Broadcast Journalist

SARAH BAINES

EXPERIENCE

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ACCOMPLISHMENTS

REFERENCES

UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO, BOULDER : graduated in May 2020 MAJOR: Journalism

MINOR: Political Science

CERTIFICATE: Technology, Arts & Media

CUMULATIVE GRADE POINT AVERAGE: 3.83

WASHINGTON MEDIA INSTITUTE (WMI): Was a full-time student and intern as a part of WMI in Washington, D.C. from January - May 2019. As a part of WMI, I interned 40 hours/week at Voice of America and attended 12 credits of media-related classes throughout the week, including a writing course, entrepreneurial media course, photography course, and multimedia course. Regularly met and networked with accomplished professionals in the D.C. media in- dustry.

• Dean’s List — Fall 2016, Fall 2017, Spring 2018, Spring & Fall 2019

• Vice President of New Scholars on Executive Board for the Evans Scholarship RECIPIENT OF THE EVANS SCHOLARSHIP

The Evans Scholarship is a four year full-tuition and housing college scholarship. Awarded to about 15 students state- wide annually for demonstrating excellence in grades, leadership, service, character and golf caddying. VIDEO PRODUCTION INTERN, DNVR — DENVER, CO

A Colorado-based sports network. I set up, filmed, and supervised video and recorded audio for all video content. I also assisted in editing the content on Adobe Premiere and have knowledge of all video equipment. I helped with miscellaneous duties in the office and covered various Colorado sports at different sporting events. I worked directly under the Executive Producer of Video.

Jacquelyn DePhillips (Voice of America) - 703-***-****, ***********@*******.*** Charlie Brennan (Daily Camera) - 720-***-****, ********@***********.*** Amos Gelb (Washington Media Institute) - 202-***-****, ****@******************.*** Jon Agnew (Washington Media Institute) - 904-***-****, ******@******************.*** Amanda Kesting (9News) - 719-***-****, ******.*******@*****.*** July 2017 - July 2018

CENTRAL NEWS INTERN, VOICE OF AMERICA — WASHINGTON, D.C. As a Central News intern at Voice of America, I worked with the team on two different documentary series entitled The Damage Done: Living America's Opioid Nightmare and Climbing the Hill. For the team, I transcribed interviews, helped to formulate the narrative of the episodes by piecing the script together, logged footage in Avid Media Com- poser, edited one-minute preview videos for social media, justified scripts, provided necessary advice during the edit- ing process and weighed in on team meetings. Additionally, I researched, read and managed social media platforms forVOA’s Press Freedom, a multimedia project covering issues of press freedom worldwide. Jan. 2019 - May 2019

ASSOCIATE PRODUCER, BUFFS SPORTS LIVE (BSL) — BOULDER, CO As a journalist for Buff Sports Live, a student produced and directed live sportscast, I regularly assumed the roles of field reporter, news anchor, and producer. This included completing same day packages to be broadcast during the live newscast, conducting on-camera interviews, and seeing news packages beginning to end. As an anchor for the show, I wrote and reported on CU sports. As a producer, I wrote shows for 15 minute broadcasts regularly. BSL airs on the campus Livestream and Fox College Sports each week. Aug. 2016 - March 2020

NEWSROOM INTERN, DAILY CAMERA — BOULDER, CO

As an intern for the Daily Camera, I worked on Fridays and Saturdays as a weekend reporter. This entailed covering a variety of local events and writing news stories on a deadline. The process included pitching story ideas, interviewing sources (either on the phone or in person), transcribing interviews, and handling press releases. Several stories were featured as the front page centerpiece of the Sunday newspaper. May 2019 - Aug. 2019

SHOW HOST, DJ, AND PRODUCER, RADIO 1190 — BOULDER, CO At Radio 1190, CU's campus radio station, I produced and co-hosted an hour-long radio show, called Ben and the Men at Ten, on Wednesdays of every school week alongside my two co-hosts. The show's content varied week to week, always including various talk and music segments.

Aug. 2019 - March 2020

POLITICAL INTERN, 9NEWS — DENVER, CO

As a political intern for 9News, I worked in the newsroom with the digital team, producers, reporters, and anchors to pitch, cover, report on, and produce political content, which resulted in several published web stories and stories that were read on-air. I worked with the station’s Next with Kyle Clark team to supplement the political coverage on the show. I covered events surrounding and leading up to the 2020 presidential election, including the rallies of former presidential candidates Amy Klobuchar and Elizabeth Warren. I conducted interviews in person and over the phone over the course of my internship. During the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, I researched and wrote for the station remotely on the matter.

Jan. 2020 - May 2020

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