Also available as a Word Document

Experience

WNEM TV 5

March 2010 - Present
Saginaw, MI

Reporter

• Enterprise lead story ideas
• Write day-turn stories
• Edit on a daily basis
• Report live from the field
• Write AP Style print stories for the web

Fill-in Anchor

• Fill-in anchor for weekend morning and evening shows
• Also experience with weekday morning show

WLNS TV 6

May 2009 - May 2010
Lansing, MI

Video Journalist

• Uncover compelling story ideas
• Creatively shoot, write, and edit day-turn stories
• Report live from the field

KOMU TV 8

August 2006 - May 2009
Columbia, MO

Reporter

• Uncover compelling story ideas
• Creatively shoot, write, and edit day-turn stories
• Investigate long-form stories for franchise series
• Report live from the field

Anchor

• Present and relate news to viewers
• Write promos for upcoming shows

Producer

• Use iNEWS to write copy and decide story order
• Manage a team of 5 reporters
• Tease upcoming content and shows

Web Editor

• Write and publish stories to KOMU.com
• Produce web-exclusive content (Flash maps, Slideshows, PDFs, Graphs)

Video Editor

• Edit video on Avid for the morning news, 5pm, 6pm or 10pm

Skills

• Video editing with Avid and Grass Valley EDIUS
• Shoot video with Sony XDCAM, DVC Pro and Beta
• Write copy, produce newscasts with iNEWS and ENPS content manager systems
• Create roll-over images and maps with Adobe Flash

Education

University of Missouri School of Journalism

Columbia, MO

• Bachelor of Journalism, Minor in Political Science
• Graduated with honors

Community Involvement

• Frankenmuth Morning Rotary Club

References