The New York Times
Copy Editor, Breaking News Desk | 2017
Copy edit articles for print and online for the business and metro desks. I also handle content from the foreign, sports and national desks.
Copy Editor & Digital Editor, Metro | 2016
Copy edited features and breaking news, and managed multimedia projects for the Sunday Metropolitan section.
Senior Staff Editor, National | 2015
Managed digital projects that required collaboration among several teams and departments. Managed digital and social strategy of breaking news, including: Police overuse of force; Sandra Bland's arrest; Charleston church shootings, and more.
Digital Editor, Foreign | 2014
Produced daily news and multimedia projects.
The Miami Herald
Video Producer for the Foreign Desk | 2012 to 2014
As producer, I worked with the foreign desk's weekly webisode called “World Desk with John Yearwood." I would collaborate with the desk's deputy editor and reporters to find how to best craft a deep-dive look on foreign issues. I also directed, booked and wrote the scripts and questions for the show. Check out this video clip sample.
Spearheaded paper’s first live-stream talk show that aired on the day of the 2013 Presidential Debates and moderated post-debate Google Hangout show, which featured distinguished panelists.
The Sun Sentinel
Interactive Media Editor | 2009 to 2010
Directed content for entertainment sections of SunSentinel.com, which ranked among the country’s top 15 interactive sites for attracting more than 40 million hits monthly.
Collaborated with features department editors and reporters to redesign pages, published weekly newsletter and wrote online content for restaurant and food pages.
Gained experience launching and updating large-scale venue databases that tied in calendar listings, mapping tools and detailed venue descriptions.
Increased reader interaction by packaging photo galleries that incorporated parent-recommended restaurants. Content successfully drove traffic and was picked up by parenting sites and bloggers around South Florida.
Metromix.com
Associate Producer & Editor | 2007 to 2010
Responsibilities included writing and assigning restaurant, lifestyle and nightlife pieces to a team of reporters and
photographers for Tribune’s entertainment daily.
Aggressively followed analytic tools to better understand online behavior, anticipate reader activity
and grow site from launch to more than 2.6 million monthly hits.
Extended shelf life of event coverage by packaging behind-the-scenes photo essays that detailed pre-show action a week
or two weeks before an event took place.
Created Liquid Engineering, a drink recipe guide that was the most-emailed item on the site. The guide was successfully
cross published in print editions of Sun-Sentinel and City & Shore magazine.
Entertainment Correspondent | 2008 to 2009
Developed weekly packages for the local CW News, a Tribune-owned broadcast station that reached around 1.5 million homes in Miami-Dade and Broward. I was responsible for script writing, producing, reporting, shooting and served as on-air talent.
Pulse Miami News
Editor In Chief | 2006 to 2007
Co-founded Miami’s first bi-lingual online magazine, which required managing a 20-person team including reporters based in South America. Publication covered politics, arts, fashion and immigration issues that were of interest to young Latin American and Caribbean professionals in Miami.
Television
CNN | Guest Contributor in 2013
Served as a contributing panelist for CNN’s prime-time special “The 'N' Word” with Don Lemon to debate racial slurs
Appeared on Erin Burnett OutFront to discuss Nelson Mandela’s legacy and my recent interview with Mr. Mandela's former wife and daughter, Dr. Makaziwe and Ms. Tukwini Mandela.
I also deliberated a controversial statement made by Megyn Kelly of Fox News about there being only a white Jesus and white Santa. Check out the segment.
Current TV | Ad Messaging Creator in 2012
Produced, directed and co-wrote for Current TV's ad buyer, Hershey's. The 60-second commercial ran for one year on the Emmy-Award winning cable network formerly owned by the United States Vice President Al Gore.
CW News | Entertainment Correspondent from 2008 to 2009
Developed weekly packages for the local CW News, a Tribune-owned broadcast station that reached around 1.5 million homes in Miami-Dade and Broward. I was responsible for script writing, producing, reporting, shooting and served as on-air talent.
ION Network | Production Intern from 2002 to 2006
Served as scriptwriter for nationally aired television and radio spots.
Associate Producer of 15-minute, made-for-movie-theaters "Candid Camera" segment.
TV Listings Editor, wrote online-episode briefs along with other online unscripted-series information, and online writer for Fall Upfront.
Floor Directed national promo spot for fall show “Animal Tails” Mark Curry as host, two radio guests, two cameramen and more than 125 local talent with their pets performing various tricks.