AFFILIATIONS

National Association of Black Journalists

member
President/Vice President FAMU Association of
Black Journalists, 2010-2012.
Esi Yamoah
esiyamoah1@gmail.com; www.esiyamoah.com; 233502056548
SKILLS
Directing, Producing, Acting, Cinematography, Video
Editing, Canon EOS Rebel T3i DSLRN, AVID, Final
Cut Pro, Conversational Portuguese, AP Style.
EXPERIENCE
AWARDS
2013 Academy of Television Arts & Sciences
College Emmy Award for 2012 Homecoming
Special
2012 National Association of Black Journalists:
Awarded best leadership as an assignment editor
at the Multimedia Short Course.
Aug.- Dec. 2012
EDUCATION
Florida A&M University, Tallahassee, FL
2009-2013
Bachelors of Science : Journalism
Jan.-June 2013
Farmhouse Productions / Assistant to the Producer/ Accra, Ghana
Created proposals for clients
Created ideas for future tv shows
Assisted on feld shoots
Feb.- March 2014
Florida A&M University 2012 Homecoming Special / Associate Producer & Video
Editor / Tallahassee, FL
Introduced ideas, wrote scripts and oversaw the production
Served as a video editor for the television show and online
Universidade Federal de Viosa/ Exchange Student/ Viosa, Brazil
Produced a fve minute documentary researching the use of ethanol.
Conversational Portuguese.
Studied abroad as an exchange student in Viosa, Brazil.
Blogged my cultural experience in Brazil at mebusua.blogspot.com.
Taught private English classes three times week.
2nd Annual International Seminar at Zumbi dos Palmares Universidade
/ Internaltional Journalist/ Sao Paulo, Brazil
Created and presented a presentaiton in Portguese to the public about technology
being the equalizer for economic social classes in Brazil
Assisted as a conversational interpreter with English and Portuguese
Nov. 15-17 2013
FAMU News Network/ Producer & Anchor/ Tallahassee, FL
Produced a fve minute Brazilian news segment in Portuguese with
English captions; segment was broadcasted in 80,000 homes.
Dec. 6 2013
FAMU TV-20 / Student Instructor / Tallahassee, FL
Directed daily newscast, which included camera operating, foor directing,
serving and technical board
Aug. 2009- Jan. 2013
Te Famuan / Correspondent / Tallahassee, FL
Provided multimedia content for the universitys newspaper
Sep. 2010- Oct. 2013