EXPERIENCE

Reporter/Fill-in Anchor- WTXF, Philadelphia, PA
September 2008 — present:
  • Fill-in anchor for evening newscasts.
  • Report and field produce, live breaking stories multiple times a day.
  • Responsible for up to 10 live shots and teases during five hour morning show.
  • Coordinate with producers, assignment managers, photographers, writers and anchors.
  • Report for all newscasts.
  • Package and follow up on morning stories for evening.
  • Enterprise story ideas and developed new angles.
  • Establish community contacts.
Anchor/Reporter- KSL, Salt Lake City, UT
Oct 2003 to July 2008:
  • Morning and Noon anchor.
  • Deliver hours-long live, on-scene, breaking news stories.
  • Enterprise stories and report franchise pieces for sweeps periods.
  • Produce and anchor live cut-ins and updates.
  • Fill-in newsreader on radio stations FM100 and 102.7.
Reporter/Fill-in Anchor/Fill-in Co-host- KNXV, Phoenix, AZ
Feb 2003 to Oct 2003:
  • Reported and field produced, live breaking stories multiple times a day.
  • Responsible for at least 10 live shots and teases during 2 and a half hour morning show.
  • Anchored and reported live cut-ins and updates for morning newscasts.
  • Reported for the 10pm newscast.
  • Coordinated with producers, assignment managers, photographers and anchors.
  • Packaged and followed up on morning stories for evening.
  • Enterprised story ideas and developed new angles.
  • Filled in as co-host for “Sonoran Living”, a live, daily, lifestyles show.
Anchor/Producer- KFDX, Wichita Falls, TX
Sept 2000 to Jan 2003:
  • After only 7 months on the job, promoted to anchor the 5pm, 6pm, and 10pm weekday newscasts for the dominant number one station in the market.
  • Produced the 10pm newscast.
  • Covered live, breaking news.
  • Developed, produced, wrote and edited weekly health franchise.
  • Experienced in hosting telethons and remote live newscasts.
  • Produced and cut live and taped daily updates.
  • Wrote and cut radio updates.
Weekday Reporter/Weekend Anchor and Producer- KFDX, Wichita Falls, TX
Jan 2000 to Sept 2000:
  • Generated and enterprised stories for health and education beats daily.
  • Developed, shot, wrote, edited and reported several stories a day and presented them live on air for three, daily live newscasts.
  • Anchored and produced the highest rated weekend newscasts.
  • Wrote and voiced daily radio cut-ins.
  • Produce, anchor and report live breaking news.
Reporter- WSKY-FM, Gainesville, FL
Sept 1999 to Jan 2000:
  • Wrote and voiced news stories for air.
  • Conducted interviews.
News Writer- WUFT-FM and WRUF-AM, Gainesville, FL
Sept 1999 to Jan 2000:
  • Wrote and voiced news stories for air.
  • Conducted interviews.

EDUCATION

University of Florida, Gainesville, FL: MA in Telecommunications with an emphasis in Broadcast Journalism.
Clemson University, Clemson, SC: BA in Speech and Communication Studies with a minor in Journalism.

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COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT

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