LEILANI

FITZPATRICK
CR E AT I V E • DR I V EN • R EL I A BL E

Experience
Email:
Documentary Unit Intern — remote
leilanifitzpatrick@gmail.com Sep. 2021 - PRESENT
- Corrects interview transcripts using Trint and Otter.
Phone: (202) 699-0705
- Conducts research on show topics and potential subjects.
linkedin.com/in/ - Reviews cuts of shows and provides input.
- Collaborates with production assistants, senior producers, and
leilanifitzpatrick/
editors.
Portfolio:
Documentary Features Programming Intern — remote
leilanifitzpatrick.wixsite.
Jan. 2021 - Sep. 2021
com/leisfitz - Watched, rated, and reviewed documentary features that were submitted
to the Heartland International Film Festival.

Education - Assisted with the film festival proceedings (including, but not limited to,
the creation of the film program brochure).
Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and
Investigative Reporter — remote
Mass Communication,
May 2021 - Aug. 2021
Expected Graduation: May 2022
- Collaborated with a team of reporters and editors on an investigation into
BA, Journalism and Mass Communication
the justice given to child sexual abuse victims in Indian Country, creating a
Minors: Film and Media Production,
written piece and a documentary.
Chinese
- The piece ran on the AP Wire and was published in The Washington Post,
- Dean's List: Spring 2020 - PRESENT
The Toronto Star, Indian Country Today, and Cronkite News (Arizona
PBS).
Skills
- Video creation and production (Premiere Co-host, Co-creator, Editor — remote
Pro, After Effects) June 2020 - Mar. 2021
- Audio editing (Audition, Audacity) - Prepared ideas, research, etc. to discuss during episodes.
- Graphical (Photoshop, InDesign) - Recorded and uploaded an episode weekly.
- Social media (Instagram, Twitter, TikTok, - Interviewed a variety of guests.
Snapchat, Facebook, YouTube) - Edited audio files using Adobe Audition and Audacity.
- Microsoft Office - Developed and maintained podcast Instagram.
- Google Workspace
- Project management (Slack, Airtable) Editorial Intern — Phoenix, AZ
- Writing (detail-oriented) Aug. 2019 - Dec. 2019
- Editing (thorough, consistent) - Pitched story ideas to editors, and worked with them to create pieces.
- Research - Wrote posts for the Phix, a Phoenix Magazine blog.
- Wrote sections that appeared in the print version of the Phoenix Magazine.

Awards
- Shaufler Prize in Journalism (Howard
Center for Investigative Journalism, “Little
victims everywhere”)