Wrote 6 to ten stories a week, on deadline, for 1 daily and 2 weeklies. Worked nights, holidays, and weekends. Took and edited photographs.

Reported on business, environment, public health, higher education, human interest and state and local government beats, as well as arts and entertainment.

Developed close relationships with state legislators and local officials. Regularly generated enterprise stories from these relationships.

Regularly pitched, wrote stories not covered by any other media outlets. Worked with editor, other reporters to ensure complete coverage of western suburbs of Springfield.

Quickly learned how to file, proofread and publish daily stories on MassLive.com through Arc application. Filed weekly stories through InCopy.