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Experience

• Oversees, edits and approves written digital content to accompany television stories
• Writes breaking news stories for publication on tight deadlines
  
• Pitches and assigns native digital content based on local newsworthy events including crime, conflict and lifestyle content
• Manages and updates website to prioritize newsworthy, relevant and trending content among a local audience
• Oversees social media content, pitching, assigning and creating content exclusive to social media to drive engagement
• Syndicates newsworthy and relevant digital content from national news sources for a local audience
• Manages and schedules a staff of digital producers

• Designed news and sports sections of four to eight pages for the daily standard printed edition on a nightly deadline
• Designed 16-page special sections for home football games, determining content layout and creative direction in collaboration with sports managing editor

• Instructed two weekly lab sections, teaching design using visual heirarchy, news judgment, media ethics and photo editing

• Developed digital content for a print outlet, using in-depth fact-checking, copy editing, search-engine optimization and digital production flair including custom HTML and CSS content

• Managed content output of a staff of more than 200 student journalists and oversaw an editorial board of 35
• Edited text, audio and video content including news, entertainment, sports and opinion stories
• Fact-checked and screened for legal and copyright issues

• Oversaw copy editing staff and managed content output
  
• Optimized web headlines, content and metadata for SEO

• Oversaw strategy and digital development for a student media organization, including a succesful campaign for student funding

Skills

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