Robby General Jr.
Award-winning sports journalist
EXPERIENCE
Indianapolis Star - Sports clerk
Aug. 2018 - Present
Sports clerk for the award-winning Indianapolis Star in charge of rewriting college
and high school game results, managing agate pages as well as shooting highlights
and writing brief stories on local high school sports
Outland Trophy - Social media contributor
Aug. 2018 - Present
Social media contributor for both the Outland Trophy and Football Writers Association of America. Contribute to posts on both Facebook and Twitter for the organizations.
Multiple outlets - Sports correspondent
Aug. 2017 - Present
Freelance journalist covering high school sports – writing gamers and features – for
multiple outlets like The Herald Bulletin (Anderson, Indiana), Pal-Item (Richmond,
Indiana), The Star Press (Muncie, Indiana) and Post-Tribune (Crown Point, Indiana).
Washington Times Herald - Sports intern/editor
May 2016 - July 2016
Youngest of 10 journalists selected through the HSPA Pulliam Fellowship
writing daily sports, news, features and opinion while expanding the paper's
multimedia coverage. Sports editor for three weeks while editor was away.
Ball State Daily News - Sports editor, chief reporter
Aug. 2014 - May 2018
Edited hundreds of stories while producing over 300 pieces of original content – articles, photos, videos and podcasts – covering the football, men's basketball and men's volleyball beats and in-depth work on issues facing collegiate sports.
Ball State Daily News - Editor-in-chief
May 2017 - August 2017
Oversaw staff of four, including myself, publishing 4-5 pieces of original content to ballstatedaily.com in as editor-in-chief. Led a successful redesign and content strategy adopted by the award-winning newspaper that received praise across campus.
Ball State Daily News - Managing editor
May 2016 -May 2017
Oversaw day-to-day print and online operations for eight sections. Priorities included copy editing, leading enterprise, helping manage social media accounts, planning content and organizing contest entries.
Newslink Indiana - Sports anchor, reporter
Jan. 2015 - May 2018
Anchored for the nightly-run live student newscast, which airs throughout Delaware County via cable. Responsible for filming, editing and uploading highlight clips as a videographer for collegiate and high school sporting events.
Da sCoop - Delaware County Sports - Producer, reporter
Aug. 2017 - Nov. 2017
Produce weekly videos and podcasts of high school athletics in the Delaware County area. Create preview stories, podcasts and game recap videos.
IMMERSIVE EXPERIENCE
Ball State at the Games - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Summer 2016
Freelance journalist competing with top media outlets at events team USA Media Summit, FIVB World Tour and 2016 summer Olympic games. Had work published on television websites, Off the Block blog and Out Front magazine, among others.
Ball State Spring Training - Grapefruit League, Florida
Spring 2017
Traveled to cover MLB Spring Training for a full week. Wrote feature stories on the Houston Astros, New York Mets, Indianapolis Indians and Ball State Cardinals while shooting photos, video and managing the website bsuspringtraining.com.
EDUCATION
Indiana University-Purdue Univeristy Indianapolis - Indianapolis, Indiana - M.A.
Aug. 2018 - July 2019
Masters degree in sports journalism. Graduate assistant for the Sports Capital Journalism program.
Ball State University - Muncie, Indiana - B.A.
Aug. 2014 - May 2018
Dual major in journalism and telecommunications. Minor in sports studies.
AWARDS
2017 Associated Collegiate Press - Finalist, newspaper pacemaker
2017 Indiana Collegiate Press Association - 1st place, sports feature story
2016 Society of Professional Journalists Mark of Excellence - Region 5 winner, online sports writing
2016 ICPA-HSPA College Division Contest - 1st place, sports writing
2016 Columbia Scholastic Press Association Gold Circles Digital Media - 1st place, sports news
2016 Society of Professional Journalists Indiana - 2nd place, sports reporting
2016 Indiana Collegiate Press Association - 2nd place, sports news story
2016 Columbia Scholastic Press Association Gold Circle Newspaper - 2nd place, sports news; sports commentary
2015 Society of Professional Journalists Mark of Excellence - Region 5 finalist, sports writing
CERTIFICATIONS
Google Analytics Certification - December 2016
Hootsuite Platform Certification - October 2016
