New York, New York, United States
An eight-time award-winning journalist, I'm the social media coordinator for Fordham University School of Law (New York, NY)—the sixth largest law school in the U.S., which has an expansive global alumni network with 24,095+ alums living and working in 50 U.S. states and 91 countries around the world. Previously, I was a monthly contributor to The Red Hook Star-Revue newspaper (Brooklyn, NY) and also a staff writer for The Tablet (Brooklyn, NY), the Diocese of Brooklyn's newspaper servicing the boroughs of Brooklyn and Queens. I earned my M.A. Degree in Journalism—with a concentration in arts and culture reporting—from the CUNY Graduate School of Journalism (New York, NY), where I honed my print, broadcast, and audio story-telling skills.
- Write social media copy for 5 social media platforms and schedule posts via Sprout - Monitor and oversee various social media communications, campaigns, and projects - Draft and publish faculty media mentions (with web links, multimedia, and photo credits) through WordPress - Constantly collaborate with Law School faculty, administration, alumni and students for photos, quotes, and additional information - Collaborate with and directly report to the Law School's Marketing/Communications Director
- IN ONE YEAR, ACROSS LINKEDIN, FACEBOOK, TWITTER, and INSTAGRAM = Impressions: +23.3% Engagements: +19.4% Post Link Clicks: +32.6% Audience Growth: +9.4% Video Views: +80.4% Posts Published: +84.7 - Increased followership on Instagram by ~19%, hitting 10K followers, in under 12 months - Write social media copy for 4 social media platforms and schedule posts via Sprout; write social media copy for a 5th social media platform - Monitor and oversee various social media communications, campaigns, and projects - Draft and publish faculty media mentions (with web links, multimedia, and photo credits) through WordPress - Constantly collaborate with Law School faculty, administration, alumni and students for photos, quotes, and additional information - Collaborate with and directly report to the Law School's Marketing/Communications Director (Aug. 2023 - present)
- Researched and wrote web articles for "Fordham Law News" that involved law school faculty, students, alumni, and timely panels & events - Copyedited and proofed email newsletters and other writers' stories (Jan. 2024 - July 2024) - Brainstormed, crafted, created, and drafted email newsletters for the Dean; the Senior Director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion; and Conflict Resolution and ADR Program Director (Jan. 2024 - May 2024; Jan. 2024 - June 2024; fall semesters in 2022 & 2023) - Drafted and published articles (with web links, multimedia, and photo credits) through WordPress - Collaborated with and directly reported to the Law School's new Marketing/Communications Director (Aug. 2023 - Sept. 2024) and new Editorial Director (Sept. 2023 - Sept. 2024) - Constantly collaborated with Law School faculty, administration, alumni and students for quotes and additional information - Occasionally wrote social media copy and schedule posts via Sprout - Simultaneously served as the interim digital marketing & social media manager during the summer of 2024 while awaiting a new hire, monitoring and overseeing various social media communications and projects (July 2024-Sept. 2024)
- Wrote at least one locally-angled article each month that related to the coronavirus pandemic
- Researched and wrote feature articles about popular and/or hot-topic themes (e.g. COVID-19 impacts on society; Mother Cabrini statue controversy in NYC; the history of the famous Greenwich Village Halloween Parade) - Updated articles (with web links and photo credits) through WordPress - Photographed individuals, settings and events to accompany text for print publication - Collaborated with sources to obtain historical and professional photographs to accompany each feature
- Researched and wrote news articles about issues that affected residents and about local events that were occurring in north-western neighborhoods of Brooklyn, NY (e.g. Red Hook, Carroll Gardens, the Columbia Street Waterfront District and Gowanus). Also wrote newsbriefs, profiles and Q&As. Was also responsible for curating and writing at least four specifically-themed articles for each month's special section. - Updated articles (with web links and photo credits) through WordPress - Photographed individuals, settings and events to accompany text for print publication - Wrote the cover stories for the Sept. 2018 and Jan. 2019 issues - Pictures of my Atlantic Avenue Shopping guide, and Sept. 2018 and Jan. 2019 cover stories were featured on the RHSR's Fall 2018 and Winter 2019 advertising mailers. My Gowanus Superfund-related articles were featured within the RHSR's Fall 2019 advertising mailer.
- Won Second Place for "Best Personality Profile – Diocesan Newspaper" during the 2021 Catholic Media Conference - Worked the education beat (elementary, junior high, high school, and college levels) during the ongoing coronavirus pandemic - Wrote an average of 4-5 articles for the weekly print and daily digital publications of The Tablet newspaper that had a Catholic angle and/or dealt with people, events and issues related to Catholicism/the Roman Catholic Church in the Diocese of Brooklyn ---> totaling at least 205 web and print articles between mid-July 2020 and mid-September 2021 - Wrote 20 centerfold pieces for 20 physical issues of The Tablet newspaper (between Aug. 2020 and mid-Sept. 2021) - Photographed events, individuals, locations, and items whenever possible - Drafted and published articles through WordPress - Wrote 11 issues' photo cover stories (as of Sept. 18, 2021) - 33 articles were translated for Nuestra Voz, the Spanish-language paper of the Diocese of Brooklyn (as of Sept. 4, 2021) - Compiled 16 graduating high school students' profiles (with graduation headshots) and collected additional senior year photos for The Tablet's Annual All-Scholastics Team pull-out issue - Compiled a list of summer camps that were being held - in the Summer of 2021 - by parishes and Catholic academies (with brief description and contact info) after calling each and every parish in the Diocese of Brooklyn - Compiled The Tablet's special preview pull-out about the 2021 Great Irish Fair of New York (with biographies, headshots, relevant photos, and other stories)
- Managed Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, SoundCloud and Vimeo accounts for the news magazine podcasting class, “AudioFiles”
Freelanced articles and photos for BKLYNER, DNAinfo New York, and NYCity News Service. Select audio pieces were aired on WHCR 90.3 FM NY: The Voice of Harlem and WHDD 91.9 FM: Robin Hood Radio. *** NBC 4 News New York, NYCity News Service, and New York Magazine highlighted my DNAinfo NY article ["Trump Flag in Neighbor's Yard Prompts Man to Post 'Ew' in His Window" - 11/03/2016], which can be viewed at: - https://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20161103/bay-ridge/bay-ridge-donald-trump-flag-ew - http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/Donald-Trump-Flag-Window-Ew-Neighbors-Bay-Ridge-Brooklyn-399920701.html - http://www.nycitynewsservice.com/2016/11/political-signs-of-the-times-in-brooklyn/ - http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2016/11/the-presidential-election-has-come-to-this.html