Desmond Boyle
Branchburg,,NJ
Summary
Driven sports reporter with seven and a half years of experience covering a wide variety of sports. Consistently deliver game recaps, feature stories and enterprise reporting. Comfortable conducting interviews in high-stress situations. Established professional committed to working nights, holidays and weekends.
Overview
13
13
years of professional experience
Work History
Sports Reporter
NJ Advance Media
Easton, PA
01.2019 - Current
- Covered games in a multitude of sports and published game stories on tight deadlines
- Responsible for beats in the fall, winter and spring seasons and produced weekly local rankings, players of the week and postseason all-area packages
- Became entrenched in the community and beats I covered to establish a rapport with sources in order to break news and do enterprise reporting on my respective beats
- Pitched story ideas for feature stories, player profiles and enterprise reporting on local student athletes and produced those stories
- Helped keep stats for all sports of local teams and created schedules for our website for those teams
- Contributed to news reporting as needed, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic
- Utilized our stats system to identify trends and provide insightful analysis and stories with those stats
Public Relations Intern/Associate of Accounts
EPIC PR Group
Alexandria, VA
01.2018 - 05.2018
- Maintained and updated media contact lists and databases
- Participated actively in brainstorming sessions for upcoming PR campaigns and tracked the progress of those campaigns
- Monitored media coverage of clients and media releases
- Helped plan and run company and client events
- Rapidly developed messaging plans for clients undergoing crises
- Managed social media accounts, such as LinkedIn, Instagram, Twitter and Facebook, for clients and company
- Secured media appearances for clients
Staff Writer
somuchsports.com
Baltimore, MD
09.2015 - 05.2017
- Wrote and submitted accurate, engaging, and fact-checked stories
- Worked with editors to refine content, ensuring clarity and accuracy
- Consistently met tight deadlines under pressure while maintaining accuracy and writing engaging stories
- Covered several sports teams at Towson University, Loyola University and Johns Hopkins University
News Intern
PBS Local Affiliate
Bethlehem, PA
07.2013 - 07.2013
- Learned how to work at a professional news station by seeing the day to day operations of my local PBS affiliate
- Contributed to a news clip by researching, writing and anchoring a 15 minute news clip that was done solely by interns
Education
Bachelor of Science - Mass Communication And Political Science
Towson University
Towson, MD06-2018
Skills
- Teamwork
- Research
- Public Speaking
- Social Media Management
- Associated Press Style
- Adobe Premiere Pro
- Canva
- Audacity
- Microsoft Excel
- SPSS
Honors
- 2021 New Jersey Press Association Second-place in Scholastic Sports Writing Portfolio (Smaller circulation category)
- Contributed to the winner of the 2021 Toner Prize for Excellence in Local Political Reporting “Swing County, Swing State.”
Timeline
Sports Reporter
NJ Advance Media
01.2019 - Current
Public Relations Intern/Associate of Accounts
EPIC PR Group
01.2018 - 05.2018
Staff Writer
somuchsports.com
09.2015 - 05.2017
News Intern
PBS Local Affiliate
07.2013 - 07.2013
Bachelor of Science - Mass Communication And Political Science
Towson University