Writer, Editor, staff leader

Location:

Orlando, FL

Salary:

50,000

Posted:

January 08, 2021

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Resume:

Summary

I am a versatile, highly motivated and proven multimedia journalist

who has worked for 28 years in the sports media industry. I’ve been employed by newspapers in Tennessee and Florida, worked for the NBA’s Orlando Magic and at the collegiate level with the University of Central Florida. In addition to publishing a book with Dwight Howard, I have also worked with Spectrum Sports as an on-air analyst and for various TV (ESPN, Fox, ABC, CBS) and radio (ESPN, i-Heart, Cox) stations for years in becoming a trusted multimedia professional. Experience

Orlando Magic

Lead Beat Writer Orlando, FL July 2010 - July 2020

• Coordinated, developed and wrote game stories, in-depth proﬁles, charity-event coverage and analysis pieces on a daily basis throughout the NBA’s 82-game season.

• Leader on the staff who managed daily coverage plans

• Displayed versatility by doing hundreds of TV, radio and podcast hits for entities such as ESPN, Fox Sports and other networks.

• Helped OrlandoMagic.com annually rank as an NBA leader in desktop/mobile page views, return visits and time spent on the site Spectrum Sports

On-air sports analyst for Spectrum Sports 360 FaceOff Orlando, FL July 2009 - present

• Served as a weekly on-air analyst for Spectrum’s FaceOff segments, discussing the NBA, NFL, MLB and college football

• Worked as a Spectrum pregame and postgame analyst for NBA playoff games involving the Orlando Magic.

Contact information

Email: adi9wg@r.postjobfree.com

Phone: 407-***-****

Hometown: Winter Park, FL

Strengths

• Experienced and award-winning journalist

specializing in writing hard-hitting

analysis and personal proﬁle pieces

• Vast TV, radio and podcast experience

• Staff leader who developed and

coordinated coverage and strategic plans

• Stellar news judgement and ethics

• 28 years of on-the-job experience, proven

and professionalism

• Excellent grammar, editing and

proofreading skills

• Self-starter, tireless worker and a leader

Education

University of Tennessee-Martin,

Martin, Tennessee

• Bachelor of Science, Communications/

Journalism, July 1988 – May 1992

• UTM football team, tight end/kicker,

July 1988 – July 1990

• UTM sports editor of student newspaper,

The Pacer, 1990-92

JOHN DENTON

Florida Today & Gannett News Service

NBA, NFL, MLB Beat Writer Melbourne, FL October 1997 - July 2010

• Entrusted to cover the NBA, NFL, MLB and PGA at various times for Florida Today and Gannett News Service.

• A key part of the USA TODAY and GNS teams that covered the 1999 NBA Finals, 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia, and the 2001 NBA Finals.

University of Central Florida

Lead Staff Writer Orlando, FL July 2010 - 2012

• Hired by the nation’s second-largest college (enrollment: approximately 68,000 students) to enhance the editorial content on UCFAthletics.com by writing feature stories, game analysis and personality proﬁles on the athletes.

• Worked with school’s marketing staff to craft stories that promoted ticket sales, community work and charities. The Jackson Sun

NFL, College Sports, Preps Writer Jackson, TN May 1992 - October 1997

• Winner of three APSE awards and two Best of Gannett awards for enterprise writing. Dan Le Batard and myself were the only writers to win multiple APSE writing awards.

• Beat writer for the Tennessee Oilers’ ﬁrst season in Memphis. Work Samples

• https://www.nba.com/magic/news/augustin-nails-game-winning-3-pointer-magics-thrilling-game-1-win

• https://www.nba.com/magic/news/jeff-green/ﬁve-years-open-heart-surgery-thankful-20170109

• https://www.nba.com/magic/what-difference-year-makes-fultz-looks-back-trade-year-ago-20200207

• https://share.icloud.com/photos/0X_SwksK3FSKycQqbivAGjewg Jeff Weltman

Orlando Magic President of

Basketball Operations

adi9wg@r.postjobfree.com

407-***-****

Joel Glass

Orlando Magic Vice President of

Communications