Kalia

Kornegay
kaliakornegay.wordpress.com kkornegay@ithaca.edu @KaliaKornegay

Ithaca College, Ithaca, NY | 2014 - 2018

+ Bachelor of Arts Journalism
EDUCATION + Minor French
+ GPA: 3.5/4.0

The Day Publishing Company, New London, CT | May 2017 July 2017 | Summer
Reporting Intern
+ Work with team editors to pitch article topics on daily basis
+ Conduct interviews with local citizens relevant to article subject matter
+ Create content in the newsroom with entire editorial and production team
+ Promote works through various social media outlets
WORK
EXPERIENCE Office of Marketing Communications, Ithaca College | August 2015 May 2017 | Student
Writer/Editor
+ Create and contribute written articles for Ithaca College magazines IC Fuse and IC View
* IC Fuse is sent out twice a year to over 5,000 prospective students
* IC View reaches over 10,000 alumni, parents of current students, employees, retirees,
friends, peers, and neighbors of the college three times a year
+ Interview diverse sources using face to face, phone, and web methodology

WKNO Documentary, Memphis, TN | April 2017 Present | Freelance

Journalist
+ Part of student team covering 50th anniversary of assassination of Rev. Dr. Martin
Luther King Jr.
+ Conduct extensive research into key figures from the civil rights movement,
MEDIA including acquisition of archival images, documents and video footage
EXPERIENCE
The Ithacan Newspaper, Ithaca College | February 2015 May 2017 | Staff
Writer
+ Writing weekly pieces for the paper's Life and Culture section
+ Interviewing students, faculty and local citizens in town

+ Experienced with Windows Vista, 7 and 8, and Mac OS X 10.10+

+ Experienced with Microsoft Office, Adobe Premiere CC, Photoshop CC
SKILLS + Basic experience with website development tools HTML, CSS, JQuery,
Bootstrap, WordPress
+ Conversational proficiency with French