Steve Benko Email & Phone Number

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

- Create ideas for upcoming sportscasts and segments, preparing topics for shows, while also managing multiple projects.- Build rundowns everyday and build graphics in iNews for 6:00 pm, 10:00 pm, 11:00 pm sportscasts and doing post-production on games.- Assist with producing Steelers pre & postgame shows- Produce Ireland Contracting Nightly Sports Call which airs on Pittsburgh's CW and the #1 Cochran Sports Showdown. - Helped to produce live Steelers preseason games which were simulcast on NFL Network, NFL.com, and various affiliates across the country.

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

- Produced attention-grabbing social media content for Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram.- Created content using WordPress for promotion on the homepage, section pages, and station social media accounts with a combined 500,000 followers.- Used social media analytics websites like CrowdTangle and Google Analytics to monitor story traffic.- Worked with digital content manager and other digital producers to ensure accuracy and efficiency with all written stories and social media posts.- Tracked trends during the day to see how certain posts were performing compared to others and used keywords that would help gain more traction on social media.

- Research various sports leagues around the world and find relevant stats to add to a piece. - Work with freelancers to ensure all articles get posted in a timely manner. - Edit articles submitted by staff and make sure SEO is formatted correctly to maximize page views. - Researching and writing articles relating to sports betting.

Altair, Texas

- Wrote a weekly column called “The Run Down” about trending on and off the field topics relating to professional sports.- Discussed with publisher about which stories readers had been looking to see covered.- Thoroughly researched many specific topics to give a better understanding of the subject matter to readers.

- Covering breaking news happening in Major League Baseball, everything from trade speculations, to trades, to rehab assignments.- Credentialed for and have covered the Scranton/Wilkes Barre RailRiders beat (Yankees Triple-A affiliate) and Houston Astros beat.- Writing analyses on certain players ranging anywhere from new draft picks or recent signees to minor and major league veterans.- First correspondent from Baseball Essential to be credentialed for and cover the playoffs. Was given field, locker room and press conference access.- Gave insight on everything happening in the Major League, and Minor League baseball world along with international signings and contracts.- Recruiting new writers for the Baseball Essential network, while also helping to build the brand of the website and network.- Interviewed MLB Agent Tom Reich and "No No: A Dockumentary" director, Jeff Radice.

Columbus, Texas

- Reported on engaging stories for the entire county that consisted of three cities while needing to meet deadlines.- Was in charge of editorial making and editing creative content running two social media accounts.- Responsible for conducting interviews with members of the community and worked on enterprising stories with editor and publisher.- Covered everything from city council meetings to high school athletics while also photographing live events.

Jamaica, New York

- Updated news clips from all media outlets online or in print pertaining to St. John's Athletics once a day. - Handled and distributed credentials to all New York City media outlets attending St. John's games.- Worked as a soundboard operator and timeout coordinator at for St. John's Women's Basketball and Men's baseball games.- Updated season and all-time statistics for certain sports.- Ran stat sheets to media outlets during timeouts.