Doug Gilghrist
New Castle, PA (724) 333-1064 [email protected] www.DougGilghrist.weebly.com
Professional Journalism Experience
Reading Rebels March 2023-present
Leader Times August 2021-November 2021
Sports Data Capital Fund November 2019-June 2020
Slippery Rock University March 2016-May 2017
Butler Eagle September 2016-October 2018
Butler BlueSox May 2016-August 2016
The Rocket August 2014-September 2015
Education
Slippery Rock University August 2014-May 2017
Software skills
Microsoft Word
Microsoft Excel
Adobe InDesign
Adobe Premiere
Word Press
References
Tyler McIntosh
Assistant Director of Athletic Communication
Slippery Rock University
[email protected]
(724) 738-2777
Jon Holtz
Director of Athletic Communication
[email protected]
(724) 738-4925
New Castle, PA (724) 333-1064 [email protected] www.DougGilghrist.weebly.com
Professional Journalism Experience
Reading Rebels March 2023-present
- Cover games for the Reading Rebels of The Basketball League
- Write game recaps for the team's website
Leader Times August 2021-November 2021
- Sports Editor
- Covered football, girls volleyball, and boys and girls soccer
- Interviewed coaches and wrote game recap articles after each event I covered
- Paginated the sports section for the print edition of the newspaper
- Met tight nightly deadlines
Sports Data Capital Fund November 2019-June 2020
- Write game preview articles for college and professional sports on statsalt.com and winnersandwhiners.com
- Make predictions based on the point spread/money line and over/under line
- 60% success rate on predictions
Slippery Rock University March 2016-May 2017
- Play-by-play announcer and color commentator for baseball, men’s and women’s basketball, women’s volleyball, and women’s field hockey
- Color commentator for women’s lacrosse
Butler Eagle September 2016-October 2018
- Covered high school football and basketball
- Kept all the statistics for each game
- Interviewed both head coaches following each game
- Wrote game recap for each game
Butler BlueSox May 2016-August 2016
- Color commentator for six home games
- Wrote 15 game recaps for the team’s website
- Sports anchor for broadcast
- News anchor for broadcast
- Wrote 30-second stories for broadcast
- Read news off teleprompter
The Rocket August 2014-September 2015
- Wrote 22 articles for the school newspaper
- Covered women’s field hockey, women’s tennis, and women’s soccer
Education
Slippery Rock University August 2014-May 2017
- Bachelor of Science degree in Journalism
- Major GPA: 3.3
Software skills
Microsoft Word
Microsoft Excel
Adobe InDesign
Adobe Premiere
Word Press
References
Tyler McIntosh
Assistant Director of Athletic Communication
Slippery Rock University
[email protected]
(724) 738-2777
Jon Holtz
Director of Athletic Communication
[email protected]
(724) 738-4925