Will Dowd Email & Phone Number

Boston, Ma, Us

Marblehead, Massachusetts, United States

As the community editor and co-founder of the Marblehead Current, I have played a pivotal role in establishing and co-leading a nonprofit community newsroom that serves over 20,000 residents. My responsibilities include co-managing editorial direction, producing in-depth articles on municipal topics, local initiatives and community concerns, and mentoring our interns. I consistently produce five to seven detailed articles weekly, with a focus on comprehensive local government coverage, including town budgets, zoning issues, and Select Board meetings. My role also includes navigating the complexities of local government operations, managing multiple work streams and helping ensure that the newsroom meets strict deadlines while maintaining a high standard of journalistic integrity.

Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

Salem, Massachusetts

Develop, report, write and illustrate eight to ten articles per weekDirect stringer journalists’ coverage in Salem and Swampscott; edit their work, and ensure they hit deadlinesPlan Swampscott Reporter and Salem Gazette story budgets - while also covering breaking news Coordinate photojournalists’ Swampscott and Salem assignmentsProduce and embed short videos, photo galleries, charts and graphs, audio clips, Google Maps among other digital layers into online contentResponsible for Swampscott Reporter and Salem Gazette websites’ news and opinion contentMaintain active presence on and grow followings of my professional Twitter handle and the newspapers’ Facebook pagesDrive readers to newspapers’ websites and grow online traffic, being thoughtful, creative and strategic about hypertext, teasing stories with noteworthy quotes and Twitter and Facebook hashtags, tags and community groupsEdit and disseminate press releases, news briefs and public-service announcementsWrite occasional editorials; verify and vet letters to the editorStay informed about and report on local governmental activities across dozens of boards, commissions, committees and councils – with significant focus on the Salem City Council, Salem mayor, Swampscott School Committee and Swampscott Board of SelectmenMaintain a regular Salem and Swampscott presence, cultivating sources and professional relationships with elected state and local officials, municipal employees, residents and business ownersLocalize regional, state and federal activities and issues when they impact Salem and Swampscott communities

Marblehead, Massachusetts, United States

Developed, reported and illustrated six or more stories every week Kept informed and reported on local-governance activities across 35 boards, commissions, committees and councils, especially Marblehead’s five-member Board of SelectmenOversaw aspects of print production during editor’s absenceCo-managed freelancers, assigned stories, ensured they hit deadlines and edited their work Ensured the newspaper maintained a vibrant, engaging Twitter and Facebook presenceMaintained a regular Marblehead presence, fostering professional relationships among town officials and employees, residents and business owners

North Shore, Massachusetts

A hyperlocal-focused newspaper/multimedia company on the North Shore, my flagship papers were the Salem Gazette and the Marblehead Reporter, both have circulations around 7,000. As a stringer, the editors asked me to write or enterprise stories on a freelance basis. I was later brought on as the Marblehead Reporter’s full-time assistant editor.

Lynn, Massachusetts

LynnHappens.com remains a vibrant, go-to community website for coverage of cultural events, non-bias political coverage and community information on Lynn, MA. I covered stories that the website's editor asked me to write or enterprised stories on a freelance basis.

I supported and performed administrative duties, established a citywide initiative among seven youth agencies in Lynn, Massachusetts for a civic education program, and co-wrote the curriculum tailored to middle and high school students. I managed communications among youth and adult supervisors, created and maintained social networks, and co-created and administered evaluation materials to measure civic knowledge. Additionally, I organized panel discussions and forums on North Shore topics, facilitated college-wide workshops on shared leadership, expanded the Community Service Fair, and facilitated collaborations with the Service-Learning Department to ensure the fair's sustainability and institutionalization. I also co-coordinated Massachusetts Campus Compact’s Alternative Fall Break in Lynn.

Led college-wide focus groups to implement leadership on campus, established a Community Service Fair with 30 community organizations, organized a college-wide “Day of Service,” facilitated workshops on shared leadership, met with 49 community organizations to assess needs, documented volunteer opportunities, and wrote a leadership series based on student focus group information.

Lock Haven, Pennsylvania

• Managed a $16,500 budget for lecture programs on campus • Organized lectures on campus on topics such as rape prevention, drug usage and political elections • Marketed lectures to students through various media

George B. Stevenson Library At Lock Haven University

• Cataloged all new ordered books and media material; kept active inventory of all media materials ordered and performed general administrative duties • Organized information sessions on how to use social networks for the library’s first technology week

• Wrote numerous feature and general news articles, covered art beat and profiled members of the university and local community

• Managed a team of 10 students that served on student government’s Executive Board • Served on Pennsylvania’s Board of Student Government Presidents as Vice Chair of Community Service • Spearheaded and co-planned the inaugural “The Big Event”• Created the Students’ Concerns Committee

Lock Haven University

• Established and produced a service-focused podcast that informed university and community members about community service related projects and non-profits’ work in Pennsylvania’s Clinton Country area • Created and maintained website that housed podcasts• Trained students involved in the project

• Reintroduced yearbook after 26 years of dormancy• Managed, recruited and trained a team of students in their respected areas of the yearbook• Edited photographs and layouts • Met all deadlines on time

Lock Haven, Pennsylvania, United States

Completed 450 hours of community service

Ba, Mass Communication Media, Political Science

High School Diploma