Brendan Cross
North Easton,MA
Overview
3
3
years of professional experience
Work History
Strategic Communications Assistant
Maryland Athletics
College Park, MD
02.2023 - Current
- Primary media contact: Women's Tennis; Secondary media contact: Men's and Women's Soccer; Tertiary media contact: Football.
- Responsible for managing and curating social media content on X, Instagram, and Facebook; writing and publishing press releases, previews, and game recaps for umterps.com; responsible for live tweeting and stats; managing media requests; communicating gameday information; news clipping; and updating athletic bios.
- Identify, develop, and write feature stories on Maryland athletic programs, student-athletes, and alumni.
Freelancer
Big Ten Network
College Park, MD
04.2023 - Current
- O-Stats (Football, Soccer, Volleyball, Baseball, Softball)
- T-Stats (Volleyball)
- TOC (Lacrosse, Soccer)
Contributing Writer
Fansided (BoSox Injection)
North Easton, MA
07.2023 - 01.2024
- Produce breaking news, opinion, and feature stories covering the Boston Red Sox using relevant statistics and analytics
Reporting Intern
Montgomery Community Media
Rockville, MD
08.2023 - 11.2023
- Produce breaking news and feature stories about local government, sports, and community events in Montgomery County
News Reporter
WMUC Radio
College Park, MD
02.2023 - 06.2023
- Produce reader stories and news packages about campus news, sports news, and local/national news for WMUC radio, manage X account, post to promote shows and upcoming stories
Freelance Writer
The Diamondback
College Park, MD
02.2023 - 06.2023
- Research relevant data and information, interview subjects, write and submit work to editors, work with staff on fact-checking and editing stories
Equipment Manager
Maryland Football
College Park, MD
02.2022 - 12.2022
- Maintain and distribute team equipment, assist with practice and gameday operations
Education
Bachelor of Arts - Journalism
University of Maryland - College Park
College Park, MD05-2025
Skills
- InDesign
- Photoshop
- SIDEARM
- StatCrew
- Genius Stats
Timeline
Reporting Intern
Montgomery Community Media
08.2023 - 11.2023
Contributing Writer
Fansided (BoSox Injection)
07.2023 - 01.2024
Freelancer
Big Ten Network
04.2023 - Current
Strategic Communications Assistant
Maryland Athletics
02.2023 - Current
News Reporter
WMUC Radio
02.2023 - 06.2023
Freelance Writer
The Diamondback
02.2023 - 06.2023
Equipment Manager
Maryland Football
02.2022 - 12.2022
Bachelor of Arts - Journalism
University of Maryland - College Park
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