Sports Journalism History

I’ve been a sports fan for my entire life, but it was in high school that I decided that I would be interested in pursuing a career in sports journalism. In my junior and senior year at Culver City High School I was the editor and lead writer of the sports section of the school’s newspaper.

I attended the University of Southern California as a broadcast journalism major in the Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism. During my time at USC, I hosted a live debate show called Platforum for three semesters on the school’s television station, Trojan Vision. In my final semester on the program, I co-produced the show and helped convert the Thursday evening’s edition into a sports debate show. I also worked for a semester on Trojan Vision’s news program, Annenberg TV News, where I wrote some stories and designed graphics for the anchor boxes.

I had the chance to work with some great people for two semesters at USC’s radio station, KSCR 1560 AM. I hosted a live weekly sports talk show called The Final Word and participated on panels for USC football pre-game and post-game shows.

Work History

In 2008, I landed my first job in the field of broadcasting as a sound board operator with Clear Channel Communications. I regulated songs and commercials played by the hour at popular Southern California radio stations 102.7 KIIS FM and ALT 98.7 FM. My duties also included working the board for hit shows like On Air with Ryan Seacrest and the internationally syndicated American Top 40.

I left Clear Channel in 2009 to pursue an incredible opportunity with SportsbookReview.com. I moved out to their offices in San Antonio, Texas and created videos and articles to generate traffic to the website and its online community. I also served as a moderator on the online community’s message board, addressing user’s questions and concerns and running contests as well.

Instead of joining the company in its move to Costa Rica, I decided to move back home to Los Angeles, where I currently reside. In June of 2010, I took a job with Resulta Gaming (Resulta.com) as a sports writer. I am still writing for this company, and to date have ghostwritten over 3,000 sports articles that have been published across multiple websites and magazines, including Sports Illustrated and SB Nation.

In addition to my consistent work with Resulta Gaming, I have also worked on a freelance basis for a handful of other clients over the last decade. Please visit the “Writing Samples” and “Social Media Marketing” tabs for details and samples of my work in these fields.