Administrative Assistant High School
Resume:
Laurie J. McCormick
Clarksburg, WV 26301
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Education:
Masters in Public Relations/Organization Communications - Regent
University, Va. Beach, VA 1992
Bachelors of Arts in Communications - Purdue University, W. Lafayette, IN
1989
Experience:
Television News Director - WBOY Channel 12, Clarksburg, WV 2011-Present.
Directed High Definition newscasts for the #1 NBC/ABC affiliate by using
state of the art Ross Overdrive software and Telemetrics camera equipment.
Created graphics using Photoshop for sports shows such as "The Bob Huggins
Show and Dana Holgorsen Show" and "West Virginia Illustrated." Used
Expression graphics in designing full-screens for noon show interview
guests.
Substitute Teacher - Middleborough Public Schools, Middleborough, MA 2009-
2010.
Taught high school Business Communications, English, Creative Writing, as
well as other subjects in grades Pre-K-12; Assisted teachers in special
education and autistic classrooms.
Television Production Assistant/Videotape Operator - KCM, Newark, TX 1995-
1998.
Designed formats for seven member production crew; Ensured product was
ready for taping; Typed in advertising copy and ran teleprompter in TV
truck for taping of a thirty minute daily and a fifty minute weekly
national and international broadcast; Used Microsoft Word and Excel to
compose quarterly reports; Wrote purchase orders; Operated Chyron
Generator; Copied; Filed.
Reporter/Photographer - The Record Delta Newspaper, Buckhannon, WV 1992-
1993.
Had a by-line; Researched, interviewed, and wrote hard news and features;
Developed my own pictures; Covered Emergency Services, City Council, and
School Board meetings.
Administrative Assistant - Wesleyan Summer Gifted Program, Buckhannon,
WV 1999-2003.
Wrote press releases for five camps that totaled over one hundred gifted
children; Administrated a direct mail campaign to all of the schools in
West Virginia; Photographed camp pictures; Edited and scanned in pictures
using Photoshop for a published book; Worked with vendors.
Public Relations Assistant - White Castle System, Inc., Columbus, OH, 1989.
Wrote press releases at the corporate headquarters for White Castle
restaurants; Created public service announcements; Answered dissatisfied
customers' calls and correspondence.
US-2 Missionary - San Fernando Valley Shalom Zone, Sepulveda, CA 1993-1995.
Worked with emergency services, the local media, and local politicians in a
"grass roots" campaign to help a poor, Hispanic neighborhood get the
community services it needed; Wrote for and obtained the J. C. Penney Grant
for showers for the homeless; Started a free tutoring program; Volunteered
at a food pantry and served on its board.
Activities/Honors:
U. S. Advanced Space Camp "Right Stuff" Award Recipient
U. S. Academic Decathlon national finalist
Get-Away-Special experiment chosen to fly aboard the U. S. Space
Shuttle
Designed and acted in a :30 Cable AdNet television spot that aired on
cable
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