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Dan Friedell - Sports journalist

dan@danfriedell.com

ONLINE/PRINT
2007-Dec. 2009 Online sports editor, USA TODAY, McLean, Va.
  • Responsible for online coverage of Olympic sports and the NHL.
  • Wrote, edited and published stories on usatoday.com, created and published photo galleries and audio Q&As, served as primary contact with graphics department on conceptualization and creation of multimedia projects.
  • Core member of group of editors, designers and producers who conceptualized and executed online coverage of 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing and prepared for Vancouver 2010.
  • Often responsible for packaging and presentation of sports.usatoday.com 'front page.'
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    2003, 04, 06, 07 Editor, Major League Baseball Advanced Media, New York, N.Y.
  • Edited and wrote baseball game recaps and features - using text, photos and video - for display on MLB.com and MiLB.com
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    2005-2006 Sports Correspondent, The Citizen, Auburn, N.Y.
  • Covered minor league baseball, college and high school sports for daily newspaper
  • First-place winner, 2005-06 NYSAPA writing contest, under-25,000 circulation

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    2000 Associate Editor, bike.com, Austin, Texas
  • Edited and wrote stories on bike racing for online cycling magazine
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    1999-2000 Contributor, VeloNews, Boulder, Colo.
  • Covered professional cyclists and races for bi-weekly magazine
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    1994-1997 Sports Editor, The Justice, Brandeis University
  • Wrote for and edited sports section of weekly student newspaper
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    BROADCAST
    2000-2001 Producer, Network News Service, New York, N.Y.
  • Edited and wrote news packages for national TV news service (CBS, Fox, ABC)
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    1999 Assignment Editor, KOB-TV (NBC), Albuquerque, N.M.
    1998 Producer, Associated Press Television, London, England
  • Wrote and produced news packages for AP video news wire
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    1997 Production Assistant, ESPN, Bristol, Conn.
  • Produced highlights for SportsCenter, Baseball Tonight and NFL Primetime
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    CAREER NOTES
    Freelance Sports Writing 
    Associated Press, Albuquerque Journal, Baltimore Sun, Providence Journal, Baseball America, Charlotte Observer,
    Greensboro News & Record, Syracuse Post-Standard, Goldsboro (N.C.) News-Argus
    Live television production
    CSTV, Tour of California, NYC Marathon, USPRO Championship, San Francisco Grand Prix
    Application of Spanish language
    ·         Interviewed Spanish-speaking athletes for VeloNews and Bike.com
    ·         Olympic researcher for NBC/Telemundo in Athens
    Olympic Games/NBC Sports 
    ·         2004 (Athens) researcher: covered baseball, boxing, soccer and beach volleyball
    ·         2000 (Sydney) production associate: cycling
    EDUCATION
    S.I. NEWHOUSE SCHOOL (Syracuse University), Syracuse, N.Y., M.A. Print Journalism, 2005
    BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY, Waltham, Mass., B.A., American Studies, Journalism, 1997
    SOFTWARE
    Design/Layout: Photoshop, Dreamweaver, XML Editor publishing tool
    Video/Audio Editing: Adobe Premiere; Audition; Final Cut Pro; Avid Media Composer