Sravan Gannavarapu

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OBJECTIVE

Aspiring reporter with experience in reporting, anchoring, and creation of multimedia newscasts.

EDUCATION

VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY

B.S. MASS COMMUNICATIONS

Expected Grad. May 2020

Richmond, VA

SOCIAL PLATFORMS LinkedIn: sravan-gannavarapu Instagram: sravangnews

Twitter: SravanGNews

COURSEWORK Advanced Video Journalism • Data Journalism • Mobile and Social Media Journalism • Newscasting • Reporting for Print/Web • Graphics for Journalism • Advanced Television NewsGgathering• Sports Journalism

SOFTWARE

ADOBE

Audition • InDesign • Illustrator

Premiere • PhotoShopPhotoshop

PRESENTATION Microsoft Office • WordPress OBS Studio • Audacity

LANGUAGE

English • Telugu

REFERENCES

JEFF SOUTH

• Associate Professor, Journalism

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JON CARPENTER

• WVCW Adviser

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ASHLEY LITTLE

• Co-Owner, T.A.L.K. Radio

• addr4n@r.postjobfree.com

EXPERIENCE

DATA ANALYST

Aug 2019 - May Present VCU Capital News Service

Write Wrote articles covering recent news pertaining to sports and politics

NEWS REPORTER

Aug 2017 - Present Commonwealth Times

Contributed to the Commonwealth Times Newspaper for Sports while anchoring VCU Insight

RADIO HOST

Aug 2016 - May Present WVCW Radio

Hosted weekly radio show and contributed to other sports radio shows including the Aftermath and Ramped Up

CONTRIBUTING WRITER

March 2020 - Present Last Word On Sports- Pro Football

Wrote articles about the latest news around the NFL for all 32 teams, particularly the New England Patriots

WEBSITES

SGIII DAILY NEWS

Personal website with daily publications on topics of interest including sports and entertainment.

https://sg3dailynews.com/

SPORTS SPEAKS

Collaboration Collaborated of six aspiringwith other journalism students providing commentary on trending topics in

sports. Mostly Boston based.

https://rampages.us/sportspeaks/https://sportsspeaks.wordpress.com/

PUBLISHED WORKS

HASHMI ELECTION

Provided commentary on Ghazala Hashmi becoming the first Muslim American to

serve in the Virginia Senate. Received award from the Society of Professional Journalists.

https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/virginia/articles/

2019-11-07/hashmis-election-draws-racist-comments-on-facebook

OPIOD CRISIS

Analysis on zed the opiod crisis affecting the state of Virginia and how political figures

intend to respond. Received award from the Society of Prof. Journalists.

https://apnews.com/7aa3a5a9d13716c7a7e5e4a2a630c397

POVERTY RATES

Reported on declining poverty rates and their impact on education standard within the

state of Virginia.

https://www.virginiamercury.com/blog-va/

virginias-poverty-rate-drops-to-10-1-new-data-show/

GRADUATION RATES

Ranking Ranked school systems within the state of Virginia based on their graduation rates, and investigating improvement.

and investigating plans to improve these rates.

https://patch.com/virginia/richmond/

virginia-schools-best-worst-graduation-rates

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