J Motivated student with experience writing and creating
news articles and radio/TV packages. Works well
independently or in collaboration with others to produce
P high quality, professional news stories in a timely
manner. Had success by interning with CBS6-WTVR and
gained useful insight to what being a full time reporter is
like in a midsize news market.
JACOB EXPERIENCE
PHILLIPS MEDIA WORK
STUDENT REPORTER AND CBS 6 WTVR June-August 2022
JOURNALIST Worked in house and in the field gathering information for news stories airing on TV. CONTACT ME Learned key skills to working on-air and behind the scenes in a newsroom. PHILLIPSJACOBW@GMAIL.COM Writing and voicing news PKG's, VO's and VOSOT's Editing my own stories and becoming proficient in WEBSITE production softwares like EMPS Published web stories for WTVR's website. Worked side-by-side with reporters, anchors and SKILLS producers to sharpen overall skills. Practiced voicing and fronting various news stories. Practiced writing and made readers and teases for the Maintaining focus in a deadline anchors to read live on air. driven industry Coded graphics for newscast using EMPS. Producing professional-quality WVCW September 2020-January 2021 stories, both hard news and Boosted listenership of Aftermath radio show by features, for both broadcast and going on air and giving information about various media online sports like golf and hockey. Proficient in various editing Created talking points by submitting a piece of softwares like Adobe Premiere Pro the overall script each week for the show. and Final Cut Pro Covered information and stats for sports like golf Effectively breaking news and and hockey that was both accurate and beneficial reporting on important news events to the flow of the show. and issues while applying theories VCU STUDENT JOURNALIST September 2020-September 2022 and concepts of journalism Conducted interviews and gathered research in Proficient in operating news order to craft my own news stories. equipment including Sony NX Used editing softwares like Adobe Audition, cameras, tripods, lighting kits and Photoshop and Premiere Pro to record and edit more packages. Analyzing and researching various trends in media EDUCATION Reporting with ethical and unbiased integrity VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY, RICHMOND, VA Conducting professional-quality DEC. 2022 B.S. IN MASS COMMUNICATIONS interviews using wired and wireless microphones GERMANNA COMMUNITY COLLEGE, STAFFORD, VA MAY 2020 ASSOCIATE OF ART AND SCIENCE