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​Assignment Editor
February 2019- Present
  • Work collaboratively with photographers, reporters, producers, technicians in 24-hour newsroom
  • Ensure high-quality breaking news and enterprise content in highly competitive news market
  • Coordinate with all station departments, external partners on  breaking live shots and routine news coverage
  • Produce 5-minute, topic-driven segments with anchors, guests, graphics and b-roll called In-Depth
  • Oversee television news vans, satellite trucks and live-television units

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​Managing Editor
August 2016 to October 2018
  • ​​Oversee, develop and maintain content for medical, legal and consumer-advocacy website
  • Developed targeted content for outside publications to establish site's authority
  • Assisted with marketing and developers to optimize SEO and conversions
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​Content Editor, Breaking News

February 2014 to August 2016
  • Manage breaking-news coverage in Central Florida
  • Directly responsible for weather, traffic, crime, courts and random chaos in metro Orlando
  • Maintain collaborative relationship among digital, print and production assets

Deputy Breaking News Editor
August 2008 to February 2014
  • Co-managed dynamic team of reporters covering crime, weather, traffic in Central Florida
  • Coordinated traditional and multimedia coverage of such high-profile topics as Casey Anthony, George Zimmerman and Trayvon Martin
  • Key editor when website hit a company record of 22.5 million page views June 5, 2011 – date of Casey Anthony murder acquittal

Volusia County Editor
June 2007 to July 2008
  • Directed all aspects of news operation spanning two counties, Volusia and Brevard, with a combined population of 1 million residents
  • Assigned, edited all content for twice-weekly zoned edition
  • Conceived, assigned and edited daily contributions to A-section, Local & State and other sections 
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Assistant Editor
May 2006 to June 2007
  • Spearheaded unprecedented investigation into travel expenditures by elected officials in Central Florida
  • Supervised production of twice-weekly zoned edition for Volusia County
  • Directed news articles about tax protests, storm damage and politics

​Reporter
September 1997 to May 2006:
  • Revealed developer’s attempt to remove publicly-financed conservation easement on strategic property in the Volusia County Conservation Corridor
  • Examined debate between surfers and federal government about plans to extend jetty off the coast of New Smyrna Beach for flawed navigation project
  • Detailed trends, milestones and motivations behind Volusia County’s unique land-preservation program called Volusia Forever

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Reporter
January 1995 to August 1997
  • Examined social and economic impacts from a voter-approved amendment to the Florida Constitution that outlawed certain types of fishing nets
  • Covered numerous political, policy and legal battles about growth and development in Martin County
  • Detailed debates over fresh-water discharges into Indian River Lagoon
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Correspondent

January 1994 to December 1994:
  • Highlighted decay of University of South Florida dormitories and long-term plans for renovations and expansions at the Tampa campus
  • Unveiled plans for a new interdisciplinary undergraduate degree program at USF for the next generation of environmental professionals
  • Profiled an apartment-manager-turned-crime-fighter in one of Tampa’s toughest neighborhoods

Associations​

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COMMUNITY
   
   Boy Scout parent volunteer
   2015 to present: Cub Scout Pack 590, Lake Helen, Florida
  • ​    Cub Scout parent volunteer        
   2011 to 2015: Cub Scout Pack 340, Deltona, Florida
   Completed Basic Adult Leader Outdoor Orientation training
                             Designed educational, athletic and personal-development activities for Cub Scouts

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Central Florida Freedom Voters
Founder

Third-party voter-registration organization
(3PVRO #20-62)

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   Member, Volusia County Children and Families Advisory Board
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Makes recommendations to the Volusia County Council on funding and programs to promote healthy children and            develop strong families

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    UCF adjunct instructor
    Fall 2001 to Spring 2002: Nicholson School of Communication, UCF, Orlando
    Developed coursework and taught public-affairs reporting to advanced journalism students

EDUCATION
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      University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida
      Mass Communications, Bachelor of Arts


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