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Experience

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Sports Editor

The Shorthorn Newspaper, Arlington, TX                                                 Jan. 2019 - Dec. 2020

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  • Managed a team of reporters while covering UTA men’s basketball, the premier sport at the university.

  • Planned and created daily sports content for the newspaper’s website, while focusing on longer, in-depth stories for a weekly print edition.

  • Helped the Fall 2020 sports desk transition to remote work and adapt to changes that came with the COVID-19 pandemic.

Freelancer

The Dallas Morning News, Dallas, TX                                                      Aug. 2019 - Nov. 2020

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  • Traveled around Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex to cover Texas high school football games in the Fall.

  • Logged play-by-play statistics and wrote game recaps for every assignment using systems like TeamPlayer in 2019 and LocalGraf in 2020.

  • Communicated weekly with sports editors at The Dallas Morning News to set up game coverage and team roster updates.

Editorial Intern

Dave Campbell's Texas Football, Lewisville, TX                                        May 2020 - July 2020

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  • Assisted with final proofs on the 60th edition of the Dave Campbell’s Texas Football summer magazine, also known as the Bible of Texas Football.

  • Researched and compiled Texas high school football information on spreadsheets for the Texas Football Today podcast.

  • Interviewed high school football coaches around the state and wrote feature stories for the texasfootball.com website.

Sports Reporter

The Shorthorn Newspaper, Arlington, TX                                                Aug. 2018 - May 2020

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  • Learned what it's like to be a reporter at a weekly newspaper with a daily online presence.

  • Covered various sports at UTA, including men's/women's basketball, men's/women's golf and some Texas Rangers and XFL games.

  • Introduced alternative story forms to the sports desk, including weekly power rankings, Q&As and listicles. 

Editor In Chief

Midland College Press, Midland, TX                                                             Jan. 2018 - May 2018

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  • Gained first experience as a student journalist, covering various issues on the Midland College campus.

  • Wrote and edited stories that went into the publication's monthly print editions.

  • Helped with layout and design of the publication's newspapers using Adobe InDesign.

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