
Community Engagement Producer at Publish2
Washington D.C. Metro Area

Community Engagement Producer at Publish2
Washington D.C. Metro Area
I’m a storyteller who uses several platforms. With a background in writing and reporting, I’m as comfortable composing a 1,000-word in-depth story for print as I am shooting and editing a three-minute video for the Web. Or a 140-character update on Twitter.
I also have experience with audio, photography, Web design, online production, online community management and copyediting.
When reporting I don’t think, “How can I write a great story?” but instead, “How can I tell a great story?”
Writing, reporting and editing / Community management and engagement / Multimedia reporting (video, audio and photo) and editing (Final Cut Pro, iMovie, Soundtrack Pro, Audacity, Photoshop) / Blogging / Video livestreaming / Podcasting / Web production / Community management / Project management/ AP style / (X)HTML and CSS (hand-coded) / Slightly more than basic JavaScript / Basic Flash
(Privately Held; Publishing industry)
September 2009 — Present (3 months)
I do various things. My primary areas include managing Wired Journalists and other social accounts and producing multimedia.
(Non-Profit; Information Services industry)
August 2008 — Present (1 year 4 months)
Advise most aspects of the organization, in addition to:
- Produce, record, co-host and edit This Week In CoPress (February-March 2009) and This Week In CoPress Live podcast (April 2009, August 2009-present)
Led community development as community director and core team member through May 2009:
- Reached out to student news organizations regarding launching and hosting a new site with CoPress
- Managed social media accounts, such as Twitter and Facebook
- Occasionally lead calls and post updates on CoPress blog
- Help develop goals and ideas for the organization
(Privately Held; Online Media industry)
August 2008 — Present (1 year 4 months)
Work with fellow co-administrator and TNTJ founder Dave Lee to:
- Moderate blog ring of young journalists
- Conceive topics
- Copy edit and approve posts
I also manage the TNTJ Twitter account.
(Public Company; AHC; Newspapers industry)
June 2009 — August 2009 (3 months)
- Devised social media strategy and best practices, with my part focusing on general engagement
- Overhauled the online JFK page, building a new one with a JavaScript framework
- Built an HTML page that lists all the newsroom Twitter accounts
- Trained beatbloggers on how to use social media tools to engage and build community
- Trained other Web producers, business reporters, editorial page stuff and enterprise writers to use collaborative tools and techniques
- Helped produce the live online coverage of local American Idol tryouts for the feature section
- Occasionally report breaking and daily news
- Produced a video on cold jobs to complement a text story
(Non-Profit; Newspapers industry)
May 2009 — May 2009 (1 month)
I attended the Poynter College Fellowship from May 17-29.
(Non-Profit; Newspapers industry)
August 2008 — May 2009 (10 months)
- Advised online and multimedia production for TheMiamiHurricane.com
- Conducted video shooting and editing training sessions for staff
- Managed two Twitter accounts, using them to cover football games, a Barack Obama rally and other campus events by posting updates and photos with a mobile phone or laptop
(Online Media industry)
January 2009 — January 2009 (1 month)
Assisted audio narratives workshop, Jan. 3-6. I assisted in the following:
- Teaching SoundtrackPro
- Identifying audio story ideas
- Editing narratives
Attended online infographics session, Jan. 7-10
(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; KRI; Newspapers industry)
May 2008 — August 2008 (4 months)
- Wrote daily news and features stories
- Wrote breaking news for MiamiHerald.com
- Shot, edited and produced daily and non-daily video for MiamiHerald.com, metro and business sections
- Based out of Broward Pines office.
(Newspapers industry)
August 2007 — May 2008 (10 months)
- Oversaw editorial print and online operations
- Managed an editorial staff of more than 100
- Implemented video reporting
- Emphasized breaking news online
- Planned and oversaw creation of a new Web site, which launched in August 2008
The Hurricane received the following awards during my term as editor:
- First Place, Online News Reporting, National Mark of Excellence Awards for coverage of GOP debate
- First Place, Best Web site, Society of Professional Journalists Region 3 Mark of Excellence Award
- Finalist, Associated Collegiate Press Online Pacemaker Award
- Second Place, Best Overall Non-Daily Newspaper, Society of Professional Journalists Region 3 Mark of Excellence Award
- Gold Medalist, Columbia Scholastic Press Association
Past positions
- News editor
- Assistant news editor
- News reporter
- Sports writer
- Arts/entertainment writer
Other roles:
- Page designer
- Copy editor
- Photographer
- Videographer/video editor
(Online Media industry)
April 2008 — April 2008 (1 month)
Worked as a freelance videographer at an April 12 town hall-style meeting about issues affecting low-income communities.
(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; TRB; Newspapers industry)
June 2007 — August 2007 (3 months)
Worked as a summer metro intern out of the south office covering four municipalities as my beats: Dania Beach, Hallandale Beach, Pembroke Park and West Park.
Contributed to an intern blog, called "My First Job."
(Newspapers industry)
July 2006 — August 2006 (2 months)
Interned at the Jewish Journal, a weekly newspaper serving the tricounty Jewish community. Wrote a cover story for Shalom Today, a weekly supplement distributed with the Sun-Sentinel and delivered to congregations in the tri-county area.
(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; KRI; Newspapers industry)
June 2005 — August 2005 (3 months)
Wrote feature stories for the Broward Neighbors section. I also took photos to go with some of my stories.
(Newspapers industry)
March 2005 — March 2005 (1 month)
Recognized as a Free Spirit for work in journalism as a high school senior and selected as male representative from Florida. Attended the conference hosted for all 102 winners, two from each state and the District of Columbia, from March 21-24, 2005.
Undergraduate , Majors: Journalism and Political Science; Minor: Spanish , 2005 — 2009
In addition to the core (required) journalism classes, I have taken:
- Online video journalism (emphasis on documentary style)
- Seminar in visual storytelling (focus on standards for multimedia journalism)
- Seminar in visual storytelling (focus on content gathering and editing)
- Web production
- Interactive storytelling
- Online journalism
- In-depth reporting for convergent media
2002 — 2005
2001 — 2002
Breaking and general news reporting, multimedia storytelling, online journalism, blogging, in-depth reporting, social networking
Society of Professional Journalists, Online News Association, Society for News Design, Florida College Press Association, Omicron Delta Kappa National Leadership Honor Society, Golden Key International Honor Society, Sigma Delta Pi Spanish Honor Society, Alpha Lambda Delta Freshmen Honor Society
College Journalist of the Year, Sunshine State Awards, South Florida SPJ Pro Chapter (2009)
Outstanding senior in the School of Communication, Univ. of Miami (2009)
Outstanding senior in Journalism, Univ. of Miami (2009)
UWIRE 100: Twice named one of the top 100 student journalists in the country (2008, 2009)
First Place, Online News Reporting, "The GOP Forum" Society of Professional Journalists National Mark of Excellence Award, Greg Linch and The Miami Hurricane staff (2007)
Best Affiliated Web site, TheMiamiHurricane.com, Society of Professional Journalists Region 3 Mark of Excellence Award (2007)
First Place, General News Reporting for two-part series on faculty housing, Society of Professional Journalists Region 3 Mark of Excellence Award (2005-2006)
Honorable Mention, Feature Writing, Florida College Press Association Better Newspaper Contest, in-depth profile of baseball coach Jim Morris (2007)
President's Honor Roll, Provost's Honor Roll, Dean's List