Billing is a photographer/videographer for Cox First Media newspapers, including the Dayton Daily News, Springfield News-Sun and Journal News. He is a Springfield native and Wright State University graduate and has worked for newspapers and media organizations across the Miami Valley for over a decade. He ran his own high school sports website for four years while in college before freelancing for Cox newspapers in 2016 and 2017. He then worked as sports editor of the Sidney Daily News from 2017 to 2024 before taking over as the paper's editor. He joined Cox First Media in 2025.