EJ

EJ Holland
Dallas, Texas eholland@dallasnews.com 956-346-6334 Related Skills: Proficient in Adobe InDesign, Content Management Systems, Final Cut Pro, Light HTML, Microsoft Office, Some Photoshop, Social Media Platforms, Bilingual- Speak Spanish fluently

Work Experience ............................................................................................................

Sports Web Producer/ The Dallas Morning News/ Feb. 2012 Present
Duties: Help generate content for the SportsDay online component of dallasnews.com using Escenic Content Management System. Post stories on our Twitter and Facebook accounts. Successfully pitched and started my own recruiting blog. Cover high school football games every Friday.

Editor / Fox Sports Next/ Jun. 2012 Present

Duties: Editor of SMU specific website PonyStampede.com on Fox Sports Scout.com network. Manage a staff of seven writers, videographers and photographers. Increased subscribership by 25 percent since taking over. Appear on ESPN Radio during football season.

Game Day PR Assistant/Dallas Cowboys/ Aug. 2011 Present

Duties: Served as a PR Intern for Americas Team in fall of 2011. Still part of the organization on game days. Assist with stats, releases, and other tasks. Write 1,500 word features for the game day program.

Contributing Writer/Dave Campbells Texas Football Magazine/ Mar. 2011 Present

Duties: Served as an Editorial Intern for the Bible of Texas football in spring of 2011. Bumped up to South Texas blogger. Now a writer for the magazine and website. Appear on Fox Sports Southwest's Friday Night Blitz television program as a high school analyst during games.

FC Dallas Beat Writer/Major League Soccer / Feb. 2012 Jun. 2012

Duties: Covered FC Dallas practices and all home games for the leagues website. Wrote weekly features, blogs, and previews. Left early to take over at Fox Sports Next.

SMU Beat Writer/Rivals.com / Mar. 2011 Jun. 2012

Duties: Generated at least 8 stories per week on SMU football, basketball, and recruiting. First writer to film video interviews and embed them into stories.

Media Relations Intern/Dallas Vigilantes/ Feb. 2011 May. 2011

Duties: Assisted with the creation and distribution of weekly Arena Football press releases. In charge of writing game story after each home game for the AP wire. Distributed stats when needed.

Sports Editor/The Daily Campus/Aug. 2010 Aug. 2011

Duties: Edited and laid out sports pages 2-3 days per week using Adobe InDesign. Managed a staff of three writers as well as contributing writers. Covered all 17 SMU sports on campus.

Awards.................................................................................................................................
Texas Sports Hall of Fame Voting Member, Football Writers Association of America Member, Texas Intercollegiate Press Best Sports Feature, BELO Journalism Scholar, Becker Communications Scholar, SMU Deans List (Spring 2012), Minority Academic Achievement Award, New Century Scholar

Education ...........................................................................................................................
Southern Methodist University Dallas, TX GPA: 3.6/4.0 Major: Journalism/ Minor: Sports Management

References ........................................................................................................................
Joe Trahan, PR Assistant, Dallas Cowboys Scott Bell, Assistant Online Sports Editor, The Dallas Morning News Travis Stewart, Managing Editor, Dave Campbells Texas Football

Freelance Writing Clients .......................................................................................... Freelance PR Clients ......................................................

DallasCowboys.com Dallas Cowboys Star Magazine White Rock Weekly AT&T Cotton Bowl ESPN College GameDay NBC Olympics Time Warner Sports Armed Forces Bowl