Copy Editor
Stan Chrapowicki
18 Fox Hollow Trail
Bernardsville, New Jersey, 07924
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Summary
Experienced multimedia professional who delivers clean, compelling digital copy and headlines under tight time constraints. As a highly focused and skilled communicator, excel at creative thinking, while effectively managing priorities and fulfilling company objectives
Education
Albright College
Bachelor of Arts
Graduated May 1990
Dean's List student who played varsity baseball and basketball. Member of Pi Lambda Phi fraternity.
Employment History
YardBarker Sports
Deputy Editor
February 2019 - Present
Review digital content and correct any errors in grammar, punctuation, spelling or underlying facts.
Check digital copy for readability, style, and tone and make revisions as needed.
Make and/or review digital photo selection choices related to stories or photo galleries.
Create and edit photo captions for maximum effect and accuracy.
Distribute relevant digital content on Social platforms and to third party syndication platforms.
Promote YardBarker content via Facebook and Twitter
NBA
Production Trainee
September 2017 - April 2019
While watching league games, recorded potential NBA Basketball Operations violations involving players, coaches, officials and announcers. Also kept track of the following six hustle stats for each team: Contested Shots, Box Outs, Deflections, Charges Drawn, Loose Ball Recoveries and Screen Assists.
Alerted Kirks regarding any statistical discrepancies that occurred during games. Caught things such as players not being credited with shots, blocked shots, steals or rebounds.
Also informed Kirks about other issues with either NBA Media Archive, NBA Content or both.
CBS Sports
Editorial Consultant
August 2009 - January 2020
During week leading up to CBS’ ‘College Football Today’ and ‘Road to Final Four’ shows, tracked stories that are topical to upcoming telecasts and emailed them to studio producer.
Used various media outlets to compile notes for talent to use with highlight packages during college football and basketball pregame, halftime and postgame shows. Updated those notes with new information once games went final.
Communicated with chief researcher to get information on games that were featured during highlight segments.
Monitored various sports and social networking websites for breaking news stories and relayed them to producer/talent.
Proofread show formats, graphics, scripts and highlight paperwork for accuracy and readability.
The Action Network
Copy Editor
April 2018 - November 2018
Line edited digital stories from start to finish for quality, style and grammar.
Promoted Action Network digital content via Twitter and Facebook.
New York Daily News
Assistant Sports Editor
December 1996 - September 2015
Performed duties of read back/slot person responsible for reading/editing every story in section and making sure all elements - text, headlines, captions and graphics - were accurate, conformed to Daily News' style and were not libelous/insensitive to readers before typesetting them.
Read and edited stories and wrote headlines and captions for them, and proofed pages for errors. Came up with ideas for back-page headlines, graphics and stories.
Laid out/designed tabloid pages.
Professional Skills
Copy editing Expert
Headline writing Expert
Proofreading Expert
Associated Press style Expert
Breaking News Expert
Research Expert
Digital Media Advanced
Social Media Intermediate
News writing Advanced
TV Production Advanced
Languages
English Native
Polish Fluent
Spanish Conversational
Stan Chrapowicki
18 Fox Hollow Trail
Bernardsville, New Jersey, 07924
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Summary
Experienced multimedia professional who delivers clean, compelling digital copy and headlines under tight time constraints. As a highly focused and skilled communicator, excel at creative thinking, while effectively managing priorities and fulfilling company objectives
Education
Albright College
Bachelor of Arts
Graduated May 1990
Dean's List student who played varsity baseball and basketball. Member of Pi Lambda Phi fraternity.
Employment History
YardBarker Sports
Deputy Editor
February 2019 - Present
Review digital content and correct any errors in grammar, punctuation, spelling or underlying facts.
Check digital copy for readability, style, and tone and make revisions as needed.
Make and/or review digital photo selection choices related to stories or photo galleries.
Create and edit photo captions for maximum effect and accuracy.
Distribute relevant digital content on Social platforms and to third party syndication platforms.
Promote YardBarker content via Facebook and Twitter
NBA
Production Trainee
September 2017 - April 2019
While watching league games, recorded potential NBA Basketball Operations violations involving players, coaches, officials and announcers. Also kept track of the following six hustle stats for each team: Contested Shots, Box Outs, Deflections, Charges Drawn, Loose Ball Recoveries and Screen Assists.
Alerted Kirks regarding any statistical discrepancies that occurred during games. Caught things such as players not being credited with shots, blocked shots, steals or rebounds.
Also informed Kirks about other issues with either NBA Media Archive, NBA Content or both.
CBS Sports
Editorial Consultant
August 2009 - January 2020
During week leading up to CBS’ ‘College Football Today’ and ‘Road to Final Four’ shows, tracked stories that are topical to upcoming telecasts and emailed them to studio producer.
Used various media outlets to compile notes for talent to use with highlight packages during college football and basketball pregame, halftime and postgame shows. Updated those notes with new information once games went final.
Communicated with chief researcher to get information on games that were featured during highlight segments.
Monitored various sports and social networking websites for breaking news stories and relayed them to producer/talent.
Proofread show formats, graphics, scripts and highlight paperwork for accuracy and readability.
The Action Network
Copy Editor
April 2018 - November 2018
Line edited digital stories from start to finish for quality, style and grammar.
Promoted Action Network digital content via Twitter and Facebook.
New York Daily News
Assistant Sports Editor
December 1996 - September 2015
Performed duties of read back/slot person responsible for reading/editing every story in section and making sure all elements - text, headlines, captions and graphics - were accurate, conformed to Daily News' style and were not libelous/insensitive to readers before typesetting them.
Read and edited stories and wrote headlines and captions for them, and proofed pages for errors. Came up with ideas for back-page headlines, graphics and stories.
Laid out/designed tabloid pages.
Professional Skills
Copy editing Expert
Headline writing Expert
Proofreading Expert
Associated Press style Expert
Breaking News Expert
Research Expert
Digital Media Advanced
Social Media Intermediate
News writing Advanced
TV Production Advanced
Languages
English Native
Polish Fluent
Spanish Conversational