A damn good ghostwriter, editor and journalist.

Oversaw assignments and coordinated coverage for breaking news, politics, features and entertainment
Part of the newsroom’s “leadership team” guiding change following mass layoffs
Developed digital strategies and upheld editorial standards; My team set the newsroom’s coverage tone
Guided coverage on Las Vegas and New Zealand shootings, Chelsea bomber manhunt
Edited exclusives about sex abuse in the classical music world, Brooklyn Diocese
Lead reporter on San Bernardino shooting coverage known for “God isn’t fixing this” cove

Coordinated worldwide digital news coverage during overnight hours
Overhauled early-morning news culture with greater focus on breaking stories and viral content
Moderated Facebook page with 7 million likes and Twitter page with 5 million followers
Spearheaded coverage on missing planes, Oscar Pistorius murder trial, terror in France
Pitched and developed long-form project on Harlem Rens, early 1900s basketball team

Coordinated online coverage of Boston bombings manhunt, Ariz. wildfire and Superstorm Sandy

Managed staff writers and edited copy; oversaw watchdog stories and multimedia projects
Directed two documentaries about Atlantic City’s history that aired on local NBC affiliate
Carried newsroom through Tropical Storm Irene to set site pageviews record
Interviewed bowling alley arsonist three days before his arrest
Wrote features about actor Mickey Rooney, pitchman Billy Mays and reality TV’s Gosselin family

Pitched and produced series on Nickel Mines Amish school shooting, Hershey Co. job cuts
Presented on-camera reports in country’s 39th largest TV market – 750,000 households
Arranged newscasts and updated website; oversaw 15 weekend employees

2016 RTDNA National Edward R. Murrow Award for best website (ABCNews.com)
2015 RTDNA National Edward R. Murrow Award for overall excellence (ABC News)
2010 Press of Atlantic City editorial department employee of the year
2010 NJPA Better Newspaper contest – 1st place, multimedia element
2008 NJPA Better Newspaper contest - 2nd place, first-year reporter
2006 and 2007 Pa. Newspaper Awards collegiate Keystones - 1st place, feature story
2004 Hellenic Times Maria Menounos Scholarship for Journalism

2005-06, Millersville University

B.S. Speech Communication, broadcast option
Editor-in-Chief of student newspaper, The Snapper, in 2006
Investigative projects into athletics department misspending, town founder’s gravesite

2002-04, Pennsylvania State University

Completed more than 70 credits; Dean's List, fall 2004 semester
Wrote more than 100 articles for The Daily Collegian, Penn State’s student newspaper

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