CAPABILITIES
• Concise, conversational writing style.
• Excellent writing and communication skills.
• Work efficiently under breaking news or other demanding environments.
• Consistently manage multiple assignments while meeting daily deadlines.
•Final Cut Pro, Edius, Grass Valley,iNews, ENPS, Adobe Photoshop CS4, MS Office, Social Media, and Blogging.
EXPERIENCE
WTAP News (NBC Affiliate), Parkersburg, WV
Overnight News Producer/Reporter/
Segment Anchor
September 2011 -Present
• Book guests for topical interview segments
• Coordinate on air and production staff
• Research, draft, and report local stories
• Shoot and edit video
• Report breaking news as it happens overnight
• Anchor the daily “To Your Health” report live from the newsroom
• Manage, produce, and write stories for the station’s web channel
• Redesigned “Daybreak” page on WTAP’s web channel, making it user-friendly
• Used social media, blogging, and web exclusives to engage viewers online
Wareham Week & Wareham Village Soup, Wareham, MA
Multimedia Journalist January 2011- September 2011
• Beat reporter on local politics
• Assisted in page layout
• Launched the company’s first weekly public access newscast
• Designed multimedia to complement online news articles
WCVB-TV, Channel 5 (ABC Affiliate), Boston, MA
Newsroom Intern December 2009 – May 2010
Queens Chronicle, Queens, NY
Reporter Intern September 2010 – December 2010
EDUCATION Suffolk University, Boston, MA
Bachelor of Science, Communication/Broadcast Journalism
cum laude 2010