EDITORIAL EXPERIENCE
FREELANCE WRITER, New York, NY January 2005 – Present
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Print: The Wall Street Journal,Time Out New York, Lexus Magazine, Cigar Aficionado, The Onion AV Club, Penthouse, Afar, Diverse, Co-Ed, Design Bureau, Green Street Soccer
Online: Sports Illustrated, New York, Wired, The Awl, Run of Play, Weather.com, The Classical, This Recording, Nerve, Paper, PopMatters, Business Insider, mediabistro.com MLS Soccer, Good Men Project
MEDIABISTRO.COM, New York, NY; Contracted freelance work August 2008 – Present
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Interview biggest names in media; write twice-weekly Revolving Door newsletter sent to 100,000+
Co-editor, FishbowlNY.com May 2008 – August 2009
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Write eight posts/day; break news; linked by Perez Hilton, Gawker, HuffPo, Portfolio, NYO Associate editor October 2006 – July 2008
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Assign, write, edit, produce articles;edit Daily Media Newsfeed, sent to 125,000 people
BUSINESS INSIDER, New York NY; Associate editor March 2011 – December 2011
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Write, produce, edit error-free copy; break news; interview editors and publishers
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Aggregate content while providing commentary on the media stories of the day
MLSSOCCER.com, New York, NY; Contributing editor September 2010-August 2011
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Cover the United States National Team for Major League Soccer’s website.
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Report on site from Colombia, Guatemala, Philadelphia, and Los Angeles
GOAL.COM, New York NY; Contributing editor June 2006 – August 2010
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Cover the United States National Team for international soccer site with 10 million uniques
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Write 3,000 words/day while reporting from 2010 World Cup in South Africa
DRAFTMAG.com, Phoenix, AZ; Web editor September 2008 –June 2010
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Edit the leading beer magazine’s website; assign articles, write six items per day, shoot video
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Traffic increased 400 percent during tenure
SPORTSILLUSTRATED.COM, New York NY; Columnist March 2009 – March 2010
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Write a weekly column about the MLS and World Cup preview articles
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Co-host weekly soccer podcast with editor Jonah Freedman
NBC OLYMPICS, New York, New York; Researcher July 2008 – August 2008
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Provide research for the soccer and basketball telecasts of the 2008 Olympics
TIME OUT NEW YORK, New York, NY; Sports editor November 2005 – January 2007
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Research and produc weekly sports column appearing in the Around Town section
EDUCATION
BATES COLLEGE, Lewiston, ME May 2005
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B.A. Rhetoric, (minor: Philosophy);
Honors: Dean’s List (Spring 2003)
Activities: Bates Squash team (2002-2005), Chase Hall Committee, Bates Fishing Club
UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY, New South Wales, AUS July 2003 - December 2003
