JOURNALISM EXPERIENCE
WGN-TV, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
Sports Anchor/Reporter/Producer, October 2014-present o Co-host of "Sports Feed" on CLTV, WGN's 24-hour cable station. This live, interview and analysis driven hour show airs Sunday through Thursday nights o Write, report, and originate content for nightly "Sports Feed" show o FIll-in anchor weeknight and weekend sportscasts on WGN-TV. o Report live from the field, enterprise stories and interview athletes, coaches and sports executives KFVS-TV, CAPE GIRARDEAU, MISSOURI Weekend Sports Anchor/Reporter, August 2012-October 2014 o Anchor 6 p.m., 9 p.m. and 10 p.m. sportscasts on the weekend o Shoot, write and edit day-turn stories and feature packages o Report live on location for Friday night high school football and basketball shows SEMO ESPN RADIO, CAPE GIRARDEAU, MISSOURI Host of "The Saturday Morning Express," January 2014-October 2014 o Create original show content, book guests and host hour-long sports talk show o Fill-in host and producer for "The Sports Huddle" weekdays from 9-10 AM WMC-TV, MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE Sports Reporter/Producer, August 2011-August 2012 o Shot, wrote and edited weekly packages o Produced daily sportscasts, cut video and shot highlights and interviews o Fill-in anchored sportscasts KOMU-TV, 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, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS Sports Intern, May-August 2010 o Interviewed players and shadowed photographers and reporters in the fieldo Covered Stanley Cup playoffs, Bears training camp and Cubs/White Sox games o Logged game highlights and transcribed interviews MEDIACOM, 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, Final Cut Pro, iNEWS, ENPS, Adobe Photoshop, Microsoft Office, Content Management Systems
o Shoots with Panasonic P2, Cannon XL2, Sony DVC Pro, Sony XDCAM, and JVC HDV cameras AWARDS AND HONORS
o Illinois Broadcasters Association 2014 Silver Dome Award-1st Place Sports Story
o Tennessee Associated Press Broadcasters 2012 Sports Feature-3rd Place 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
o Bachelor of Journalism, Radio-TV o Minor in Business o 3.89 GPA; graduated Magna Cum Laude REFERENCES
Jennifer Lyons
News Director, WGN-TV, Chicago 773-883-3203 Todd Richards Sports Director, KFVS-TV (CBS), Cape Girardeau, Mo.. 573-275-7881 Jarvis Greer Sports Director, WMC-TV (NBC), Memphis, TN. 901-497-1288 Ryan Chiaverini Co-Host, Windy City LIVE, former Sports Anchor at WLS-TV (ABC), Chicago 312-502-9030 Chris Hemeyer Director of Broadcasting and Digital Media, Campbell University, Buies Creek, NC, and former Director of Broadcasting and Media Relations, Kinston Indians Minor League Baseball Club, Kinston, NC. 252-521-5102 |
 
  
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