I am currently the senior content manager for SCN Magazine at Future, Plc. There, I write two to three articles for our monthly print issues (can you believe we still have print? I love it!), edit articles from other authors and curate our entire AV Network website, and am charged with our entire social media strategy. I also work for show dailies at some of the biggest trade shows in the AV world like CES, NAB Show, and InfoComm. There, I will write anywhere from 8-10 articles in the four days we are there, but I also film, edit, and produce videos and clips from the show floor.
I also get to visit some very cool places, like Sphere in Vegas, and Cosm in Atlanta. There, I will write articles and, yup, film, edit, and produce videos for social media.
I also became an award-winning writer while at Future. I won awards for an article on the Atlanta Braves’ Truist Park’s technology upgrade and an audio installation for a punk rock exhibit at Huntsville Museum of Art.
If you perused the menu on my home page, you are aware I author the best-selling Substack, The DII Report. I also am the co-host and executive producer for the 4th and Inches podcast which you can watch/listen to here: SPOTIFY | APPLE | YOUTUBE.
And yes, I still freelance for TNT Sports (formerly Turner Sports and WBD Sports). There, I write features on all DII sports. I helped to create this DII Hub eight years ago, and it is still going strong today.
Below are a few accomplishments I am most proud of from when I jumped headfirst into a career I had no idea what to expect:
- Just a few months into my writing career, I was able to cover the 2015 SEC gymnastics championships for the national publication, The Advocate out of New Orleans. It was the first time my byline read “Special to,” and I won’t lie, I felt pretty special.
DULUTH, Ga. — LSU headed into the Arena at the Gwinnett Center as the No. 2 seed in the Southeastern Conference gymnastics championships, poised to bring home its first title in 34 years.
But LSU fell short of that elusive championship as Alabama won its second consecutive title, outscoring the Tigers 197.525 to 197.425. Florida finished third at 197.400 (continue to the full article).
- I covered the 2015 NCAA Golf Championships. It was a grueling seven-day affair in the intense heat of the Florida summer. I was able to watch a young Bryson DeChambeau out of SMU take the individual title and made him laugh twice in the three interviews I was able to grab. This one was caught on video by SMU and shared on the local news channel, my first time on someone else’s screen than mine.
- In the summer of 2018, I headed to a Tennessee Smokies game to scout some prospects. Unexpectedly, it was announced that Kris Bryant would be rehabbing as I was driving there. Not only was I able to interview Bryant, I caught this home run on video and posted to Twitter:
Welcome back Kris Bryant. 3-for-4, 3 RBI and this home run. #Cubs pic.twitter.com/UV4mFCmyYD
— Wayne Cavadi (@UofDWayne) July 10, 2018
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It blew up pretty quickly and was used on several news outlets:
Hey. That’s me! Thanks @nbcchicago and @cbschicago And thanks @KrisBryant_23 for going yard. pic.twitter.com/uPo3RsfB7V
— Wayne Cavadi (@UofDWayne) July 10, 2018
- I was able to talk to the legendary Isiah Thomas on a player he had coached at FIU that went onto lead DII basketball in scoring. I still get many compliments on this piece on Shorter’s Phil Taylor and am very proud of it.
- I have been asked to be the expert on a variety of selection shows for the NCAA. You can watch me do the DII football selection show as well as the DII men’s and women’s basketball tournament selection shows archived on the NCAA Championships YouTube page.
