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Greater Chicago Area

-Develop and oversee impactful longform projects for broadcast/streaming/digital audiences through race/culture lens, including a documentary that led to police reforms-Ideate and supervise diverse slate of news series and documentaries on deadline, including 5-part docuseries “Painkiller: The Tylenol Murders,” using hours of archival footage-Lead all phases of production including: collaborating and executing on creative vision, supervising project staff and workflow, scriptwriting, reporting and data analysis, field producing, overseeing and coordinating shoots, brainstorming creative ideas to increase viewership as well as digital and social media presence, and collaborating with correspondents and producers-Build sources in diverse communities that lead to hard-to-get interviews on wide range of topics, including health, policing and education

Cleveland/Akron, Ohio Area

-Produced exclusive longform investigative reports, news specials and documentaries for broadcast and digital platforms focused on policing, housing, health and education-Led successful rollout of digital and social media coverage for projects-Researched, pitched and developed original story ideas on diverse topics-Supervised and organized story content, shoots and public records requests for team of reporters and photographers

Cleveland/Akron, Ohio Area

-Led weekend assignment desk by organizing daily coverage, breaking hard news and collaborating with producers, reporters and photographers on newscasts-Researched, produced and wrote original breaking news, hard news and feature stories for broadcast and digital platforms, including coverage of the RNC, the police killing of Tamir Rice, and marriage equality-Shot and produced video published and aired across multiple platforms

Lorain, Ohio

-Reported breaking news across a dozen cities in Lorain County, Ohio on daily deadline-Led city council, health, politics and feature beats-Generated extensive government and community sources that led to scoops on crime and the environment, as well as profiles of community leaders

East Cleveland, Ohio

-Managed internal social media to communicate business information to employees-Wrote series of internal articles relating to culture, health, business and finances-Copy edited, fact-checked internal stories for business' website on corporate deadlines-Assisted with creation and editing of employee profile videos on Final Cut Pro software-Analyzed social media data to heighten business' digital presence internally

Cleveland State University

-Led seven staff members and 15 writers to produce a quality, weekly publication-Met weekly deadlines for writing and editing feature-length, investigative stories-Gathered and analyzed numerical and qualitative data to produce investigative stories-Trained staff in Adobe InDesign and Photoshop, supervised weekly layout of newspaper-Fact-checked and copy edited final product of publication for AP style and grammar-Implemented “social media plan” to increase reader base and interact with readers

Cleveland State University

-Managed a staff of five editors and approximately 15 writers-Supervised, performed layout of weekly publication with Adobe InDesign and Photoshop-Collaborated with editing staff to create original layout designs and story ideas-Weekly deadline for writing feature-length articles-Copy edited and fact-checked stories and final product of publication

Cleveland State University

-Managed a staff of 10 writers and photographers-Wrote a wide variety of stories (sports, news, arts & entertainment, opinion, features-Pitched original and creative story ideas for sports section of publication-Copy edited and fact-checked articles-Performed weekly layout of sports section with Adobe InDesign and Photoshop

Cleveland State University

-Copy edited and fact-checked group of 10 writers' stories and final product of publication -Reported and wrote 2-3 biweekly news articles and enterprise stories-Performed layout and web design of publication with Adobe InDesign and Photoshop-Posted and organized biweekly content on Web-Photographed on-campus events

Cleveland State University, Web

-Interviewed CSU and Cleveland Cavaliers' coaches and players at home games-Wrote weekly articles on deadline for The Cauldron and Hoopsaddict.com-Received press access to photograph live games -Covered wide range of campus and Cleveland events-Researched team information and statistics to include in sports stories