Writer, editor, storyteller
Resumes ID: 8539
Resumes Views: 17
Location: Washington, District of Columbia, United States
Zip Code: 20009
Posted: 03.17.2023
Updated:
Job Type:
Job Category: Wire Services, Online | New Media, Magazines, Public Relations | Marketing, Media Business Positions, Academia, Fellowships | Scholarship | Prizes, Publishing, Corporate Publications/Newsletters,
Education:
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George Washington University
Organizational Leadership and Learning
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American University
Interdisciplinary Studies: Communication, Legal Institutions, Economics, and Government
Work Experience:
08.10.2015 - 01.13.2017
Associate Editor
Philadelphia magazine |
• Eagles beat reporter for Birds 24/7, which earned more than 15 million page views annually
• Wrote around 750 articles, including several enterprise pieces averaging a few thousand words
• My news stories were cited by numerous outlets, including ESPN and Sports Illustrated
• Appeared biweekly on the radio, including on BBC and NBC Sports, and weekly on TV
• Helped increase our Facebook page’s likes by 50%; quadrupled my personal Twitter followers
• Routinely coordinated coverage with another beat reporter, an intern and a photographer
• Spearheaded intern hiring; regularly edited stories written by the intern and other beat reporter
• Contributed ideas for website redesign focusing on mobile responsiveness and presentation
04.10.2017 -
Multiplatform Editor
The Washington Post |
• Pick the most important and interesting stories to spotlight on Post apps and the homepage
• Help determine and craft push alerts; created and maintained Select app’s Good News section
• Write headlines and teasers and pick pictures to optimize stories for other platforms, which have included Apple News, Amazon Echo, Facebook, Flipboard, MSN and Snapchat
• Monitor Chartbeat analytics and Omniture reports to identify hot topics and reader trends
• Communicate across the newsroom about future stories and determine how to promote them
• Beta test and collaborate with engineers and designersto improve workflow and user experience
• Helped craft the First Reads newsletter by picking stories and writing subject line language
• Co-created weekly feature that was often the most-read item in Sports the day it ran in the app
• Wrote a 3,000-word profile on a viral teen whose life was nearly ruined — and her recovery
• Penned a 5,000-word profile on a transgender woman about love, loss and identity
10.06.2014 - 08.07.2015
Book Assistant
Sports Illustrated’s S.L. Price |
• Contributed reporting for “Playing Through the Whistle” about the origin of professional football in the U.S. and race and labor relations in Aliquippa, Pa., in the early 20th century
• Combed through century-old documents at the Library of Congress, used Facebook to find descendants of subjects in the book and fact-checked some of Price’s previous reporting
Total Years Experience:
9 years
Desired Salary:
$100,000.00
Occupations:
Digital Content Producer/Editor