River Wells

Managing Editor, Bucs Wire at USA TODAY Sports Media Group
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(386) 825-5501
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Greater Tampa Bay Area

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Credentials

  • Learning Audacity
    LinkedIn
    Jul, 2021
    - Nov, 2024

Experience

  • USA TODAY Sports Media Group
    • United States
    • Online Audio and Video Media
    • 100 - 200 Employee
    • Managing Editor, Bucs Wire
      • Mar 2023 - Present

      Manages USA TODAY's Bucs Wire and its contributors.

    • Contributor at Auburn Wire
      • Mar 2022 - Present

      Write articles, listicles, galleries and more about Auburn sports. Copyedit multiple articles a week. Optimize article viewership through SEO. Work extensively in WordPress.

  • Max Borges Agency
    • United States
    • Public Relations and Communications Services
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Public Relations Intern
      • May 2022 - Aug 2022

      As a Public Relations Intern, I research and compile journalist and influencer lists, pitch out products and stay up to date on latest trends and technology news. As a Public Relations Intern, I research and compile journalist and influencer lists, pitch out products and stay up to date on latest trends and technology news.

  • The Independent Florida Alligator
    • Newspaper Publishing
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Staff Writer
      • Aug 2017 - Apr 2021

      As a staff writer at the Independent Florida Alligator, I have written hundreds of stories, columns, and features on over five different sports. I also frequently copyedited sports stories that would go in the paper.

    • Sports Editor
      • Aug 2020 - Dec 2020

      As Sports Editor, I managed a Sports Staff of over 15 people in putting together the sports section for every paper. I assigned stories, copyedited them, and covered four football games in person to write myself in Texas, Tennessee and Georgia.

    • Engagement Managing Editor
      • Jan 2020 - May 2020

      As Engagement Managing Editor, I managed the Alligator's social media, worked on and copyedited the newspaper's pages and managed a large staff of writers and multimedia talent.

  • WUFT News
    • United States
    • Telecommunications
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Staff Writer
      • Aug 2019 - Dec 2019

      As a WUFT Staff Writer, I wrote local stories about the city of Gainsville. I covered court cases, city commission meetings and more. As a WUFT Staff Writer, I wrote local stories about the city of Gainsville. I covered court cases, city commission meetings and more.

Education

  • University of Florida
    Journalism, Journalism
    2017 - 2020

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