• Results-Focused Leader who offers a background in Journalism, Writing / Editing, Copywriting, Publication Operations Management, Projexxxxxx Management, and Budget Control, and contributes talents in Social Media, Research, Trends Tracking / Analysis, and Work Prioritization while exhibiting an ability to see the big pixxxxxxure at all times.
• Top Performer who boasts above-average career results, and can make sound decisions to reflexxxxxx positively on operations in alignment with an employer s vision, value, and goals to achieve a significant competitive advantage.
• Excellent Communicator who builds and sustains synergistic relationships with executives, board members, writers, photographers, and the community to develop mutually beneficial relationships and drive core success.

  Serve on the editorial board at the Record-Journal, and produce two to three editorials per week.

  Successfully perform diverse freelance writing jobs, and axxxxxxively support projexxxxxxs to drive success.

  Recognized for job excellence with rapid promotion from Sports Editor to News Editor of Weeklies.

  Played a vital role in the Record-Journal Publishing Company s newspaper being listed as one of the Top 10 Newspapers That Do It Right in the March 2016 edition of Editor & Publisher magazine.

News Editor Weeklies (2014 Present)

  Capitalize on the opportunity to coordinate and manage high-volume publication of six weekly newspapers with total circulation of 64,000, including training, mentoring, and managing a top team of writers and photographers (seven staff; six freelance), as well as cost-effexxxxxxively managing budgets to meet and / or exceed news objexxxxxxives.

  Dynamically maintain websites, Facebook pages, and Twitter accounts with breaking news for each publication.

  Direxxxxxx news coverage while cohesively coordinating efforts with reporters, editing stories, and feeding website and social media platforms, as well as coordinating paper layout and approving papers for print.

Assistant News Editor Weeklies (2012 2014)

  Utilized broad scope of industry knowledge and dynamic writing / editing abilities toward coordinating and managing the publication of two newspapers, including recruiting, training, mentoring, and managing a details-focused team of three reporters, as well as contributing sharp analytical abilities toward overseeing news budgets.

Sports Editor Weeklies (2002 2012)

  Exhibited talent in covering diverse sports stories from Little League games to college and professional athletics, including boosting readership and brand awareness by concurrently posting sports coverage to diverse social media.

  Expertly designed and laid out sports sexxxxxxions across six papers via comprehensive knowledge of QuarkXpress.

Sports Reporter

  Contributed strong multitasking skills toward proaxxxxxxively covering various high schools and college (i.e. Wesleyan University) sports, including handling game coverage and taking game results over the telephone by coaches.

  Led targeted design, development, and lay out of high-volume sports pages using QuarkXpress program.

Bachelor of Arts in English Eastern Xxxxxx State University