Career Focus

Motivated, high-energy journalist with exceptional writing skills and knowledge of in-depth newsgathering.

Effective communicator with a talent for delivering high-quality news stories seeking to continue my career in news producing.

 

Media Experience

Producer                                                                                                                                            September 2017-Current

Boston25 News－ Dedham, MA

• Produce and write hour long newscasts.

• Combine video, audio and graphics to effectively convey each story.

• Write promos, show opens, special opens, teases.                                                                                                                                                                 

6 & 11PM Producer                                                                                                            June 2016-September 2017

ABC6 News － Providence, RI

• Responsible for all content and stacking rundown.

• Manage live shows in booth, cue reporters while running prompter.

• Assign reporters to breaking news.

• Write teases for show.

Reporter, Anchor, Producer, Web Writer                                                                                  January 2016 to May 2016

Carolina News － Columbia, SC

• Report and edit news stories for a live, daily, 30-minute newscast broadcasted to the university cable network.

• Research, write to, and edit video for VO's and VO/SOT's from CNN Newsource and AP wires.

• Write anchor leads, tags, headlines and teases.

• Report, shoot, and edit hard news and feature stories on the Primary Election 2016, university, city, and state as a one-man band.

 

Field Reporter and Play by Play Shadow

ESPNU Campus Connection

• Shot video of the USC spring football game and assisted in interviewing coaches and players.

• Observed the live production and play by play commentating that goes into SEC football games.

 

Reporter and Anchor                                                                                                                   September 2015 to May 2015

Student Gamecock Television － Columbia, SC

• Reported and anchored for a weekly, live, hour-long newscast broadcasted to the entire campus of 20,000 people.

• Operated HD cameras, shot, edited, and wrote to video segments.

 

Journalist Intern                                                                                                                          May 2015 to September 2016

COED Media － New York City, New York

• Wrote articles daily for an entertainment journalism online publication that was seen by thousands of people.

• Posted to and monitored social media pages on Facebook and Instagram to generate traffic for the articles.

• Utilized SEO skills to make the articles more accessible.

 

Newspaper Photographer and Editor                                                                                  September 2013 to January 2014

DAILY GAMECOCK － Columbia, SC

• Took photographs for the university newspaper.

• Fact-checked and edited articles on tight deadlines.

 

Skills

iNews, Avid, Interplay, NewsKing, Newsource, Newsone, ENPS, XPression, Final Cut Pro, Premiere, SONY HDCAM, InDesign, Photoshop, Excel, World Now, Microsoft Office, SEO knowledge WordPress, Social Media, Proficient in Spanish

 

Education

Bachelor of Arts: Journalism and Mass Communications, 2016

University of South Carolina － Columbia, SC

Broadcast Journalism, Minor in Speech Communications
Deans List: 2012-Present
Phi Sigma Theta National Honors Society

 

 

 

 

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