A Resume

HOLLY EDGELL

edgellholly@gmail.com
St. Louis, Missouri
513-926-1350
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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Managing Editor for the Midwest Newsroom, KCUR 89.3 (remote) | July 2021 to present

Launched an NPR member station collaboration focused on investigative and in-depth news coverage across Iowa, Kansas, Missouri and Nebraska
Provide editorial oversight and strategic leadership
Lead recruitment and hiring
Edit news stories for online and audio audiences

Project Manager for Side Effects Public Media at WFYI: Indianapolis (remote) | July 2020 to July 2021

Manage budget and spending for a grant-supported collaborative of reporters covering public health issues across the Midwest
Provide editing support
Support recruiting and hiring
Curate weekly newsletter

Editor for Sharing America, St. Louis Public Radio: St. Louis | December 2017 to April 2020

Led a team of four reporters at four public radio stations around the country to cover news at the intersection of race, identity and culture.

Director of Digital Media (Interim), WEWS (Scripps): Cleveland | February to June 2017

Led a team of digital journalists to execute news and social media strategy for the integrated television and digital newsroom

Communications & Marketing Officer, National Institute of Culture and History (NICH): Belize City, Belize | June to December 2016

Led media relations, social media, and marketing initiatives

Director of Digital Media, KSHB (Scripps): Kansas City, Mo. | March 2015 to May 2016

Led a team of digital journalists to execute news and social media strategy for the integrated television and digital newsroom

Community Editor, WCPO (Scripps): Cincinnati | Nov. 2012 to March 2015

Led social media strategy for WCPO
Coordinated freelance contributors to WCPO.com (story assignments, copy editing, long-term planning)

Independent Journalist & Consultant: St. Louis| Feb. to Nov. 2012

Multi-platform journalist: Contributed to online publications
Content Strategist & media consultant: Developed initiatives and content for clients

Regional Editor, Patch.com (AOL): St. Louis | July 2010 to Feb. 2012

Hired staff journalists and launched 12 community news websites in St. Louis County and St. Charles County
Provided editorial and operational oversight for sites
Wrote regular column, “The Virtual Life”

Executive Producer, KOMU-TV (NBC) & Assistant Professor, The University of Missouri School of Journalism: Columbia, Mo.| Jan. 2006 to July 2010

Assistant Professor, Florida A&M University School of Journalism and Graphic Communication Tallahassee, Fla. | Aug. 2001 to Dec. 2005

Segment Producer/Consumer News, WDIV: Detroit | Sept. 1998 to Aug. 2001

Segment Producer/Medical News, WOIO: Cleveland | Dec. 1997 to Sept. 1998

Newscast Producer, WTAE-TV: Pittsburgh | Sept. 1996 to Dec. 1997

Newscast Producer, WFMJ-TV: Youngstown, Oh. | Jan. to Sept. 1996

EDUCATION

Master of Arts, Journalism (Media Management), Kent State University
Bachelor of Arts, Journalism, Michigan State University

SKILLS

News leadership and management
Writing & copy editing for print, digital platforms, radio and television
Audio production
Social media strategy & implementation
Community engagement
Training, teaching and coaching
Project management
Recruitment & hiring
Fluent in English; advanced ability in Spanish conversation
Marketing and public relations strategy and implementation

SELECTED ACTIVITIES

Co-founder, coordinator: The Belize Prize for Investigative Journalism
Awards: IRE, Regional Emmy; Regional Murrow/RTDNA
Volunteer: TEDx (Cincinnati, Kansas City, St. Louis)
Memberships: JAWS, NABJ, SPJ
Fellow (inaugural cohort): Editorial Integrity and Leadership Initiative, Corporation for Public Broadcasting at the Cronkite School of Journalism at Arizona State University | 2019
Adjunct Instructor: Lindenwood University. Taught television news reporting and producing | Aug. to Dec. 2017
Consultant and Instructor: “Safeguarding the future: The environmental and economic connection in Belize,” Belize Coalition to Save Our Natural Heritage” | April 2016 to July 2017
SPJ-Google News Lab trainer (inaugural cohort) | Aug. 2015 to January 2017
Published creative writer, short fiction

TRAVEL

Selected countries: South Africa, Zimbabwe, China, Cuba, Armenia, Russia, Belize, France, Antigua & Barbuda, Barbados, Trinidad & Tobago, Mexico, United Kingdom
Lived in Belize, Nigeria, England, USA (MI, FL, OH, PA, MO), Bangladesh, Afghanistan, Somalia, Kenya