Chris Dell

7206 13th Ave, Brooklyn, NY, 11228 ChrisDell88@gmail.com, 941-228-1862, Twitter: @MaddJournalist cunysportsreport.journalism.cuny.edu

EXPERIENCE CUNY Sports Report

Co-Founder/Editor/Reporter 2013-Present Designed new interactive sports blog for partnership between Sports Illustrated executive editor B.J. Schecter and the CUNY Graduate School of Journalism. Manage social media content and edit stories. Write features, profiles and commentary. Co-host and co-produce weekly podcast.

New York Daily News

Sports Reporter (Internship) Summer 2013 Staked out A-Rod at 6 a.m. in Staten Island for NYDN investigative team. Rode the 7 Train with Willie Randolph and Subways Jared Fogle to Citi Field for MLB All-Star Week feature story. NFL and MLB insider for New York Giants and New York Mets. Covered NBA Draft, Brooklyn Nets and 40-40 club.

New York Times

Multimedia Journalist 2012-2013 ****Brooklyn Nets and Barclays Center beat** reporter for The Local, a New York Times hyperlocal blog. Produced multimedia package called Branding Brooklyn: The Rise of the Hybrid Fan.

JJIE.org

Multimedia Journalist 2012-PRESENT?? ***Youth justice and sports enterprise reporter for the Juvenile Justice Information Exchange. Broke the story on the first annual Trayvon Martin Invitational Basketball Tournament at Rucker Park.

HTpreps.com

Social Media Coordinator 2010-2012 Developed Twitter profile and Facebook page for the Sarasota Herald-Tribunes startup sports website. Increased Twitter followers by 152 percent during the first two weeks of running profile.

Sarasota Herald-Tribune Rivals.com

Sports Reporter 2003-2012 ***Covered the Florida Gators and MLB Spring Training. Wrote weekly Sports 4 Kids column. Assistant Editor/Reporter 2007-2010 Profiled Big East recruits and managed all social media content for Yahoo! Sports website.

Booker High School

Student Mentor 2006-2010 Mentored journalism students for schools bi-monthly newspaper/website, the Tornado Tribune.

AWARDS + & and / (-) <<<*** AFFILATIONS NAHJ-CUNY Student Chapter Founder, President

2013-Present Founded inaugural NAHJ-CUNY student chapter at the CUNY Graduate School of Journalism. 2013 NAHJ George Ramos Student Projects 2013 NAHJ PepsiCo Scholarship Award USF Scholars Award 4-time winner Bright Futures Award 4-time winner Barbara L. Frye Journalism Scholarship Award 2-time winner

SKILLS

Software: WordPress, Final Cut Pro, Reaper, Adobe Photoshop CS6; Video/Photo Equipment: JVC HMU100, Cannon EOS Rebel 60D, Cannon G12; Social Media: Storify, Twitter, Instagram, Vine, FB

EDUCATION

CUNY Graduate School of Journalism University of South Florida, Tampa, Fla.

M.A. Entrepreneurial Journalism (Expected May 2014) B.A. Communications, May 2010

FREELANCER Lakeland ledger investigative Espn youth soccer Naples daily news, fort myers news press, palm beach post, Friday night football, et cetera magazine, philly.com, gotham gazette, new york press, the nabe, NYCity news service, WTMY 1280 AM, WWPR 1490 AM, Comcast BLAB TV,