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EXPERIENCE SKILLS
Spectrum News (Formerly TWC N ews), Greensboro, NC, July 2014-Present Broadcast Multimedia
Reporter/Multimedia journalist Avid Newscutter XP Adobe
Write, shoot, and edit day-turn and long-form stories as a one-man Dalet Audition
band, pitch stories for every reporting shift, post stories on the web Dejero Live B ackpack Timeline JS
and different digital and social media platforms Final Cut Pro Weebly
Find appropriate voices (health experts, city leaders, man on the iNews Wix
street, etc.) for stories LiveU Backpack
Produce several pieces for special series; i.e. Fit Kids February and Marantz Recorder
Season of Giving Back OPUS
Fill-in anchor Sony PMWEX-1 HD
Be on-air talent that brings the news from the station into the Sony Panasonic P2HD
viewers homes in a professional and conversational way
Fill-in producer Social Media
Fill-in produce for the 24-hour Greensboro station I can grow your audience, increase
Responsible for 12 hours of newscasts at a time including local, engagement, and enhance your brand,
state, national news, and franchises via Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter


KOMU-TV (NBC), Columbia, MO, August 2012- June 2014
Reporter/Anchor EDUCATION
Write, shoot, and edit day-turn and long-form stories as a one-man Missouri School of Journalism
band, pitch stories for every reporting shift, post stories on the web Aug. 2011- May 2014
and different digital and social media platforms Emphasis in Radio-Television
Fill-in anchor for every newscast Reporting and Anchoring
Digital Content Producer
Minor in Sociology
Responsible for the digital face of KOMU via the website and
social media postings
Radio Television Digital News
Select stories to post to the web, inform m anagers of breaking
Association student member
news, help decide which stories to send reporters to
Copy edit AP stories and reporters stories with authority to St. Charles Community College
approve content before others post to the web Aug. 2009-May 2011
Producer Editor-in-Chief of the SCCougar
Produce morning cut-ins during the Today Show Newspaper and founder/Editor-
Help other producers as a production assistant, edit video with in-Chief of AMBUSH Magazine
Avid NewsCutter and run the teleprompter Phi Theta Kappa scholar

Fox 2 News (KTVI)/KPLR 11, St. Louis, MO, Dec. 2013-Jan. 2014

Intern AWARDS
Book guests for Fox 2 News at 9 a.m. with Tim Ezell TWC Network 3rd Quarter 2015 MVP
In charge of audience members for Afternoons on 11 TWC News MVP of the Year, 2015
Assist day/nightside reporters with general assignments