Brian Sandalow

I develop news stories for the department website, including in-depth features, articles based on research papers written by faculty, items on events and awards, and obituaries.

I am responsible for two weekly internal newsletters, a monthly newsletter to alumni, a monthly email about research grants, twice-annual newsletters sent by seven departments, and producing copy for other department communications.

I copy edit materials for other people on my team, and co-workers within marketing. Other functions include updating our website, event photography, social media, producing collateral, managing a work-study student, and various assignments.

Cover sporting events and write features for a major daily newspaper. The teams I've covered include the Cubs, White Sox, Blackhawks, Bulls, Fire, Sky, Red Stars and Wolves.

When I cover a baseball, hockey or basketball game, I am responsible for writing a 600-word main story plus a 525-word notebook or sidebar.

Beyond games, I've written about lease agreements and the business sides of franchises, most notably around the Fire.

Worked on the publications produced by the American Foundry Society, primarily Modern Casting and Metal Casting Design and Purchasing, which was rebranded as Casting Source.

Wrote features, summarized research articles, took photographs, and assembled pieces about industry news and developments in the world of castings. This also entailed some design and plenty of copy editing both on magazines and any communications we released.

Crafted news releases on topics ranging from reaction to developments in Washington to events AFS hosted at its office.

Other duties included running the annual casting competition, and writing daily updates from annual trade shows. I started multiple social media accounts, restarted one, and was an integral part of the launch of Casting Source magazine.