Greg Woods — Journalist
Hi! I’m Greg Woods; I’m a sports reporter at The Idaho State Journal in Pocatello, Idaho, covering Idaho State and prep sports.
Previously, I covered preps and Minor League Baseball for the Post Register in Idaho Falls. In school, I covered Kansas State sports for The Manhattan Mercury in my hometown of Manhattan, Kansas, where I graduated in May 2020 from Kansas State University’s A.Q. Miller School of Journalism and Mass Communications.
In the summer of 2019, I interned at The Kansas City Star’s sports department.
EXPERIENCE
November 2021 – Present: Sports Writer, Idaho State Journal
• Covers Idaho State and prep sports on a full-time basis, writing breaking news, profiles, features, game stories and more
• Four days a week, puts together budget, works with Blox CMS to assemble content for print edition and check off the next day’s sports section
September 2020 – November 2021: Sports Writer, The Post Register
• Covered high school sports and Minor League Baseball on a full-time basis, publishing game stories, profiles, features and breaking news, all on deadline
• Managed the department’s social media accounts, posting graphics, stories and more
June 2016 – August 2020: Sports Writer, The Manhattan Mercury
• Covered Kansas State sports, including football, men’s and women’s basketball, baseball, volleyball and soccer. Regularly covered road games on deadline, including ones in Kansas City, Missouri; Tulsa, Oklahoma; Norman, Oklahoma; Wichita, Kansas and Lawrence, Kansas.
• Provided additional coverage of area high school sports, including those at Wamego, Riley County, Rock Creek, Manhattan, Blue Valley Randolph, Frankfort and Valley Heights.
June 2019 – August 2019: Sports Intern, The Kansas City Star
• Wrote features on a number of subjects: the Kansas City Royals, Kansas City Chiefs, BIG3 basketball, U.S. Gymnastics National Championships, boxing, golf, soccer and much more.
• Shot video and took pictures for almost all stories.
• Used SEO to write headlines, sub-heads and tags.
• Coordinated with photographers and videographers to set up stories.
June – August 2015, 2018: Intern, The Manhattan Mercury
• Worked with two other interns to create the K-State Edition of The Mercury, a special edition sent to incoming K-State freshmen in August.
• Wrote features on local eateries, landmarks, historical sites, businesspeople and Kansas State sports.
• Used InDesign to design and lay out pages.
ACCOLADES
Idaho Press Club: April 2022
• In Idaho Press Club’s 2022 awards, won first place in two categories: Sports news coverage (story here) and sports prep story (story here)
APSE: February 2020
• In APSE’s national contest, placed eighth for features in the D division. (Story)
APSE: February 2019
• In APSE’s national contest, placed eighth for feature stories in the D division. (Story)
Hearst Foundation: April 2018
• In the Hearst Foundation’s sports writing competition, placed ninth nationally. (Story)
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