Associate Editor, ESPN
Resume:
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Work Experience
Associate Editor ESPN The Magazine
Bristol, Conn. May 2018 - Present
Produced NFL and college football coverage for ESPN The Magazine, collaborating with reporters, editors, designers and photographers to ensure ESPN’s most compelling storytelling was presented in clear and creative ways; pitched story ideas and issue themes, composed display type for print and digital, coordinated thorough coverage (photo shoots, reporter travel, illustrations, etc.); was named a producer on the magazine’s CFB preview, NFL preview, Thanksgiving and NEXT issues Associate Editor, Assistant Editor ESPN
Bristol, Conn. May 2015 - May 2018
Copy edited 10-20 stories for ESPN.com and its verticals (espnW, ESPN FC, ESPN The Magazine) daily; examined copy that attracted millions of engagements for accuracy, logical consistency and stylistic uniformity; was promoted from assistant to associate editor after only 15 months; was awarded copy desk’s “Edit of the Month” among 15 editors in October 2015, May 2016, June 2016, September 2016, October 2016, July 2017, August 2017 and September 2017 Copy Editor/Page Designer Baltimore Sun Media Group Baltimore September 2014 - May 2015
Acted as primary copy editor and page designer for the Carroll County Times news section; ensured accuracy, cleanliness of prose; adhered to close deadline for the Times’ eight- to 12-page A-section five nights a week; typeset pages; edited content for other Sun properties when needed Interim Night Editor Carroll County Times
Westminster, Md. January 2015 - March 2015
Replaced long-serving night editor after her departure; supervised five news reporters to ensure copy was submitted on time after senior editors left newsroom; edited stories for content and structure before copy editing; oversaw Carroll County Times design and editorial decisions Copy Editing Intern (Sports) The New York Times
New York Summer 2014
Edited daily copy for The Times in print and for nytimes.com, writing headlines, cutlines and other display type, trimming content to fit and checking for stylistic, grammatical and factual discrepancies; compiled wire reports to create baseball, golf and general sports digests; completed roughly three to four stories (including digests) and four to five page proofs a night, about 40 hours per week
Charged with approving The Diamondback’s daily factual, visual and grammatical accuracy for print and sending pages to the presses; updated The Diamondback’s stylebook twice; managed 10-15 copy editors and three assistant managing editors a semester; edited about four stories an hour for about 30 hours a week; wrote a weekly staff editorial on university, local or state issues Reporter, Social Media Producer American Journalism Review College Park, Md. January - May 2014
Reported two lengthy features regarding the future of the journalism industry; revitalized a struggling Twitter account, establishing a weekly infrastructure with a combination of aggregation and original content promotion by making better use of tweet scheduling and outreach, during which time the account saw increases in engagement and followers Copy Editing Intern (Sports), Freelance Reporter The Baltimore Sun Baltimore Summer 2013
Edited stories before slot editing and on page proofs on deadline five nights a week; generated agate and digest copy for publication; wrote two profiles and six shorter stories on local sports subjects; returned in August to cover the Grand Prix of Baltimore as a freelance reporter, contributing to or reporting three stories or notebooks and several blog posts in three days Copy Editing Intern McClatchy-Tribune News Service Washington, D.C. Summer 2012
Edited special section pages and wire stories for about 24 hours a week; wrote three nationally syndicated stories; composed pop culture and news quizzes References
Scott Burton
Executive Editor
ESPN The Magazine
*****.******@****.***
883 Middle St.
Floor 4, Office 20
Bristol, Conn. 06010
Ryan Hockensmith
Deputy Editor
ESPN The Magazine
****.***********@****.***
883 Middle St.
Bristol, Conn. 06010
Andy Knobel
Deputy Sports Editor
The Baltimore Sun
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501 N. Calvert St.
Baltimore, Md. 21278
Software Skills
Proficient in:
Adobe InCopy
Adobe InDesign
Adobe Photoshop
CSS
GarageBand
HootSuite
HTML
Scribe
TweetDeck
WordPress
Familiar with:
Adobe Audition
Audacity
Final Cut Pro
JavaScript
Education
University of Maryland,
College Park
Bachelor of Arts
Journalism, 2014
Complete job
and internship
experience
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bit.ly/appenfeller
Managing Editor, Assistant Managing Editor The Diamondback College Park, Md. January 2011 - May 2014
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