This is one of several articles I was assigned to write where the angle was weaving postgame quotes from several players together to find a common theme and make an overarching point. In this case, I was provided quotes obtained firsthand by my boss, a Lakers beat writer, about the Lakers’ frustrations with losing. I included statistics and references to my recaps of recent games to add context to those quotes.

This is one of the many Lakers game recaps I wrote during the 2021-22 season for Silver Screen and Roll. I not only provided a detailed summary of the game and the stat lines of key players but also often wove in my own commentary to contextualize the win or (usually) the loss in the scope of the Lakers’ season to that point. I also linked back to several relevant articles written by me and my colleagues covering storylines that popped up during the game, and embedded tweets containing highlights and observations from the game.

This is an example of a newsdesk post I would do, aggregating and compiling trade rumors from around NBA media circles and providing context to them. I embedded tweets, formatted quotes from insiders as block quotes, added my own analysis and insights, and linked back to relevant previous aggregation that Silver Screen and Roll had done on this story.

This is an example of taking a nugget that an NBA insider would share on TV and turning it into a relevant story by using context of how the season got to this point. In this case, the story was about LeBron James and Anthony Davis not on the same page as Rob Pelinka, so I provided context from previous reporting and insight into that dynamic as to why that might be the case.

This is an example of a news aggregation post I would write based off a postgame quote from a Dodgers player, taking that quote and adding relevant context around the soundbite. In this case, I briefly examined the careers of Clayton Kershaw and Andy Pettitte after Kershaw passed Pettitte in career strikeouts.

This is an example of a routine roundup of relevant injury news concerning Dodgers players, providing the latest updates on short-term and long-term rehab stints using quotes from key Dodgers figures such as manager Dave Roberts.

This is a column I did after Dodgers pitcher Rich Hill’s June 2019 arm injury depleted what already looked like a diminished starting rotation for the team. I argued that the Dodgers should not trade for a top-tier starting pitcher to replace Hill, and sure enough, they did not, opting to strengthen their bullpen and bring up top prospect Dustin May from the minors instead.

This is a newsdesk story I did taking quotes from a player about his performance issued to our beat writer at a Dodgers postgame press conference. I would provide statistics to add needed context about what the player was saying. In this case, I contrasted Joe Kelly’s early-season struggles to his recent hot streak, using his quotes to frame what had changed.

This is a news aggregation post I wrote surrounding recent trade rumors in the buildup to the 2019 trade deadline. I would take reports dispersed by insiders in articles or on Twitter and fit them within the broader context of the teams involved. In this case, I examined where the Dodgers and longtime rival Giants could work out a trade to get the Dodgers some key pitching help.

This is an example of where I was given the raw materials for a broadcast story and asked to turn it into a longer digital feature, allowing me to add additional context and details that might not make it into the broadcast package.

This is a digital-only story I wrote covering the Lakers’ announcement of their biggest jersey rebrand in nearly two decades after the signing of LeBron James in 2018. The story was turned into a quick anchor VO segment on that night’s newscast.

This was a big ongoing story throughout the day that received coverage from multiple reporters during the evening and nighttime newscasts. My article, using visuals and interviews from reporters and camera crews in the field, anchored the station’s digital coverage of the story.

I was assigned to search online to see how both of the Los Angeles-area MLS teams were ramping up for their second game against each other through different online promotions, player visits to L.A. landmarks, and pop-up merchandise shops. It turned into a digital-exclusive story that was one of the most-read on the site on the day of publication.