Tara Conry

About

As a deputy Long Island editor for Newsday, I focus on editing and packaging local enterprise stories, visual storytelling and breaking news. I frequently collaborate with fellow editors, reporters, designers, developers, photographers, videographers and web producers on the presentation of special reports including some of our award-winning investigations like Long Island Divided.My responsibilities also include co-chairing our training committee and I've contributed to initiatives related to subscriptions, voice products, workplace culture and social media.I also assist with our Newsday in Education fifth grade field trips. Previously, I've co-chaired our training committee and helped launch a workplace mentorship program. I've contributed to initiatives related to subscriptions, voice products, workplace culture and social media.During my tenure at Newsday, I have also worked as a digital producer and editor, programming our app and site fronts, managing direct reports, editing stories, coordinating breaking news and other daily coverage. Before that, I was a community reporter and also shot my own photos and video.Prior to coming to Newsday, I launched, managed and created content for one of AOL's Patch.com sites serving the Long Island, NY communities of Malverne, Lakeview, Lynbrook and West Hempstead, while overseeing a small team of freelancers. Prior to that, I was an associate research editor for Reader's Digest magazine, and my work has also appeared in The New York Daily News and SmartMoney magazine.Specialties: project management, alternative storytelling, audience engagement, reporting and writing general news, breaking news, health, personal finance, fitness, technology; WordPress, editing, researching, fact-checking, on-camera work, video and photo editing, blogging, online media, social networking tools, basic HTML