Professional Experience

Chat Sports

Junior Video Producer (July 2025- Present)

  • Work as the producer for Knicks Now and Giants Now YouTube channels, collaborating with host Marshall Green to build graphics for daily on demand videos and produce all videos on both channels beginning in August 2025

  • Produced over 700 YouTube videos, approximately 203 for Knicks Now & 534 for Giants Now, contributing to over $160,000 in YouTube revenue, over 100,000,000 impressions, almost 1,200,000 watch time hours, over 30,000 new subscribers, & over 17,000,000 views

  •  Maximized SEO value by assisting in publishing & scheduling YouTube videos, writing SEO friendly YouTube description and video tags to increase exposure, views, and accessibility to viewers within the YouTube algorithm

  • On-Air experience producing live shows, NBA watch parties, and weekly NFL watch parties, 34 Knicks Now broadcasts, 17 Giants Now broadcasts, and 20 additional live shows

  • Video editing experience in Cap Cut, creating daily short form content finding the story of the video and publishing on YouTube, as well as host using to grow their social media, Knicks Now & Giants Now have published over 240 shorts, resulting in over 5,000,000 views, almost 2,000 new subscribers, almost 200,000 likes, and over 9,000 shares since September 2025

  • Operated the YouTube Community (Posts) for Knicks Now & Giants Now, creating over 350 posts resulting in over 300 new subscribers, over 4,500,000 impressions, over 75,000 likes, over 1,300,000 responses since September 2025

  • Learned how to operate Livestream Studio

College Basketball Times

Contributor (November 2024 - March 2025)

  • Wrote a humor column on the SUNY Old Westbury Panthers for the 2024-2025 season.

    • Added weekly entries throughout the season, and worked alongside President & Editor-In-Chief, Dave Barend, to improve quality throughout.

  • Wrote 3 lists explaining why tournament teams would win March Madness, including: Saint Francis Red Flash, Georgia Bulldogs, and Oklahoma Sooners.

Education

Saint Bonaventure University                                                                       

Master of Arts, Sports Journalism (January 2024-August 2025)

Relevant Coursework:

  • Sports Journalism Today

  • Writing and Editing

  • Journalism Ethics

  • Digital Reporting

  • Digital Storytelling

  • Business of Sports Media

  • The Art of the Sports Interview

  • Digital Project I: Research

  • Sports Reporting

  • Digital Project II: Reporting

  • Social Media Storytelling

  • Digital Project III: Present

Published Works

Social Media

Instagram

@AndrewConnellsports
Eli Manning missed out on the hall of fame again, and most people will focus on Bill Belichick, as they should. But as many people have put it, you can’t tell the story of the NFL without mentioning Eli Manning. And, in a league that values w
Mikal Bridges & OG Anunoby led the way for the Knicks against the Raptors. The Knicks emptied their assets to acquire them because of their two-way ability and how valuable those players can be, especially around a player with the skillset of Jal
A lot of mixed opinions about the Giants hiring Dennard Wilson to be the DC. Look at the recent Giants defensive coordinators: - Shane Bowen (2024-2025) - Wink Martindale (2022-2023) - Patrick Graham (2020-2021) -James Bettcher (2018-2019) IF he ca
A lot of chatter around the Knicks and Jrue Holiday. I think he would be a great fit and a welcome addition. Talked a lot with @marshallgreen_ on Knicks Now about how a two-way player who can handle and score is what the team needs, but Holiday is al
This past spring, during my sports reporting course, we had an assignment that allowed us to submit a story proposal to a local news outlet. I chose to do my story on Union College standout men’s basketball player Matthew Garside, and his impac
UPDATE: Earlier this month, I completed my coursework for a master’s degree in sports journalism through the Jandoli School of communication at Saint Bonaventure University. This week, I started my new career as a junior video producer for Knic

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