Ryan Bologna

ryanb1999@icloud.com | 203–554-6591

Edu­ca­tion

Uni­ver­si­ty of Con­necti­cut
Bach­e­lor of Arts, May 2021
Jour­nal­ism and Communication

Pro­fes­sion­al Experience

Senior Edi­tor for Clutch­Points, remote
Jan. 2023-Present

  • Uti­lize AP Style and SEO best prac­tices to write and edit break­ing news arti­cles and edi­to­ri­als relat­ed to all major sports in dead­line-dri­ven environment
  • Pitch sto­ry ideas to cap­i­tal­ize on trend­ing top­ics and help new Asso­ciate Edi­tors accli­mate to the team

Yan­kee Nation Pod­cast for New York Sports Nation
Feb. 2021-Present

  • Break down Yan­kees games and trans­ac­tions by using mod­ern base­ball statistics
  • Update audi­ence on the most press­ing Yan­kees news
  • Pro­duce out­lines, scripts, and seg­ments for the podcast

Yan­kees Blog­ger for New York Sports Nation
Dec. 2020-Present

  • Pro­duce Yan­kees-relat­ed arti­cles every, backed up by sta­tis­ti­cal research
  • Write arti­cles based on games and team trans­ac­tions while uti­liz­ing mod­ern base­ball statistics

Writer and Con­tent Devel­op­er for Only Play­ers, Green­wich, CT
March 2022-Jan. 2023

  • Write and edit sports, bet­ting and lifestyle arti­cles for the Only Play­ers web­site (Word­Press CMS) and Newsletter
  • Pre­pare on-air tal­ent with out­lines and scripts con­tain­ing sports and bet­ting infor­ma­tion for stu­dio shoots
  • Over­see cre­ation of Only Play­ers app from infant stages to launch on app store
  • Bal­ance mul­ti­ple short and long-term projects simul­ta­ne­ous­ly while weigh­ing input from investors

Foot­ball Data Ana­lyst Team for Pro Foot­ball Focus
August 2021-Dec. 2022

  • Respon­si­ble for accu­rate and time­ly report­ing of sta­tis­ti­cal data for D1 col­lege foot­ball games played in real-time
  • Record the posi­tion of every play­er on the field for each play for two games each weekend

DJ and Sports Announc­er for WHUS Radio, Uni­ver­si­ty of Con­necti­cut, Storrs
Jan. 2018-May 2021

  • Play-by-play and col­or com­men­tary for UConn sports games
  • Play music and dis­cuss rel­e­vant cam­pus and sports news

Con­tribut­ing Writer for Green­wich Free Press, Green­wich, Con­necti­cut
March 2014-Sept. 2020

  • Cov­er local gov­ern­ment and news
  • Write sports opin­ion columns

Skills

  • Com­put­er: Word­Press, SEO, Microsoft Word, Pow­er­Point, Sheets, iMovie
  • Media and Design: Adobe Bridge, Pho­to­shop, Inde­sign, Audi­tion, Pre­miere, Can­va, Face­book, X/Twitter, Insta­gram, DSLR camera

Activ­i­ties

UConn Drum­line, Uni­ver­si­ty of Con­necti­cut, Storrs
Jan. 2018-May 2021

  • Per­form in half­time shows
  • Cym­bal sec­tion leader in 2020 season