Paul D. Grant--; LinkedIn; Voices.com
Successful Editor, Award-Winning Writer
Summary
Sports Emmy-nominated editor and award-winning writer with event and global news coverage experience across multiple sports. Former ESPN.com deputy editor with proven success handling social media and news coordination.
Skills
Editing, sharp writing, creativity, detail oriented, news judgment, social media, project and employee management, CMS/WordPress, AP style, experience with multiple sports, leadership, active listening, multitasking, time management, steady on deadline, strategic planning, collaboration, productive, organization, adaptability, dependability, integrity
Relevant Experience
Coco & Dalts 2017 to present
Writer, podcaster, managing editor
Co-director of popular Coco & Dalts podcast.
Chief culture reviewer for cocoanddalts.com.
New England Hockey Journal 2019 to 2020
Website, news and social media editor, writer
Directed editorial operations and idea generation of hockeyjournal.com, which included social media posting, writing, newsletter creation, interviews, event coverage, copy editing, publishing.
ESPN 2006 to 2017
Deputy editor, NHL, ESPN.com: Dec. 2011 to Dec. 2017
Directed daily digital content and news operations, including assigning, copy editing and publishing stories by staff and freelance writers.
Wrote blogs, news and other quick-turn pieces.
Directed digital-only video shows “Inside the NHL,” “#LevyAndMelrose.”
Sole operator of Facebook, Twitter social media accounts for NHL ESPN.
Tripled number of Twitter followers and increased Facebook users by 35 percent over three years.
Built strong network of freelance contributors.
Coordinating producer, ESPN: Dec. 2010 to Dec. 2011
Oversaw feature production, often on location, for E:60, Outside the Lines and the ESPN feature group.
Senior editor/Deputy editor, ESPN.com: Feb. 2006 to Dec. 2010
Oversaw Digital Media operations in South Africa for the 2010 World Cup (which broke global Internet traffic records), supervising contributors, editors on four continents.
Directed content, news response and operations of indices for: NHL, golf, NASCAR, tennis, boxing, MMA, MLS, Olympic sports, horse racing, cricket, etc.
Managed 18 writers, editors, contributors. Oversaw coverage of golf majors, tennis slams, Olympics.
Streamlined copy-editing, news-practice procedures for previously unstructured group.
More than doubled NASCAR page views.
Supervised start-up of MMA subsite, opening new revenue stream to key demographic.
Accolades
Nominated as co-coordinating producer (with David Salerno) for a Sports Emmy for “Mike Danton: Stranger Than Fiction,” E:60
One of eight (of 12,000) ESPN employees awarded inaugural job-rotation program position.
Edward Goff Penny Memorial Award for promising young Canadian journalists.
Author
Asleep at the Switch, 2018, Amazon Digital Services LLC
Thinking it Through, 2016, Smashwords
Baptism by Ice: How Hockey Taught An American to Love Canada, 2004, Penguin Books Canada
Education
Ryerson University: Bachelor of Applied Arts, Journalism, Toronto.
ESPN University: Numerous courses on management, diversity, collaboration, creativity, networking, writing, Sawatsky seminars on interviewing.
Voice Coaches: Voiceover class of 2020.
HarvardX: The Architectural Imagination, online course.
HarvardX: Shakespeare’s Life and Work, online course.
LinkedIn Learning: Programming Foundations: Fundamentals.
