Sam Cohen Email & Phone Number

Denver Metropolitan Area

After joining the Sports and Entertainment Law Journal in Spring 2022, I became a Managing Editor in Spring 2023 and worked with staff editors on checking citations to ensure compliance with Bluebook standards.

Denver, Colorado, United States

While at Sturm College of Law, I was awarded for both my oral argument and Workplace Law skills; earned both the Workplace Law and Constitutional Rights & Remedies certificates for focusing my studies and activities on the overlap of these two important areas of law; served as a Managing Editor of the Sports and Entertainment Journal; supported 1Ls in Contracts and Torts as an AAP student leader; volunteered to write wills for the Navajo people in Window Rock, Navajo Nation; served the State of Colorado through externships with the Colorado Attorney General's Office and Colorado Judicial Branch; and maintained a GPA in the top 10% of my class.

Research topics within the overlap between Employment Law and Constitutional Law regarding anti-discrimination.

Denver, Colorado, United States

Researched litigation-specific topics for use in pleadings and motions; including civil procedure, evidentiary doctrines, employment law, and anti-discrimination statutes (federal and state). Engaged with clients and drafted pre-litigation documents.

Assisted lawyers serving as counsel for various state agencies; conducted legal research into statutory questions asked by agency clients; attended agency board meetings.

Denver, Colorado, United States

Assist attorneys preparing for trial and during trial; including researching evidentiary questions, mark deposition designations, evidence review, witness wrangling, and other trial assistance tasks.

Researched topics within Entertainment and Intellectual Property Law

Denver, Colorado, United States

Reviewed contracts and made initial redlines, and conducted legal research into employment and privacy issues.

Denver, Colorado, United States

Learning and interning with the Contracts Management Unit within the Colorado Judicial Branch State Court Administrator's Office; researching and drafting contracts, and other legal research.

Denver Metropolitan Area

Pitch, research and create original digital content to distribute on websites for more than 40 stations nationwide. Monitor breaking news situations to provide timely updates and video streams. Copyedit articles and apply SEO best practices. Respond and engage with representatives from local stations in a customer service capacity to communicate about story coverage and content creation.

Greater Denver Area

Lead a team of content creators who previously worked in separate silos within the organization; brought together teams working on three local productions, employees from bureaus around the state, digital and social media efforts, and technical operations under one strategy focused on audience engagement, growing brand awareness and loyalty, and connecting with local communities; improved morale and teamwork. -Created cross-department processes for collaborative projects and initiatives.-Engaged with the community by attending organization sponsored events and engagements with partners.-Created digital strategy and multi-platform team.-Bridged the gap between two merged organizations to find opportunities for collaboration.-Project manager across workgroups; tracked metrics and ensured projects were completed, on-budget and on-time, and achieved positive results.-Created and oversaw budget for the Content department, teams/work groups, and projects, including local and national grants, donor funds and organizational operating budget. -Collaborated in creating marketable content events, community engagement, and tune-in opportunities.-Strategized unique ways to increase revenue from sales and underwriting opportunities, reach a wider potential membership audience during pledge campaigns, and expand the organization’s membership across the state.-Monitored and reported on digital, social media and broadcast data and feedback to make metrics-guided content decisions; including Google Analytics, Nielsen, Facebook, Crowdtangle, TRAC Media, and other data collection platforms. -During the Coronavirus pandemic, pivoted team to create more responsive and relevant content, adapt our engagement strategies across digital and social media platforms, and create 30/60/90 day plans for workgroups and the organization to respond to our audiences and members’ changing needs and plans for moving forward in uncertain times.

Sacramento, California Area

Led a team of more than 100 people, creating more than 25 hours of live on-air content a week, engaging audiences on several social and digital platforms with various pre-produced and live platform-specific content daily, created and managed budgets, and hired for various positions.-Created and executed unique revenue opportunities and engaging marketing campaigns for company clients. -Championed several pilot projects in the digital, broadcast and marketing space. Projects were tested with audiences and rolled out to other teams.-Transformed the content-creating team to be more digitally focused; everything from overhauling the editorial process, storytelling style, presentation method and locations, and quality of the content. -Created an environment that expects all roles to contribute to and create content on the digital and social space. -Guided by metrics; sources include Nielsen Research, Scarborough, Facebook analytics, Crowdtangle, Google Analytics, Adobe Omniture, Social News Desk, and other market research.-Oversaw redesign of on-air space, bringing the anchors and reporters out of the studio and into a more immersive newsroom.

Sacramento, California Area

Broke down “silo­ed” mindset between digital and other workgroups in the organization. Embedded myself with other teams, worked to understand other teams to find solutions.-Shared relevant metrics with teams to ensure audience feedback was included in editorial and project conversations. -Created engaging and multi-platform publication plans for organization initiatives and large news events. -Collaborated on ideas for changing newsroom expectations as digital grew in importance. Helped create processes to involve others in digital and social media content creation. -Supervised and copyedit work of writers, reporters, designers, sales associates, etc. -Managed digital team; including hiring new team members, yearly reviews, delegating projects, helping career growth, and schedules.

Sacramento, California Area

Managed and created content on multiple digital platforms including social media, mobile and online.-Planned and executed marketing campaigns to increase web traffic and brand awareness on social media and on air. -Monitored and deciphered online and mobile metrics in real time to strategize best practices and digital strategy.-Supervised and copyedit work of writers, reporters, designers, sales associates, etc. -Helped coordinate crews for daily story coverage and breaking news both for online and on air. -Managed digital team; including hiring new team members, yearly reviews, delegating projects, helping career growth, and schedules.

Managed newscast story selection; assigned reporters and photographers, wrote and edited scripts.-Collaborated on how to create “moments” and highlight content during shows and online to catch viewer’s attention and build engagement.-Chose, wrote and created daily stories for on-air broadcast using knowledge of the target audience and station’s brand.-Wrote, edited and published text and video stories to FOX40.com.-Oversaw social media traffic during live on-air broadcast to engage viewers.

Greater Salt Lake City Area

-Produced a variety of live events; including breaking news, daily newscasts and parades. -Chose, wrote and created daily stories for on-air broadcast using knowledge of the target audience and station’s brand.-Wrote, edited and published text and video stories to kutv.com.

Greater Milwaukee Area

-Assisted with weekday newscasts including writing stories and conducting interviews.-Chose, wrote and created daily stories for on-air broadcast using knowledge of the target audience and station’s brand.-Produced a variety of live events; including breaking news, newscasts and sports shows. Milwaukee-region Producer for Jerry Lewis MDA Telethon (2004 & 2005).

Spokane, Washington Area

Doctor Of Law - Jd

Activities and Societies: Managing Editor, The Univ. of Denver Sports & Entertainment Law Journal; AAP Student Leader for 1L Contracts.

Journalism, Broadcast Journalism

Activities and Societies: WNUR, news producer, anchor & DJ; Northwestern News Network, producer; Sigma Alpha Iota; Northwestern University.

Leadership Forum

Leadership skills, coaching, time-management, delegation, writing, and news ethics

Conversational Intelligence

Took courses on Conversational Intelligence study and methods.

Supervisory Skills

Took various courses on supervisory skills; including delegation, coaching, and communication.

Editorial Integrity And Leadership Initiative

Leading in a crisis, coaching, peer-group feedback