WMC-TV [NBC], MEMPHIS, TENNESSEESports Reporter/Producer, August 2011-Present o Shoot, write and edit weekly packages o Produce daily sportscasts, cut video and shoot highlights and interviews o Fill-in anchor sportscasts
KOMU-TV
[NBC], Columbia, Missouri News and Sports
Reporter/Photographer, January 2009-July 2011
o Shot, wrote and edited day-turn stories
o Used AP style to write
web versions of all broadcast stories
o Produced additional story
information to post to website
o Shot and edited footage
of sports at the University of Missouri, regional colleges and local high
schools
Sports Anchor/Producer, April 2010-July 2011
o Produced, wrote and
anchored weeknight and Saturday night sportscasts
o Wrote teases, created rundown, edited video and produced 6 and 10 pm sportscasts weekly
Web Editor, January 2011-May 2011 o Managed KOMU’s Twitter and Facebook sites o Created additional content for web stories such as slideshows and maps
NEWSY, COLUMBIA, MISSOURI Writer and Anchor, May 2011-July 2011 o Researched, wrote and anchored national sports stories for multi-source video news analysis media company specializing in content for the web and mobile devices WLS-TV [ABC], CHICAGO, ILLINOIS Sports Intern, May-August 2010 o Interviewed players and shadowed photographers and reporters in the field o Logged game highlights and transcribed interviews
MEDIACOM [MC22], COLUMBIA, MISSOURI Announcer and Photographer, October 2009-July 2011 o Announced high school and college basketball, baseball, softball and volleyball games as well as semipro football games for local cable channel o Shot basketball, volleyball, baseball, softball and other local events
KINSTON INDIANS, KINSTON, NORTH CAROLINA Broadcasting and Media Relations Intern, May-Aug 2009 o Broadcasted play-by-play and color commentary of more than 70 games for Cleveland Indians’ Minor League High-A affiliate o Wrote pre-game notes and post-game recap for local media and Indians website o Interviewed players and coaches for radio pre-game show; interviewed coaches and players for weekly cable television program
MUTV, COLUMBIA, MISSOURI Co-Sports Director, April 2008-May 2009 o Co-hosted weekly sports show for the University of Missouri campus television station o Managed a staff of more than 40 students o Assigned staff to shoot and report on games and trained staff on equipment and editing o Anchored, wrote scripts, shot and edited footage of Missouri athletics that were used on weekly show and website
KBIA-FM [NPR], COLUMBIA, MISSOURI Beat and Feature Reporter, January-May 2009 o Reported on local news and events twice a week for local NPR affiliate o Used Cool Edit Pro software to voice, edit and write stories
TECHNICAL SKILLS
o Proficient with Avid Newscutter, Edius, iNEWS, ENPS, Adobe Photoshop, Microsoft Office o Shoots with Panasonic P2, Cannon XL2, Sony DVC Pro,
Sony XDCAM, and JVC HDV cameras
AWARDS AND HONORS
o Society of Professional Journalists 2011 Mark of Excellence Award-2nd Place Sports Reporting, April 2011 o Inducted into Kappa Tau Alpha Journalism Honor Society, May 2011 o Tapped into Omicron Delta Kappa National Honor Society, April 2010 o Illinois Journalism Education Association Journalist of the Year First Runner-Up, 2007
EDUCATION
University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri 2011 oBachelor of Journalism, Radio-TV o Minor in Business o Graduated Magna Cum Laude
