AMERICAN COUNCIL ON SCIENCE AND HEALTH Director of Communications2013 - PresentNew York Lead media representative, responsible for crafting and amplifying ACSH’s science-based, public health message. We challenge and correct misleading and/or erroneous news reports that spread misinformation (e.g., anti-vaccination efforts) and can pose potential health threats to the American public. • Duties include building and maintaining relationships with reporters, editors, and producers from all news outlets; from national TV networks and major newspapers to modest online magazines and blogs addressing public health issues.• Generated 340% subscriber base increase of Dispatch daily newsletter.• Drove steep increase in online traffic; secured earned media by NY Times, CNN.com, USA Today, and LA Times, among other major outlets. • Spot coverage of sports-related stories in the health & science realm includes articles and opinion columns, such as: Usain Bolt, World's Fastest Man, Runs Unevenly NHL Commissioner Strongly Rebuked for False Claims on Concussions NFL Correctly Banned GNC's Super Bowl Commercial Caster Semenya: Locating the 'Gender Line' in Track & Field Screaming Line Drives: Time to Eliminate MLB's Antiquated Liability Shield

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CNBC Show Producer, SportsBiz 2012 - 2013 Englewood Cliffs, NJ Coordination and oversight of all aspects of the weekly, half-hour program produced for the NBC Sports Network focusing on the intersection of business news and sports. • Editorial duties include story selection from concept to execution; interviewing newsmakers and business experts, including sports legends Wayne Gretzky and Joe Namath; scriptwriting and editing of all on-air copy. • Additional responsibilities include control-room line producing, show timing as well as oversight of video production and on-screen graphics.

THE DAILYAssociate Sports Editor2010 - 2012New York

$30 million joint venture partnering Apple and News Corp. Editing and creating sports content for groundbreaking, daily national digital news publication built exclusively as an app for iPad and tablet, and emerging digital platforms. As the first department hire, responsibilities included:• Content editing and page building.• Content Management System expertise.• Headline writing; monitoring of breaking news and heavy copy editing.• Utilized motion graphics, hi-resolution photos & other tech-innovative journalistic features.

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ASSOCIATED PRESSSupervising Sports Producer, Online Video, TV & Radio2008 - 2009New York Led AP’s national sports coverage for all video-related content delivered to its Online Video Network, utilizing 2,200 newspaper and TV websites. Managing seven producers, responsible for all editorial decisions and assignments, both daily & long-term projects.• Supervised on-site coverage at Super Bowl XLIII, US Open (golf and tennis), MLB All-Star Game and World Series. Field Producing included exclusive interviews and reporting of the Los Angeles Dodgers' decision to abruptly abandon Dodgertown in Vero Beach, FL, the franchise's long-time spring training home established by the Brooklyn Dodgers.• Collaborated regularly on cross-platform projects with AP reporters in the bureau and across the United States.• Editorial management utilized web-based publishing tools, FTP sites, and Final Cut Pro video editing software.

ESPN Producer, Cold Pizza 1st & 10 show segment (currently First Take)2004 - 2007New York • Coordinated all aspects of production for more than 350 afternoon episodes of 1st & 10, the daily, half-hour sports debate program, hosted by Jay Crawford.• Oversaw a 13% overall ratings increase and 36% monthly ratings growth by Dec. 2006 (2 years from date of hire).• Selected topics, all video and graphic elements; Performed scriptwriting & research; show timing; sponsors’ billboards and up-to-the-minute news accuracy.• 1st and 10 content comprised 25% of all daily production for Cold Pizza, the live, 2-hour weekday morning program, which had annual ratings increases of 66% in 2006, and more than 400% since 2004.

YES NETWORKProducer (F/L)2002 - 2003New York
• Field producer for segments on NFL show, This Week in Football.• Reporting included: – Straight news coverage, including coverage of the NFL Draft. – Feature work and player profiles, including an exclusive interview with Hall of Fame quarterback Joe Namath.

NBC SPORTS.comProducer, Writer1999 - 2001Secaucus, NJ
• Wide-ranging multi-media duties included ghostwriting columns for NBC Sports on-air talent: – Bill Walton and Matt Goukas (NBA) – Bud Collins, and at the U.S. Open (Tennis)

– Chris Evert, and at Wimbledon (Tennis)– Pat Haden (Notre Dame Football)• Served as lead producer for on-site video, audio, and internet-based reports at marquee events: 2000 Wimbledon, Notre Dame football home games, and 2001 MLB All-Star Game and 2001 World Series.• Responsibilities included daily writing assignments, copy editing, and web-publishing for MSNBC.com, then the world's most-read internet news site.

WABC-TVSports Producer Channel 7 Eyewitness News1995 - 1999New York
• First-ever Sports Producer for Morning News Broadcasts on Channel 7.• All aspects of televised sports report: story selection and priority, script writing, on-screen graphics, and approval of all video for broadcast. • Field reporting & production covering Knicks (NBA) and Rangers (NHL) at Madison Square Garden; Yankees (MLB); and Mets from Shea Stadium. • Created first New England Ski Snow TV report for New York metropolitan area.• Editorial oversight of sports report on 7online.com

NewswriterCBS News Special EventsThe O.J. Simpson Updates • Wrote for national broadcast breaking news recaps of the Simpson murder trial, updated hourly and reported by Dan Rather and other CBS News anchors.

CBS NEWS1993 - 1995New York Sports Producer / Newswriter CBS Morning News / CBS This Morning • Created story rundown, video selection/approval, produced daily newscast seen by 3 million network viewers.

GOAL MAGAZINEFeature Writer1991 - 1993New York • Contributor to the official monthly publication of the National Hockey League.• Covered 1991 (Chicago), '92 (Philadelphia) and '93 (Montreal) All-Star Games.• Credits include May 1992 cover story Inside Game Day: Behind the Scenes In The NHL, an in-depth look at multi-area preps for the 24 hours preceding a game.

UNITED PRESS INTERNATIONALSports Writer1989 - 1992New York
• Staffer on UPI's Major League Baseball rewrite desk, editing game copy and box scores transmitted nightly from ballparks around the country and moving them to the national wire service.• Spot game coverage of local MLB games from Shea Stadium and Yankee Stadium.• Season-long field coverage of NY Knicks basketball and Rangers hockey at Madison Square Garden, and New Jersey Devils hockey at the Meadowlands.• Member, Professional Hockey Writers Association (PHWA).