Robert Todor
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Brian Richesson
Rob provides the complete package of communication skills, with his versatility as a writer, editor and speaker. In my six years at The Vindicator, I remember Rob as a tireless worker and a fair, respected leader. Rob will make sure the job is done - and done right.
Ernie Brown
Rob Todor is a dedicated, hard-working, efficient manager. Through his efforts, the newspaper's sports stories have improved tremendously. He has taken major steps to make sure local sports gets a variety of quality coverage. He is confident, competent, and will get on you if he perceives your are not doing your best work.
Brian Richesson
Rob provides the complete package of communication skills, with his versatility as a writer, editor and speaker. In my six years at The Vindicator, I remember Rob as a tireless worker and a fair, respected leader. Rob will make sure the job is done - and done right.
Ernie Brown
Rob Todor is a dedicated, hard-working, efficient manager. Through his efforts, the newspaper's sports stories have improved tremendously. He has taken major steps to make sure local sports gets a variety of quality coverage. He is confident, competent, and will get on you if he perceives your are not doing your best work.
Brian Richesson
Rob provides the complete package of communication skills, with his versatility as a writer, editor and speaker. In my six years at The Vindicator, I remember Rob as a tireless worker and a fair, respected leader. Rob will make sure the job is done - and done right.
Ernie Brown
Rob Todor is a dedicated, hard-working, efficient manager. Through his efforts, the newspaper's sports stories have improved tremendously. He has taken major steps to make sure local sports gets a variety of quality coverage. He is confident, competent, and will get on you if he perceives your are not doing your best work.
Brian Richesson
Rob provides the complete package of communication skills, with his versatility as a writer, editor and speaker. In my six years at The Vindicator, I remember Rob as a tireless worker and a fair, respected leader. Rob will make sure the job is done - and done right.
Ernie Brown
Rob Todor is a dedicated, hard-working, efficient manager. Through his efforts, the newspaper's sports stories have improved tremendously. He has taken major steps to make sure local sports gets a variety of quality coverage. He is confident, competent, and will get on you if he perceives your are not doing your best work.
Experience
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Gannett Newspapers
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Newspaper Publishing
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300 - 400 Employee
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Sports Editor
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Apr 2018 - Present
Seek out feature stories for writers and delegated researching, reporting and writing to a team of 15 sports journalists at two news organizations, The Kent-Ravenna Record-Courier and The Alliance Review.Fact-check four to eight stories daily.Write headlines and summaries for each article.Collaborate with the graphics department to develop and implement visual elements such as digital scoreboards.Planned and executed a county-wide sports awards event, which recognized more than 120 high school student-athletes for their on- and off-field accomplishments.Develop and optimize print online and print strategies to maximize coverage, advertise dollars and subscriptions.Work with reporters to assess stories and improve quality of work.Prepare sport page budgets, set layouts and select photos for stories.Plan layouts of the sports section by formatting stories, graphics and headlines.Designed and implemented a social media strategy for both organizations.
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News Editor
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Jun 2012 - Apr 2018
Managed several social media pages, including Facebook and Twitter.Interviewed sources and developed relationships with informants to obtain stories.Conceptualized stories and then pitched, assigned them and ensured reporter progress from organization to publication.South out stories by pursuing other news organizations' information periodically and either assigned or wrote the stories according to strict timelines.Monitored breaking news and assigned coverage.Trained 12 junior staff members on compelling breaking news stories, style guidelines and organization procedures.Designed layouts and collaborated with production professionals to produce a six-day newspaper.Wrote news and sports stories for online and print publication, coordinating images and layout to ensure proper presentation.
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The Vindicator Printing Company
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United States
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Newspaper Publishing
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1 - 100 Employee
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Sports Editor
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Apr 1999 - Jun 2012
Sought out feature stories for writers and delegated researching, reporting and writing to a team of eight sports journalists.Collaborated with the graphics department to develop and implement visual elements such as digital scoreboards.Planned layout of the sports section by formatting stories, graphics and headlines.Prepared sports page budgets, set layouts and selected photos for stories.Wrote headlines and summaries for each article.Worked with reporters to assess stories and improve their quality of work.Developed and optimized video interviews with student-athletes weekly through the school year.Represented the newspaper as an expert high school sports analyst on local TV station's sport segment.
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Sports Reporter
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Sep 1990 - Apr 1999
Provided reporting on all sports games with consistency, regardless of weather conditions.Networked with sports and broadcast leaders to develop professional contacts.Conducted in-depth interviews with players and coaches.Reported statistics and scores for various sports to an audience of 60,000 daily subscribers.Worked the high school sports beat and also covered Ohio State football and Cleveland professional sports.Served as desk editor in sports editor's absence.Evaluated and followed up on news tips to develop story ideas.
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Sports Reporter
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Apr 1985 - Sep 1990
Provided reporting on high school and college sports games.Conducted in-depth interviews with players and coaches.Networked with sports and broadcast leaders to develop professional contacts.Organized material, determined areas of emphasis and wrote stories according to prescribed editorial style and format standards.Provided editing, reporting and writing for affiliated weekly newspaper. Provided reporting on high school and college sports games.Conducted in-depth interviews with players and coaches.Networked with sports and broadcast leaders to develop professional contacts.Organized material, determined areas of emphasis and wrote stories according to prescribed editorial style and format standards.Provided editing, reporting and writing for affiliated weekly newspaper.
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Education
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1979 - 1983
University of Mount Union
B.A., Communications -
1975 - 1979
West Branch High School
diploma
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