Adjunct Professor of Public Relations and Journalism

David Kaplan

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Experience

CBU TV Instructor

California Baptist University-Riverside, CA, January 2025-April 2025 CBU TV Faculty Advisor

California Baptist University-Riverside, CA, September 2024-December 2024 Adjunct Public Relations and Journalism Professor

California Baptist University-Riverside, CA, August 2023-present Adjunct Journalism Professor, MComm committee member Life Pacific University-San Dimas, CA, August 2023-present Investigative Anchor/Reporter

KBAK/KBFX Eyewitness News-Bakersfield, CA, October 2022-July 2023

• Produced and anchored the 30-minute weekly show “Eyewitness News Investigates”

• Reported investigative stories that aired in the evening newscasts and “Eyewitness News In- vestigates”

Multimedia Journalist

KBAK/KBFX Eyewitness News-Bakersfield, CA, October 2020-October 2022

• Pitched stories

• Shot, wrote, edited, and reported live for the evening newscasts

• Posted daily stories and breaking news to the stations’ website, Facebook, Twitter and Insta- gram

State College Bureau MMJ

WTAJ News, State College, PA, September 2018-October 2020

• Pitched stories

• Shot, wrote, edited, and reported live for the evening newscasts

• Set up live shots for himself

• Posted daily stories and breaking news to the stations’ website, Facebook, Twitter and Insta- gram

Multimedia Journalist

KULR-8 News, Billings, MT, May 2018-August 2018

• Pitched stories

• Shot, wrote, edited, and reported live for the evening newscasts

• Posted daily stories and breaking news to the stations’ website, Facebook, Twitter and Insta- gram

Wake Up Montana Billings Correspondent

KULR-8 News, Billings, MT, October 2016-May 2018

• Pitched stories

• Shot, wrote, edited, and reported live for the evening newscasts

• Set up live shots for himself

• Posted daily stories and breaking news to the stations’ website, Facebook, Twitter and Insta- gram

News Photographer

KERO, Bakersfield, CA, March 2016-September 2016

• Shot broll and interviews for reporters and for the evening newscasts

• Set up live shots for reporters

Weekend Editor

KERO, Bakersfield, CA, September 2015-March 2016

• Edited stories for the 6 PM and 11 PM weekend newscasts

• Filled in on holidays and as needed for weekday evening showsSelf-Employed, Landscaper Tehachapi, CA, June 2008-September 2016

• Did yard work year round.

• Advertised myself.

• Painted, waxed RVs, stripped wallpaper, repiped piping, did sprinkler work, weed whacked, mowed lawns, moved rocks, chopped down trees and split wood. Education

Liberty University

Ph.D. in Communication

December 2027

University of Nebraska at Lincoln

Master of Arts in Professional Journalism

May 2023

California State University of Bakersfield

Bachelor of Arts in Communication

November 2015

Cerro Coso Community College

Transferred in 2012

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