Writing/Reporting
Out of Bounds with Andy Wittry (July '20 – Present)
NCAA.com reporter
College Sports Writer
Postgraduate Editorial Intern
Intern
Breaking News Writer
IU football/basketball freelance contributor
Sports Reporting Intern
Academic Intern
Sports reporter, sports editor, Bloomington Police Department beat reporter
Hoosier State Press Association Foundation Eugene S. Pulliam Intern
Out of Bounds with Andy Wittry (July '20 – Present)
- Launched an independent, free, weekly newsletter on Substack that covers off-the-field storylines college athletics, with a focus on public records reporting and data analysis while covering topics such as coaching and game contracts, gender equity, health and safety, and name, image and likeness.
- Named to Sportico's list of the top 50 sports business Twitter follows for 2021.
- Built a subscriber base of almost 800 readers in the first 15 months, with an average month-over-month growth rate of 13.6 percent in 2021 and an average open rate of 50.4 percent for the calendar year.
NCAA.com reporter
- Create original content for NCAA.com, where WarnerMedia's NCAA Digital team covers all 90 of the NCAA's championships, with a focus on men's basketball.
College Sports Writer
- Covered college football and men's basketball nationally with specialties in data-based reporting, public records requests and SEO-focused stories.
- Helped Stadium double its website traffic YoY from October 2018 to October 2019.
Postgraduate Editorial Intern
- Wrote, edited and produced stories for NCAA.com as a member of Turner Sports' NCAA Digital team.
- Refreshed the NCAA.com homepage and 90 championship sports pages with updated headlines, pictures, stories, and scores to reflect the latest news and results.
- Responsible for 1.885+ million visitors, the second-most of any writer on NCAA.com during that span.
Intern
- Pitched, wrote and edited stories about professional and college sports with an emphasis on SEO-friendly headlines.
- Ran live blogs for major sporting events (e.g. NBA playoffs, NHL playoffs, the Indianapolis 500, etc.) with in-game updates that include analysis, observations and embedded social media posts.
- Promoted stories on Sporting News' Twitter account to nearly 200,000 followers.
Breaking News Writer
- Pitched, wrote, and published stories about Big Ten athletics on deadline.
- Utilized Facebook to target stories to Big Ten audiences.
IU football/basketball freelance contributor
- Covered IU football and men's basketball home games and media availabilities.
Sports Reporting Intern
- Pitched and wrote daily and long-term stories that were published on deadline.
- Covered the 2016 U.S. Open and the Pittsburgh Steelers' OTAs, in addition to writing stories about the Pirates, Penguins and Penn State football.
- Contributed to the Post-Gazette's Steelers and Penguins season preview magazines.
Academic Intern
- Pitched, researched, wrote and fact-checked stories in association with the SI Wire team.
- Blogged about the national college basketball landscape, including assisting with SI's NCAA Tournament team previews and remote game coverage.
- Assisted with special projects, including SI's remote Super Bowl 50 coverage, SI's Top 100 Moments in Sports, NFL draft player previews and curating the SI Vault.
Sports reporter, sports editor, Bloomington Police Department beat reporter
- Wrote game previews, recaps and feature stories about IU athletic teams.
- Covered games, media availabilities and breaking news.
- Created an IU basketball podcast that won Best Online Podcast for 2014 from the Indiana College Press Association.
Hoosier State Press Association Foundation Eugene S. Pulliam Intern
- Reported and wrote more than 60 published stories in southern Indiana and northern Kentucky.
- Photographed pictures to accompany stories published in print and online.
Broadcasting
Big Ten Student U (Sept. '12 - Nov. '16)
Big Ten Student U (Sept. '12 - Nov. '16)
- Student broadcaster with play-by-play, color commentary and sideline experience.
- Broadcasted baseball, men's and women's basketball, men's and women's soccer, and swimming and diving.
- Co-hosted three weekly, hour-long sports radio shows during my time at Indiana University.