Experience

The Saratogian

• Writing and Editing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Sportswriter/paginator

  • Jul 2009 - Present

  • Lead beat writer in horse racing coverage at historic Saratoga Race Course, helping coordinate staff efforts for our daily summer racing supplement, The Pink Sheet, as well as covering the sport year-round• During the racing season, plan daily and long-range budgets, coordinate staff including writers and photographers, file daily stakes race recaps, handle breaking news coverage, develop feature/enterprise stories on variety of topics. • Write a column on 2-year-old racing at Saratoga and around the country (daily in the summer, weekly the rest of the year)• Implemented new Web components to coverage, including daily analysis video, live blog and Twitter feed• Cover a variety of other sports throughout the year, including local high schools, colleges, community organizations and two AHL hockey teams in region. Also develop features on a variety of topics• Assist in pagination and copy editing several nights per week



various newspapers

• Freelance sportswriter

  • Dec 2006 - Present

  • Covered college sporting events and wrote features on athletes for several New York state newspapers (including the Finger Lakes Times, Oneida Daily Dispatch, Baldwinsville Daily News, Marcellus Observer) • Events covered included NCAA Division III playoffs for several sports, including the 2006 national football semifinals• Also wrote freelance pieces for the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame in Saratoga Springs in 2010 • Covered college sporting events and wrote features on athletes for several New York state newspapers (including the Finger Lakes Times, Oneida Daily Dispatch, Baldwinsville Daily News, Marcellus Observer) • Events covered included NCAA Division III playoffs for several sports, including the 2006 national football semifinals• Also wrote freelance pieces for the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame in Saratoga Springs in 2010



Democrat and Chronicle - Part of the USA Today Network

• United States
• Advertising Services
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Sports editorial assistant/staff writer

  • Sep 2007 - Jul 2009

  • Fielded calls from area high school and college coaches to collect game results; wrote briefs on games to post live to the Web.• Compiled roundups and agate strips for print edition on deadline. • Covered area games and events out of office on deadline.• Learned to work in a fast-paced environment with a Web-first mentality. • Fielded calls from area high school and college coaches to collect game results; wrote briefs on games to post live to the Web.• Compiled roundups and agate strips for print edition on deadline. • Covered area games and events out of office on deadline.• Learned to work in a fast-paced environment with a Web-first mentality.



Cardinal Courier

• Editor/reporter

  • Sep 2005 - May 2009

  Award-winning campus newspaper at St. John Fisher CollegePositions held: • News Editor, Spring 2009 semester• Copy Editor/Recruitment Coordinator, Fall 2009 semester• Viewpoint Editor, 2007-08 school year• Assistant News Editor, Spring 2007 semester• Assistant Copy Editor, Fall 2006 semester• Sports reporter, 2005-06 school year Award-winning campus newspaper at St. John Fisher CollegePositions held: • News Editor, Spring 2009 semester• Copy Editor/Recruitment Coordinator, Fall 2009 semester• Viewpoint Editor, 2007-08 school year• Assistant News Editor, Spring 2007 semester• Assistant Copy Editor, Fall 2006 semester• Sports reporter, 2005-06 school year



RC Anderson Associates

• Intern

  • Jan 2007 - Aug 2007

  • Did research, conducted phone interviews, and wrote stories for the Circulation Idea Service and Newspaper In Education Information Service, a pair of trade journals aimed at increasing newspaper readership. • Did research, conducted phone interviews, and wrote stories for the Circulation Idea Service and Newspaper In Education Information Service, a pair of trade journals aimed at increasing newspaper readership.



Messenger Post Newspapers

• Newspaper Publishing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Intern

  • May 2006 - Dec 2006

  • Covered a variety of events in communities surrounding Rochester. • Regularly pitched stories to assignment and local editors. • Gathered content for and compiled regular weekly features such as community calendar, college notes, etc. • Covered a variety of events in communities surrounding Rochester. • Regularly pitched stories to assignment and local editors. • Gathered content for and compiled regular weekly features such as community calendar, college notes, etc.



PetSmart

• United States
• Retail
• 700 & Above Employee

• Customer care associate

  • May 2006 - Dec 2006

  • Dealt with customer concerns and orders via phone and e-mail for national catalog company. • Dealt with customer concerns and orders via phone and e-mail for national catalog company.