Experience

Rialto Unified School District

• United States
• Education Management
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Communications Web Technician

  • Sep 2019 - Present



Daily Press

• Newspaper Publishing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Staff Writer for sports section

  • Feb 2010 - May 2019

  • I was promoted to the Daily Press because of my performance at our sister paper, the Desert Dispatch. The Daily Press sports editor took notice of my work and offered me an open position. • I covered sports across the Victor Valley with print and digital content ranging from written stories to Facebook Live sessions to photos and video. • I stepped up to take on new leadership duties after layoffs in 2017. From that time on, I planned out sports section daily from local coverage to wire stories and collaborated with the photo editor to arrange visual coverage. • I was always focused on pushing our product forward both in print and online. I pioneered new content for the sports section. I created a weekly feature page called "In the Dirt," which focused on prep sports and represented a new way to tell stories for the Daily Press. I was told by one long-time reader that it was "the coolest thing" he'd seen in the paper in years. I also started a blog and podcast for the section. • Grew staff social media accounts from single-digit follower counts to thousands. Used social media both as a tool to share content and connect with our readers and sources. Made myself available for conversation, questions and criticisms on my professional Twitter account. • Planned and contributed to a yearly 50-page prep football preview section. I was selected several times to write the cover story for the preview section. • Launched a year-end sports banquet starting in 2017. Served as a speaker at the event and interviewed NFL Hall-of-Famers Marcus Allen and Ronnie Lott on stage in front of a 400-person audience. • Designed pages daily until 2015. Coordinated layout with an offsite design house after 2015. • It is important for me to also help others in their careers. That’s what led me to oversee our internship program and help mentor young sports reporters. Show less



Desert Dispatch

• Barstow, CA

• Sports Editor

  • Mar 2006 - Feb 2010

  • Covered two high schools, a community college and local youth sports to produce game, news and feature stories, columns, photos, videos and blog entries. Mined the beat for unique content like a story about the high school football coach who made a deal with cafeteria workers to get his players left over burgers or a story about a highly successful cross country coach’s secret tricks of the trade. • Planned and designed daily three-page sports section. Worked to make a full package, presenting information in layers from copy to photos to design. • Led a redesign of the paper. Added new ongoing content features to the section. One reader called our results a “breath of fresh air.” • Managed a staff of one and several freelancers. Show less



Great Lakes Publishing

• United States
• Book and Periodical Publishing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Intern

  • Sep 2005 - Dec 2005

  • Pitched and wrote feature-length articles and briefs for the monthly Cleveland-area publication with a circulation of 45,000. • Fact-checked stories on a daily basis. Caught significant errors before they went to print. • Participated in weekly planning sessions to organize each issue. • Pitched and wrote feature-length articles and briefs for the monthly Cleveland-area publication with a circulation of 45,000. • Fact-checked stories on a daily basis. Caught significant errors before they went to print. • Participated in weekly planning sessions to organize each issue.



Summer Kent State

• Editor

  • Jun 2005 - Aug 2005

  • Supervised a staff four editors 40 editorial workers for a weekly summer publication. • Planned and organized a 56-page orientation issue for incoming students. • Supervised a staff four editors 40 editorial workers for a weekly summer publication. • Planned and organized a 56-page orientation issue for incoming students.



Daily Kent Stater

• Sports Editor

  • Aug 2004 - May 2005

  • Worked up from a stringer reporter position during freshman year to oversee sports section as an editor for two semesters as a senior. • Created a collaborative environment between writers, photographers and designers to improve overall product. • Trained and managed a staff of six sports reporters. • Wrote feature stories and columns. • Worked up from a stringer reporter position during freshman year to oversee sports section as an editor for two semesters as a senior. • Created a collaborative environment between writers, photographers and designers to improve overall product. • Trained and managed a staff of six sports reporters. • Wrote feature stories and columns.