KYLE FITZGERALD EDUCATION

Location: Norwalk, CT

714-***-****

Email: adjp73@r.postjobfree.com

LinkedIn: /in/kylefitzgerald

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

NBC SPORTS GROUP/ Stamford, CT

Digital Editor, Regional Sports Networks Aug. 2018 – Jan. 2021

Editor for flagship MyTeams app, which has been downloaded 1.5M+ times since its Oct. 2018 launch.

Wrote breaking news copy for COVID-19, league postponements, the Black Lives Matter movement, league transactions and more.

Polished articles and videos by writing headlines and descriptions/blurbs.

Edited copy including but not limited to the following subjects: news, analysis, viral, long-form features.

Collaborated with regional heads in the breaking news process.

Generated traffic to MyTeams app by creating push alerts.

Utilized news judgment to decipher what is most pressing for regions’ fans as well as the regions’ relationships with their teams.

Maintained editorial budget to feature most engaging pieces and generate traffic to each team’s card.

Trained new hires/interns by coaching how to use Drupal, edit copy and create headlines/alerts.

Digital Editorial Producer Aug. 2016; Feb. 2018

Managed daily up-keeping of handball sports page on NBCOlympics.com by writing original content and updating live stream feeds through Drupal.

Extended handball’s audience reach by producing highlight segment reaching 500K+ viewers on Facebook alone.

Sustained readership on OlympicTalk by publishing 15-20 stories daily featuring Olympics’ most compelling storylines.

Utilized WordPress and SEO programming to deliver traffic to NBC Sports and Olympics sites and apps.

THE TORCH / Queens, NY

Managing Editor Sept. 2012 – May 2016

Co-led weekly production of newspaper alongside editors-in-chief.

Reintroduced and led weekly staff meetings to review most recent publication and coordinate stories to be featured in upcoming issues.

Wrote more than 40 stories for the newspaper, with subjects including: sports, features, opinion, and entertainment.

KEY SKILLS

AP Style

Copyediting

Urban Airship

Content Management

Systems (Drupal, WordPress)

Headlines

News judgment

Storytelling, Writing

Communication

Master of Arts in

Communication,

University of Westminster

London, England

Nov. 2017

Dissertation: Broadcast

coverage of Donald Trump

during 2016 election.

Bachelor of Science in

Sport Management,

St. John’s University

Queens, New York

May 2016

GPA: 3.84 / 4.00

AWARDS

Emmy, Outstanding Trans-

Media Sports Coverage

NBC Sports Group, 2017

Member of NBCOlympics.com

team that won award for Rio

Olympic coverage across

digital and televised media.

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