Assistant Training

Amy Lacey

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Richmond, VA 23220 facebook.com/amylacey.fanpage

News Anchor/Reporter (January 2007 to present)

General Assignment Reporter/Fill-In Anchor (April 2004 to January 2007)

WRIC-TV 8 (ABC)

Richmond, VA 23236

Anchors daily newscasts and breaking news coverage, generates daily story ideas, uses social media to report news and interact with

viewers, maintains news contacts, produces weekly Medical Minute health series with a photographer, produces special reports with a

photographer, writes scripts and assists producers with newscast preparation, anchors annual Muscular Dystrophy Association Telethon,

frequent emcee and guest speaker at events, active in the community as a current and past volunteer for several charitable organizations

Carteret County Bureau Chief/Fill-In Anchor (October 2001 to March

2004)

WCTI-TV 12 (ABC)

New Bern, NC 28560

Produced daily reporter packages and vo-sots with a photographer, severe weather and breaking news live shots, generated daily story

ideas in beat area, maintained news contacts, anchored various newscasts on a fill-in basis, contributed to annual Cystic Fibrosis telethon,

made numerous public appearances for charitable and other events

Joplin, MO Bureau Chief/Fill-In Anchor (July 2000 to October

2001)

KOAM-TV 7 (CBS)

Pittsburg, KS 66762

Produced daily reporter packages and vo-sots with and without a photographer, frequent live shot reporter, generated daily story ideas in

beat area, maintained news contacts, produced and anchored various newscasts on a fill-in basis, participated in station-sponsored events,

made public appearances, guest speaker at a media relations conference at the University of Missouri Extension, Fire and Rescue

Training Institute

Writer/Associate Producer (December 1998 to June 2000)

WPXI-TV 11 (NBC)

Pittsburgh, PA 15214

Wrote vos, vo-sots and packages for newscasts, produced cut-ins for Today and Later Today, produced daily CNN headlines, wrote

bumps and teases, conducted interviews and researched potential stories for Special Projects unit, ran TelePrompTer for anchors during

newscasts

On-Air News Assistant (October 1996 to May

1999)

WDUQ-FM (NPR)

Pittsburgh, PA 15282

Anchored for weekday and weekend newscasts, reported in the field, conducted phone interviews, edited interviews, wrote newscasts,

wrote and produced feature stories, archived old clips and participated in annual fundraising events

Education and Training

Duquesne University American University

Pittsburgh, PA Washington Semester Program

B.S.B.A. in Journalism and Psychology Journalism Concentration

Dual Degree, May 1999 January 1998 to May

1998

Awards and Honors

• 2011 Best News Anchor in Virginia, Virginia Associated Press

• 2012 Virginia Woman of the Year Candidate, Leukemia & Lymphoma Society

• Kappa Tau Alpha Journalism and Mass Communication Honor Society, 1999

• William T. Rush Excellence in Communication Award, 1998

• Lambda Pi Eta Communication Honor Society, 1998

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