Experience

Gloucester Public Schools

• United States
• Education Administration Programs
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Community Engagement and Communications Coordinator

  • Sep 2022 - Present



GateHouse Media New England

• Newspaper Publishing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Editor

  • Jan 2010 - Apr 2022

  • Editor for Saugus Advertiser• Plan, assign and create content, including news and feature articles, for the weekly newspaper and paper of record in Saugus, Mass.• Write four to six stories weekly.• Manage assignments, edit writing and provide mentorship to a reporter.• Choose headlines, come up with photo cutlines and direct layout for the print edition.• Publish stories and community submissions daily on website.• Oversee social media communications, including Facebook and Twitter, engaging followers in dialogue.• Provide digital image and video content for print and online editions of the newspaper.• Monitor and analyze website traffic on Parse.ly and Google Analytics to drive editorial decisions.• Organize reporter roundtables, mentor staff reporters and provide feedback to aid career development and learn best journalism practices.• Collaborate with reporters on issue-based regional stories and write editorials.• Cultivated professional relationships with town government officials and residents. • Actively engage with the community by volunteering to moderate candidates’ nights and debates, speak to community groups, participate in Shadow Day program for high school students with journalistic aspirations. Show less

• Reporter

  • 2004 - 2010

  • Reporter for the Saugus Advertiser• Generated eight to twelve stories each week.• Covered town and school beat, police, business, lifestyle.



Salem News

• Beverly, Mass.

• Reporter

  • 2001 - 2004

  Filed at least two stories daily while covering communities of Marblehead and Swampscott. Filed at least two stories daily while covering communities of Marblehead and Swampscott.