Dan Friedell

1600 Spring Gate Dr. #2213                       Phone: (703)-829-5053

McLean, VA 22102                                       dan@danfriedell.com

CAREER Summary:

In over 10 years as a staff member and freelancer in online, print and television journalism, I have gained the skills necessary to manage content

on multiple platforms under deadline pressure and assure only the highest quality material reaches the target audience. This includes

proofreading, coding HTML and XML documents and editing text, video and photos with current software and content management applications.

 

ONLINE/PRINT Journalism

2007-Dec. 2009

Online sports editor, USA TODAY, McLean, Va.

Managed Olympics and NHL coverage for USATODAY.com

Wrote, edited and published stories; created and published photo galleries and audio Q&As, worked with graphics team to create video and multimedia projects.

•Key member of team that planned 2008 and 2010 Olympic Games coverage in concert with IT, graphics, editorial, marketing and senior management.

Created and managed Olympic Facebook page and Twitter accounts.

 

2003, ‘04, 06-‘07

Editor, Major League Baseball Advanced Media, New York, N.Y.

• Edited and assured high quality of baseball game recaps and features - using text, photos and video - for display on MLB.com and MiLB.com

 

2005-2006

Correspondent, The Citizen, Auburn, N.Y.

Covered minor league baseball, college and high school sports for daily newspaper and earned first prize in state writing contest for small newspapers.

 

2000

Associate Editor, bike.com, Austin, Texas

• Wrote and edited stories for one of the first online cycling magazines.

Broadcast

2000-2001

Producer, Network News Service, New York, N.Y.

1999

Assignment Editor, KOB-TV (NBC), Albuquerque, N.M.

1998

Producer, Associated Press Television, London, England

1997

Production Assistant, ESPN, Bristol, Conn.

NOTABLE CONTRIBUTIONS

Freelance Writing

New York Magazine, The Sports Network, NPR, Associated Press, Providence Journal, Greensboro News & Record, VeloNews and more.

 

Olympic Games

·         2010 (Vancouver): Wrote stories for  NPR, TSN and New York Magazine

·         2004 (Athens): Baseball, boxing, soccer and beach volleyball researcher for NBC.

·         2000 (Sydney): Cycling PA for NBC

Application of Spanish language

·         Interviewed Spanish-speaking athletes for stories published by Bike.com, MLB.com and Marca.

·         One of two Spanish-speaking Olympic researchers for NBC/Telemundo in Athens.

 

Live television production

Video editor for CSTV (now CBS College Sports), associate producer and graphics producer for multiple professional cycling events.

 

EDUCATION

SYRACUSE UNIV., (Newhouse) M.A. Magazine, Newspaper and Online Journalism, 2005

BRANDEIS UNIV., Waltham, Mass., B.A., American Studies, Journalism, 1997

PRODUCTION SOFTWARE

Design/Layout: Adobe Photoshop, Dreamweaver, CMS, XML editor

Video Editing: Adobe Premiere; Final Cut Pro; Avid Media Composer

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