Experience

New York Building Congress

• United States
• Construction
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Director Of Communications

  • Mar 2022 - Present



Self-Employed

• Real Estate
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Freelance Writer

  • Jan 1999 - Present

  Write travel, entertainment, features and sports pieces for The Sporting News, New York Daily News, New York Post, Times-Mirror publications, Prentice-Hall and the European Tourism Commission.

• Writing/Editing Consultant

  • Nov 2021 - Apr 2022



Kellie Leeson for Assembly

• Interim Campaign Manager

  • Jan 2022 - Mar 2022

  Managed all day-to-day activities for Democratic candidate for NYS Assembly in Manhattan. Prepared campaign for petitioning process, including hiring attorney. Drafted and edited stump speech using candidate's preferred theme. Helped design palmcards. Assisted Finance Director in targeting goals and budgeting priorities. Interviewed candidates for, and hired on, full-time, long-term campaign manager to replace me (this was a temporary assignment), as well hiring a FT Field Director. Met with candidate daily to organize events, endorsement processes and priorities.



Deadspin

• Spectator Sports
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Deputy Editor

  • Jul 2020 - Dec 2021



Post Hill Press

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

• Book Author

  • May 2017 - Jul 2020

  My first book, "One Lucky Fan: My life chasing sports history from bleachers to box seats, and my quest to visit all 123 MLB, NFL, NBA and NHL teams” was released on June 4 from Post Hill Press. My first book, "One Lucky Fan: My life chasing sports history from bleachers to box seats, and my quest to visit all 123 MLB, NFL, NBA and NHL teams” was released on June 4 from Post Hill Press.



Hofstra University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Adjunct Professor

  • Jan 2017 - May 2017

  Instructor for the course "Newsrooms Today." Included site visits with students to The New Yorker, Newsday, NY1, @moneyish and the New York Daily News. Instructor for the course "Newsrooms Today." Included site visits with students to The New Yorker, Newsday, NY1, @moneyish and the New York Daily News.



New York Daily News

• United States
• Online Media
• 300 - 400 Employee

• Executive Editor/Print

  • Nov 2005 - Dec 2016

  Managed newsroom for Top 10 U.S. circulation newspaper. Directed day-to-day operation of 20-person daily newspaper production staff. Duties included:- Contribution to, and execution of, the companywide vision of the Editor-in-Chief- Producing powerful stories, campaigns and front pages that captured national attention on social media, ensuring “New York’s Hometown Paper” reached its widest possible audience and was part of the broader discourse- Creative direction of staff, daily news coverage and enterprise projects- Daily booking of paper and hands-on layout of multiple news pages per night using Adobe Creative Suite- Coordination with online team to ensure seamless transition of stories and products across multiple platforms- 2016 NY Associated Press Association Winner: Best Full Page Design, “When Trump came for the Mexicans…”Previous roles included Page Designer, Late Night Editor & Night Editor



St. John's University

• United States
• Higher Education

• Adjunct Professor

  • Jan 2001 - May 2006

  Courses: Introduction to Journalism; Reporter as Artist /Literary Journalism; Sports Journalism; Copy Editing; Press & Government; Broadcast Journalism; History of Journalism; Introduction to Mass Communication; Crime Reporting Courses: Introduction to Journalism; Reporter as Artist /Literary Journalism; Sports Journalism; Copy Editing; Press & Government; Broadcast Journalism; History of Journalism; Introduction to Mass Communication; Crime Reporting



The Queens Courier

• Newspaper Publishing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Managing Editor

  • Jul 2004 - Nov 2005

  Coordinate all editorial staff, assign stories and edit all copy to ensure high-quality weekly newspaper. Layout newspaper using QuarkXPress. Also oversee three other Schneps Communications publications. Represent company at events in business community. Write weekly political column as well as news/features stories. Coordinate all editorial staff, assign stories and edit all copy to ensure high-quality weekly newspaper. Layout newspaper using QuarkXPress. Also oversee three other Schneps Communications publications. Represent company at events in business community. Write weekly political column as well as news/features stories.



Friends of Jim Gennaro

• Campaign Manager

  • Sep 2000 - Jan 2002

  Oversaw all aspects of victorious Primary and General election campaigns: Wrote campaign literature, organized voter-turnout strategy, generated publicity, managed 100 staff members and volunteers and ran day-to-day operations. Oversaw all aspects of victorious Primary and General election campaigns: Wrote campaign literature, organized voter-turnout strategy, generated publicity, managed 100 staff members and volunteers and ran day-to-day operations.



Newsday Media Group

• United States
• Newspaper Publishing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Reporter

  • Feb 1999 - Jul 2000

  Beat reporter, NYC college and high school athletics; Freelance reporter for news, travel and features sections. Beat reporter, NYC college and high school athletics; Freelance reporter for news, travel and features sections.