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Sports Journalist

Location:
North Tonawanda, NY
Posted:
December 20, 2020

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Andrew Crane

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Cell: 716-***-**** Email: adiuck@r.postjobfree.com Twitter: @CraneAndrew Experience The Daily Orange Syracuse, NY

Sports Editor April 2020 - Present

• Lead section of 40 writers and create sports budget for Syracuse’s independent, student- run newspaper; work with designers and management to make online and print deadlines

• Assign story ideas for 10 Division-I teams, SU club sports and Section-III high school football; edit articles for structure, diction and style to develop younger writers

• Write game coverages and features on deadline; accumulated 221 bylines

• Cover men’s basketball, men’s lacrosse and men’s soccer beats Previous Positions Sept. 2018 - April 2020

• Assistant Sports Editor (Dec. 2019 - April 2020), Assistant Sports Copy Editor (May 2019 - Dec. 2019), Staff Writer (Sept. 2018 - May 2019)

Beat Writer, Chatham Anglers Jan. 2020 - Present

• Write news and feature stories on current and former players, coaches and organization members despite canceled 2020 season

• Coordinate team’s social media content across Twitter (7,600 followers), Instagram (3,500 followers) and Facebook (4,600 followers)

Content Intern, theBREWROOM/Telesco Creative Group Buffalo, NY May 2019 - Present

• Assist on content marketing and SEO projects that include keyword rankings, writing and adjusting copy to improve Google rankings, and editing websites on content management systems Newsroom Intern, The Buffalo News Buffalo, NY June - July 2017

• Introduced to beat reporting and event covering, shadowed journalists on deadline assignments and wrote an article published online under direction of supervising reporter Freelance Work Dec. 2018 - Present

• Wrote freelance pieces for Inside Lacrosse and the Rochester Democrat & Chronicle

• Transcribe for Yahoo! Sports, Sports Illustrated and The Washington Post features Education Syracuse University Syracuse, NY May 2022 S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications, Renée Crown University Honors Program Bachelor of Science: Magazine Journalism; Minor: Business GPA: 3.84; Dean’s List all semesters

Skills AP Style • Adobe Creative Suite • Twitter • Instagram • Facebook • SEO software, including SEMrush and Moz • Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint • Google Docs, Sheets, Slides, Drive • Event coverages • Feature stories • Google Analytics • Content management systems, including WordPress Awards Syracuse University Success Scholar, Jan. 2019 Newhouse Student Representative Committee, Sept. 2020 References Jesse Dougherty Washington Post, Sports Staff Writer

• Email: adiuck@r.postjobfree.com Phone: 215-***-**** Terry Egan S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications, Professor

• Email: adiuck@r.postjobfree.com Phone: 347-***-****

Dan D’Uva Chatham Anglers, Media Team Coordinator

• Email: adiuck@r.postjobfree.com Phone: 702-***-****



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