Marielena Salazar

Email: marisalazar08@gmail.com
Gainesville and Miami, Florida
https://twitter.com/msala092
305-562-7932
https://www.linkedin.com/in/marisalazar08

Education
University of Florida
August 2014-Present
Bachelor of Science in Telecommunication - News

Florida International University August 2012-May 2014

Completed 60 hours in General Education

Experience
Local 10 News
Intern and Call Christina Team member (June 2016-August 2016)
Managed hotline, research story ideas, shoot video, and edit video for award-winning consumer
protection segment 'Call Christina'
Shadow reporters on scene, write individual package scripts, log sound and shoot/edit B-roll using
Avid NewsCutter software.

WUFT News May 2015

Present
Television Reporter (September 2015-Present)
Report for, shoot and edit VO/SOTs and packages for WUFTs First at Five
Local Anchor, All Things Considered (September 2015-December 2015)
Anchor and host local segments of the national NPR afternoon show All Things Considered.
Provide local new, interviews about the North Central Florida region. Live on-air experience.
Radio Producer; (January 2016-May 2016)
Anchored hourly newscasts of 90 seconds with the latest news and weather for the North Central
Florida area. Manage a group of radio reporters while working with TV and Web reporters for
maximum multi-platform coverage.
News Camera Operator for Floridas 5 WUFT-TV; (June 2015-August 2015)
Responsibilities included managing the live-shot cameras during the live newscast

Klutz Kraftz January 2015-

Present
Founder and Commissioned Artist
Create and design artistic figures to be painted on a variety of objects such as canvases and
pottery.
Manage own inventory and finances

Volunteer Experience
Hoop It Up December 2012-
December 2014
Founder and Community Organizer
Organized and hosted a Basketball tournament for Autism Speaks (2014), National Alopecia
Areata Foundation (2013), and American Cancer Society (2012) and raised between $1,000-
$2,200 every year

University of Florida January 2016-May

2016
ELI Conversational partner
Conversation volunteer to help students in the English Language Institute practice English in a
friendly setting while meeting Americans and making friends. Volunteers spend an hour each
week with their partner.

Skills
Languages: Spanish (intermediate) and English (advanced)
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Computer skills: ENPS, KLZ Newsroom, iMovie, Final Cut Pro, Adobe Premiere, Microsoft Word, Microsoft
Excel,

Accomplishments
Published video on Total Sorority Move - https://t.co/SsT0Z3pGUJ
o Directed, edited, and published this video on YouTube