High School Training

Thomas J. Cooper, Jr.

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WORK Comcast SportsNet- Chicago, IL (May 2006- present)

EXPERIENCE Producer

Write and produce live nightly Emmy-nominated newscast, SportsNite,

live pregame and

postgame shows for Cubs, White Sox, Bulls and Blackhawks games, as

well as live hour- long sports talk show, Chicago Tribune Live

Write blogs for station's website, csnchicago.com, and utilize

Facebook and Twitter

Manage team of anchors, reporters, associate producers and editors to

put together shows

Run daily meetings to discuss what stories will be covered and how

they will be presented

Work on strict deadlines, especially when news breaks just prior to

show

Comcast SportsNet- Philadelphia, PA (Dec 2000- May 2006)

Producer

Wrote and produced live nightly Emmy-nominated newscast, SportsNite,

live pregame and postgame shows for Phillies, Flyers and 76ers, as

well as 90-minute daily sports talk show, Daily News Live

Ran daily production meetings with entire newsroom to discuss the

news of the day and how it would be presented

Worked under pressure and on strict deadlines to present a timely

show with the latest information

Associate Producer/Video Producer/Editor

Wrote and edited highlights and packages for newscast

Worked in field to conduct interviews and produce stories for

newscast

As Video Producer, oversaw other associate producers and editors,

delegating story assignments and coordinating satellite

feeds

Production Assistant

Oversaw graphics for newscast

Researched statistics for use in newscast

WRSC-AM- State College, PA (Mar 1998- Mar 2001)

Play-by-play/Reporter

Handled play-by-play duties for live broadcasts of Penn State hockey,

high school football and high school basketball

Provided live in-game reports and postgame reports for Penn State and

local high school sports

ADDITIONAL Second City Training Center- Chicago (May 2006- Nov 2008)

EXPERIENCE Graduated from Training Center's Conservatory

Wrote and performed sketches and songs for weekly revue show

ImprovOlympic Training Center- Chicago (March 2008- Sept 2008)

Studied improvisational acting

EDUCATION Truman College (Jan 2010- present)

Completing certificate in Web Design (HTML, XHTML, CSS)

Pennsylvania State University (Aug 1997- Dec 2000)

B.A.- Broadcast Journalism Minor- History GPA: 3.5/4.0

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