Jimmy Laroue

About

I am a digital content producer with WAVY-TV 10, writing stories that generate several hundred thousand page views monthly. I also edit and do rewrites of stories from on-air reporters. I curate content for the wavy.com website and create photo and video content for the WAVY Instagram page and post content to WAVY's social media pages, all of which generate thousands of views for the social media pages, and many thousands of pageviews on wavy.com.Previously, I was a reporter with the Suffolk News-Herald covering government, education and transportation. I also created videos, took photos and performed clerical duties such as typing police reports, the church calendar and obituaries. I also wrote award-winning stories and headlines for Suffolk Living magazine and other special sections.I am a versatile writer, with experience covering sports, breaking news, public safety, business, tourism, education, transportation, health care and government, among other topics.Previously, I was an award-winning reporter for The Virginia Gazette in Williamsburg. My beats included public safety, transportation, business, tourism and sports, and I contributed stories to the Daily Press and Williamsburg Magazine.More experience:* served as an an award-winning multimedia, multi-platform sports writer for The Daily Advance in Elizabeth City, NC, where I covered prep, college, minor league and other sports for a four-county area in northeastern North Carolina, and co-hosted the NENCSports Radio Show on WRVS 89.9 FM. * freelance writer and photographer for The SportsXchange and Soccerwire.com based in Virginia Beach, Va., covered youth and professional soccer, along with Hampton University men's basketball and football, and Norfolk State football. I have also completed freelance feature writing assignments for the NWSL's Washington Spirit franchise and provided high school game coverage for ScrimmagePlay.com, a central Virginia-based high school sports website.* From Sept. 2009 until Aug. 2011, I worked as a multitasking, multimedia sports and schools reporter for The Central Virginian in Louisa, Va. Performed layout duties with InDesign.* City reporter for The News Virginian, a daily newspaper in Waynesboro, Va. and general assignment reporter with The Shenandoah Valley-Herald, a weekly newspaper in Woodstock, Va.