Television Journalism
Resume:
Alex Hagan 202-***-****
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Morgantown, WV 26505 http://ahagan1.wordpress.com/
Summary
• Significant experience working on camera as an anchor and a reporter in addition to news articles in print and an opinion blog.
• Experience working with all aspects of production from pitching a story, through editing to reporting.
• Thrives working in a team environment, both on independent projects and in collaboration with colleagues.
• Easily establishes rapport and good working relationships with colleagues, interviewees and customers.
• Applies effective organizational skills to establish priorities and to meet production deadlines.
Experience
TV Anchor/Reporter; WVUNews, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV
2010-present
(WVU News is an award winning newscast, BEA 2011 #1 College Newscast and 2nd place SPJ 2011 as well as in the top ten in Hearst.)
• Successfully pitched stories for the economic beat, identifying diverse issues most relevant to the Morgantown audience; i.e.consumer credit and health related stories.
• Consistently presented a professional attitude when representing WVU News as a reporter, anchor and collaborating with colleagues.
• Effective and clear communicator: as a reporter describing a story; as an interviewer asking pertinent questions and listening to the interviewee; and as an anchor facilitating the news reports
• Regularly worked the camera and edited the stories to communicate the most pertinent aspects of the news report.
• Reported on a breaking story, coordinated with crew; quickly understood the issues involved; developed appropriate questions; identified best interviewees, and created the voice over that communicated the complexity of the issue.
• Consistently demonstrated the skills of a strong reporter by incorporating:
-identifying strong story ideas;
-being resourceful to find good interview subjects;
-including a good mixture of natural sound, framing the interviewee and asking good questions.
Sales Asscociate; Best Buy; Morgantown, WV 2009-present
•Successful customer service representative listened to the needs of the customer to help them make their selections.
•Established good working relationships with co-workers, often working as a team to meet all customers’ needs.
• Effectively resolve customer problems quickly and satisfactorily.
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Sales Associate; Vector Marketing; Rockville, MD Summer 2008
• Identified potential customers and effectively presented benefits of the products.
• Asked pertinent questions and listened to customers to understand their needs and suggest appropriate products.
• Consistently followed-up with customers to determine their readiness to purchase the product.
• Recognized as one of the top 100 sales associates for the 3 month period.
Education
West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV
Journalism Major; Communication Minor
Graduating: Fall 2011
References
Gina Martino Dahlia, Chairman of the TVJ Program
P.I. Reed School of Journalism, West Virginia University
304-***-**** mobile
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Tori Arthur, TVJ Assistant Professor
P.I. Reed School of Journalism, West Virginia University
304-***-**** x5438 office
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Sara Magee, TVJ Assistant Professor
P.I. Reed School of Journalism, West Virginia University
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