Dan Pietrafesa

Experience

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  Poughkeepsie Journal

  Jul 1991 - Feb 2015

  Strategically planned, created and managed the recreation section in print and online, marketing the brand on social media and using interactives online. In addition, assisted the sports staff with writing daily stories/roundups, produced videos and watchdog content, edited news/sports copy, wrote headlines focusing on SEO and immediately posted local sports/news content online. Recognized with honors from the New York State Associated Press, New York State News Publishers Association and Gannett, the Poughkeepsie Journal's parent company. Won several Best of Gannett quarterly awards and took home top honors in 2013 for Players. Also was a 2013 inductee into the New York State High School Softball Hall of Fame. In 2014, won an AP sports writing award, quarterly Best of Gannett honors for Players, took second place for yearly Best of Gannett for Players, and also was the winner of the Distinguished Sports Writing award from the New York State Publishers Association. Show less Strategically planned, created, managed and rebuilt the credibility of the daily sports section in the community in print and online. Planned special print and online championship coverage for the Giants in Super Bowl XLVI; Yankees in 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012, and two Jets runs to the AFC title games, Coordinated a daily print/online budget and worked with staff in Poughkeepsie, the copy desk in Westchester and the Asbury design studio to execute the plan. Also supervised the newsroom on Saturdays. In 2011, the sports department won five of six New York State Associated Press Awards. Show less

  • Players Coordinator/columnist/producer

    Nov 2012 - Feb 2015

  • Local Editor/Sports

    Aug 2009 - Nov 2012

  • Writer/editor, local sports coordinator, assistant sports editor

    Jul 1991 - Aug 2009
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  Unison Arts Center

  Jun 2015 - Feb 2016

  Public Relations/Box Office Manager

  Strategically generated ideas to promote upcoming events in the community, wrote press releases, compiled information for the seasonal programs, communicated with media and arts center members concerning upcoming events, oversaw the social media pages, update the Unison website, worked the box office on performance nights and handled the bookkeeping duties for the weekly bank deposits.

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  Sportsradar

  Aug 2015 - Mar 2017

  Freelance Writer

  Wrote college football and college basketball pregame notes and game recaps for several games each day on NCAA.com. Recaps and notes were assigned through Sportsradar and written from home.

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  Mohonk Mountain House

  Jan 2016 - Feb 2016

  Public Relations/Marketing Assistant

  Temporary position to assist the public relations and marketing department. Updated promotional flyers in Quark; updated Mohonk.com website; sorted through and chose groups for approval to receive free day and weekend passes for personal use and giveaways; updated Excel files with approved and denied individual/groups for free day and weekend passes; and performed other duties as needed.

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  Archdiocese of New York

  Feb 2016 - Nov 2022

  Writer/Reporter

  Full-time reporter/writer for Catholic New York, which had 130,000 paid subscribers in an Archdiocese with over 2.6 million Catholics. Started a blog for Catholic New York called Catholic Sports Scene to highlight the accomplishments of athletes in the archdiocese. Won several Catholic Press Association awards including ones for local coverage of the canonization of St. Teresa of Calcutta in 2016 and the March for Life in Washington, D.C., in 2017.

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  Dutchess BOCES/Webutuck Schools/Rhinebeck Schools

  Nov 2022 - now

  Public Information Officer

  Full-time public information officer with Dutchess BOCES/Webutuck Schools, writing stories for school websites and writing social media posts. Take photos for stories and social media posts. Assist in posting information/stories on Webutuck website and social media. Coordinated efforts for Webutuck website and social media coverage. Developed a crisis plan for BOCES communications staff.