Taylor Kauffman

Represented by John Kirtley with Sound Of Life Media

Email: john@soundoflifemedia.com
Phone number: (828) 713-2871

Work Experience
KY3/KSPR/Ozone (November 2017-Present)

Sports Reporter/Anchor — Report local sports and find feature stories daily for the 6, 9, and 10pm sportscasts. Frequently anchor. Exclusively cover the Game of the Week during
the high school football season, which includes live shots run by a photographer at 4, 5, and 6pm. Then continuing as a one-man-band shooting, editing, writing and sending
highlights for 9pm; and turning a package in 30 minutes to front live for 10pm, and produce another package for the show at 11pm. Created a new segment for the 30 minute
weekly Ozone sports show.

KEVN (October 2015-November 2017)

Sports Anchor/Reporter — Produced, shot highlights, edited and anchored a five-minute sportscast on weekends. Worked as a sports reporter on weekdays. Creatively featured a
weekly “Athlete of the Week” package. Two-time first place winner for ‘Best Sports Feature’ in the Great Plains AP contest. Conducted live shots and live interviews.

Face Off Co-host — Co-hosted a weekly show with Rapid City’s professional hockey team. Pitched creative ideas that were executed throughout the hockey season. Extensively
researched and prepped for two, five-minute interviews, which were shot in one take. Demonstrated hockey skills through on-ice 101 segments.

KMBC 9 (September 2014-January 2015)

Intern — High School Football Patrol — Went to games and logged plays. Wrote the script for sports broadcaster and Hall of Famer Len Dawson. Edited video.

Healthista (Summer 2014)

Internship Abroad — Researched for an online women’s health magazine, Healthista. Pitched story ideas for my weekly sports reports. Shot video, edited and posted stories
online.

Big 12 Conference (May 2013)

Volunteer for Big 12 Baseball Tournament — Recorded and logged quotes from post game interviews. Distributed starting line-ups, final stats, and box scores. Assisted with other
duties as needed.

KCTV5 (September 2012-December 2012)

Intern — Logged Chiefs games. Performed interviews. Learned basic camera skills and accompanied on-site reporting.

Education
University of Kansas (Graduated May 2015)

Bachelor of Arts in Journalism

Study Abroad in London, UK (Summer 2014)

Internship in multimedia journalism

Skill Highlights
Able to turn packages solo, Grass Valley, Edius, Adobe Premiere, Final Cut Pro, ENPS, News King, InDesign, Social Media savvy

Activities and Accomplishments

First place in the Missouri Broadcasters Association for best sports story. Two-time first place winner in the Great Plains Associated Press contest for ‘Best Sports Feature’.
Judge for the Broadcast Education Association’s Festival of Media Arts competition (since 2017). Kappa Delta Sorority. People to People Student Ambassador.