Tommy Gallagher Email & Phone Number

Buffalo, Ny, Us

Buffalo/Niagara, New York Area

Assist producers, reporters, photographers and editors in the newsroom and in the field. Write web stories on press releases, packages and events to be published on WGRZ.com. Curate the WGRZ website and promote articles across multiple social media platforms. Use Edius editing software to import video and select video clips.

Toledo, Ohio Area

Versatility is vital as a copy editor, from designing pages and creating elements using web-based Libercus and InDesign, to running the wire desk and taking part in planning meetings, to editing articles and writing sharp headlines, decks and captions under tight deadlines. An attention to detail and strong Associated Press style knowledge are the norm. Duties also included taking sports calls, writing capsules and building agate files. As a web editor, top priorities included engaging readers to expand The Blade’s digital presence, using Twitter, Facebook and Instagram to promote articles and preview local content, including a PDF of A1 with details from select stories.

Auguata, Maine

Worked using QuarkXPress on everything from election night A1s to sports fronts, wire sections, local sections, obituaries, community pages and Sunday/daily business pages for two morning daily newspapers with a total circulation of more than 32,000; often put together daily budget, represented news desk in planning meeting, delegated page assignments to news desk and coordinated with another MaineToday Media newspaper, The Portland Press Herald, in slot position; copy edited local and wire text for daily pages; prepared photos using Photoshop; prepared and updated websites using Clickability.

Hutchinson, Kansas

Served on three-person desk, using QuarkXPress, for morning daily of more than 35,000; coordinated coverage 121 area high schools for six-person staff; copy edited local text, pulled wire stories and assembled roundups; wrote high volume of game stories, columns, features, takeouts and enterprise pieces; reported from 85 cities and 82 high schools; provided analysis and predictions for area football games and state football and basketball playoffs; provided coverage on Kansas, Kansas State and Wichita State athletics.

Emporia, Kansas

Beat reporter for Emporia State athletics at six-day PM paper of about 10,000; Assisted with preps by covering games, taking box scores in the office and writing capsules; occasionally covered Kansas and Kansas State athletics; routinely paginated using QuarkXPress; copy edited local text, pulled wire stories and assembled roundups.

Bachelor'S Degree, Journalism

Activities and Societies: The University Daily Kansan.

General Studies

Activities and Societies: Campus Ledger, the daily newspaper at JCCC.