yahoo news, NEW YORK

August 2024-present

Senior Editor

  • Drive day-to-day content strategy and curation across Yahoo homepages.

  • Support breaking news coverage across a variety of platforms including desktop, mobile, mail.

  • Refine use of AI technology across Yahoo products.

  • Collaborate with editorial, product and other teams to support special projects associated with audience growth, including new modules and products.

  • Track metrics and analytics to bring more users into Yahoo's ecosystem.

  • Manage relationships with important publishers and content partners.

THE DAILY BEAST, NEW YORK

2020-August 2024

Senior Breaking News Editor (2023-2024)

  • Ran The Daily Beast’s lightning-fast, razor-sharp breaking news team.

  • Track record of turning breaking news into Beasty scoops and enterprise pieces, particularly on fast-moving national news events.

  • Assigned, edited, and published multiple stories each day, including crafting punchy social headlines, and adding eye-catching imagery.

  • Coordinated across desks to anticipate coverage needs, including mobilizing freelancers.

  • Executed SEO strategy and used analytics to bring more readers into The Daily Beast’s coverage.

  • Recruited, trained and mentored a group of breaking news interns each semester.

Breaking News Editor (2020-2023)

NINE ENTERTAINMENT NEWSPAPERS, NEW YORK

2017-2020

Overnight Homepage Editor and U.S.-Based Reporter

  • Single-handedly ran a network of five of Australia’s leading news sites overnight.

  • Commissioned global correspondents.

  • Wrote, published and disseminated breaking news.

  • Posted on masthead’s social channels and Apple News.

  • Used real-time metrics like Chartbeat to optimize engagement with 10+ million monthly readers.

  • Reported on national US news, from live-blogging elections to profiling Hollywood stars to reporting from the scene of the latest mass shooting.

THE SYDNEY MORNING HERALD, AUSTRALIA

2011-2017

Senior Crime and National Security Reporter

  • Published award-winning work on domestic violence and terrorism that set national agendas and forced legislative change.

  • Cultivated a deep network of sources.

  • Balanced breaking news with longform reporting and investigations.

  • Well-versed in mining court records and social media for leads.

  • Filed across multiple platforms including print, digital, video and interactive media.

THE SYDNEY MORNING HERALD, AUSTRALIA

2013

Mobile Live News Blog Writer/Producer

  • Created, curated and wrote Australia’s first mobile-only live news blog.

  • Grew substantial and loyal audience in first three months and generated significant ad revenue.

THE SYDNEY MORNING HERALD, AUSTRALIA

2008-2011


General Assignment Reporter

I have held several roles over a decade with Fairfax Media. When Sydney’s small bar scene exploded in 2008, I became the city’s authoritative voice on bars. My weekly bar reviews and annual Good Food Guide chapter saw me included as one of Australian Bartender’s most influential people.