York City

Intern in the sports and games department of CBS Local, assisting in the day to day running of the department.

• Worked with “Around the NHL” project team as an announcer for video highlights of NHL games;
• Cut highlights and voiced over on the spot for audio packages sent to each arena in real time

Hempstead, NY

• Provided color commentary and analysis for New York Islanders game broadcasts alongside veteran play-by-play personality Chris King and conducted locker room and in-between period interviews with players and coaches.

• In-studio/on-site engineer experienced in ISDN, Comrex, Road Warrior technologies for live broadcasts;
• Play-by-play and Color Commentary on-air talent for numerous broadcasts
• Producer of “The Locker Room” weekly one hour live talk show about all Hofstra Pride sports Teams;

Assisted in the every day workings of the Hofstra Undergraduate Admissions office. Gave tours to prospective students and their families along with answering any questions that they may have regarding the college experience.

Woodbury NY

Log and edit video highlights for the sports department. Assist the sports anchor in writing scripts.