WKBN-TV – Youngstown, Ohio

Multimedia production associate                                                                             May 2021 – Present

• Write daily web stories, post sister station content and edit broadcast stories for a web format, including breaking news under strict deadlines

• Post to Facebook, arrange stories on homepage according to algorithm and send push notifications as needed

• Create graphics under strict deadlines using photoshop for broadcast news and web

• Run cameras for newscasts and special sports broadcasts as needed

• Collaborate regularly with the web department, directors, social media and the news department on content and content strategies 

 

The Jambar – Youngstown, Ohio

Editor-in-Chief                                                                                                         May 2021 - Dec. 2021

• Manage a team of reporters, editors, designers and web and social media managers to create a weekly 16-page newspaper for a campus of 12,000

• Oversee content assignment and editorial and ethical decisions

• Manage hiring and promotion for the print and web team

• Cover breaking news between weekly editions

• Serve as an anchor on the news desk for weekly 30-minute campus news show

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Managing Editor/Executive Producer                                                                   May 2020 – May 2021

• Produce 30-minute weekly live-to-tape news, arts, and sports broadcast as the executive producer of JambarTV; anchor and host weekly interview segments

• Write weekly city-focused news stories for web, print and broadcast plus cover breaking news as needed; edit print and broadcast writing

• Cover gaps during team absences, including design layout, video editing, and anchoring

• Collaborate and communicate with editor-in-chief, news, sports, and arts editors and manage weekly and daily deadlines of print, broadcast, social media, and web departments, including assigning content to editors and multimedia journalists

 

The Phantoms – Youngstown, Ohio

Camera Operator                                                                                                  Nov. 2019 – Dec. 2020

• Operate broadcast systems to provide instant replays of live footage during hockey games, put together highlight reels during live games, and modify arena lighting on cue for intermission events and pre-game broadcasts

• Communicate effectively with technical directors, producers, and camera operators in fast-paced environment

• Operate wireless video cameras in the field to live-broadcast hockey plays and intermission events

• Adapt to other positions within the team, including graphics operator or director as needed

 

Cleveland Magazine – Cleveland, Ohio

Editorial Intern                                                                                                        May 2020 – Dec. 2020

• Wrote lifestyle, entertainment, and food features for Cleveland’s lifestyle and arts magazine with a circulation of over 280,000

• Researched city and pitched stories and short-term and long-term deadlines of fact-checking, interviewing, and writing

• Asked to stay on from summer internship into fall term; balanced educational duties and remote work

• Interviewed a variety of Cleveland subjects and wrote for high-circulating issues such as “Best of Cleveland,” “Most Interesting People,” and “Private Schools”

 

Western Pennsylvania Conservancy – Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Digital Multimedia Intern                                                                                     June 2020 – Aug. 2020

• Wrote, proofread, and edited social media posts for Instagram and Facebook focusing on architectural tourism at Fallingwater

• Photographed architecture, interiors, nature, and wildlife on-site

• Shot and edited on-camera interviews with Fallingwater staff about elements of the home

• Created, shot, and edited social media campaign called “Good Design” focusing on practical interior design elements of the home concurrent with architect Frank Lloyd Wright’s design philosophy

• Researched site and facilitated communication between on-site director, assistant director, and historian for photo shoots and interviews