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PROFILE

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

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