Kerry Davis

3925 Davis Place NW #206, Washington D.C. 20007 phone: 626.676.8194 email: mskerrydavis@gmail.com website: kerrymdavis.com

Objective Curious, highly-engaged multimedia journalist with an affection for beat journalism seeks a job that melds creativity with old-school journalistic values. Reporting Experience Multimedia Reporter, National News21 Fellow, College Park, Md. 5-11-8/11 Applied for and won a spot with News21, a national multimedia reporting project that investigates complex issues for three months and is funded by the CarnegieKnight Initiative. Major Accomplishment: Doggedly pursued Food and Drug Administration approval to visit a U.S. Port of Entry to report on food imports. It took six weeks to get a yes. Multimedia Reporter, Capital News Service, Annapolis, Md. 1/11-5/11 Covered typically dry legislative coverage with multimedia creativity on the environment beat. Shot videos and turned them same-day. Managed the Chesapeake website, hosted the Twitter feed and collaborated to put together multimedia components for print stories. Major Accomplishment: Researched and reported an overnight oyster poaching stakeout featuring a print story, a video sidebar and a slideshow. Freelance Reporter, WPRI-TV, East Providence, R.I. 12/05-4/07 Researched, interviewed, reported, edited and condensed information while filing live-shots for the CBS/Fox affiliate TV station in DMA market 53. Major Accomplishment: Led the 5 oclock newscast within 15 minutes of arrival on a breaking news location, where I quickly interviewed a source, edited the tape and ordered graphics too. Reporter and fill-in anchor, KVLY-TV, Fargo, N.D. 7/02-12/05 Built strong network of sources on courts and government beat. Conceived, wrote, voiced and edited long-form sweeps stories as well as daily stories for the NBC affiliate in DMA market 118 (now 120). Major Accomplishment: Learning the craft of visual storytelling, one attempt and mistake at a time. Skills Video journalism, photography, audio collection, writing, interviewing and voiceover techniques. Proficient use of: Soundslides, Audacity, Final Cut Pro, Adobe Photoshop, html, CSS, CMS and proficiency with linear and non-linear editing systems. Honors Co-President for the Masters Student Association, Ellie Merrill Fellowship Recipient for Graduate Studies, Recipient of the Japan Foundation Fellowship for travel to Japan. Education

Master of Journalism, Philip Merrill College of Journalism, University of Maryland, College Park. Graduated: May 2011. Bachelor of Science, Minnesota State University, Moorhead. Graduated: May 2003.