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RESUME

 BROADCAST EXPERIENCE

WLKY-CBS, Louisville, KY                                                                                                                                                  Present

 Investigative and Breaking News Reporter

  • Turn investigative stories in addition to turning stories daily

  • Cover daily breaking news

  • Reporting uncovered a local city spent more than $100,000 on illegally filling a dam after multiple record requests went unaswered 

Spectrum News 1, Charlotte, NC                                                                                                                              August 2021 to August 2023

MMJ, Morning Reporter, Covid Beat Reporter

  • Shoot and edit stories about the impact of COVID-19 on the community

  • Enterprise stories for the four-hour morning show 

  • Live shots covering spot news and feature news

  • Reporting led to a family being reunited after being separated during the pandemic

  • Edit script and video in Dalet, edit packages using Premiere Pro, Final Cut Pro

  • Fill in as traffic anchor during weekday morning show

 

Spectrum News, Buffalo, NY                                                                                                                                        April 2019 to July 2021

Morning Reporter, Fill-in Anchor

  • Performed seven live shots every morning on topics from hard to soft news, and generated daily live shot ideas

  • MMJ all packages

  • Fill-in anchor for our morning weekend show and weekday three-hour live morning show

KOTA Territory News, Rapid City, SD                                                                                                                 June 2017 to March 2019

Weekend Anchor, Morning MMJ, Producer

  • Investigative reports on faulty ankle monitors within Pennington County Sheriff's Department led to the prevention of certain, flight risk inmates from being released on bail

  • Three-time AP award winner for investigative, breaking news, and feature pieces

  • Anchored and produced Saturday and Sunday 5:30 p.m. and 10 p.m. show, as well as shooting, writing, and editing stories for the show

  • MMJ during the week, pitching stories, shooting, writing and editing packages, and vo/sots

  • Daily live shots for evening and morning show, operating TVU and Dejero on my own; fill in producer on evenings

Fox 29 Junior Reporter, Philadelphia, PA                                                                                                                    May 2016-May 2017

Freelance Reporter

  • Pitched, shot, wrote, and edited packages to air on Fox 29 Weekends and front package live in studio

WPVI-TV 6 abc, Philadelphia, PA                                                                                                                                                  Fall 2016

Programming and Production Intern          

  •  Conducted interviews on shoots, logged footage, and gathered information

  • Worked with 6 abc during the Papal visit in 2015, tweeting pictures, videos and interviews

CBS Network Radio News, Philadelphia, PA                                                                                                                                July 2016

Democratic National Convention Runner

  • Helped with the needs of the national radio broadcast during the week of the DNC

The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (Seacrest Studios), Philadelphia, PA                                                          Spring 2016

Media Programs Intern

  • Ran and hosted the in-house TV and radio studio designed to be educational and therapeutic for children

MyPHL 17, Philadelphia, PA                                                                                                                                          Fall 2015 to Spring 2016

News Intern, Eye Opener

  • Ran teleprompter, edited and wrote script, and helped shoot packages for morning news show                                       

WRITING EXPERIENCE

Clyde Hirt Journalism Workshop, New York City, New York                                                                                                July 2015

Sportswriter, Intern                                                                                                                                  

  • Attended four day workshop and covered the Hambletonian Stakes horse race; published two articles in the Philadelphia Inquirer

            

 AWARDS

Associated Press Best General News Reporting 2018,  Great Plains Divisions

  • Awarded for coverage on a priest abuse scandal in the Rapid City Diocese

 

Associated Press Best Feature Story 2018, Great Plains Division

  • Awarded for coverage on a movement called “Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women”

 

Associated Press Best Spot News Coverage 2017, Great Plains Division

  • Awarded first place for coverage of farmer losing 600 acres of crops after a hail storm

 

SKILLS

Proficient in: Dalet, Edius, AP ENPS, Final Cut Pro, Adobe Premiere Pro, Photoshop, Web Writing, Social Media Engagement, Production, Videography; Intermediate in Spanish Language

COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND TEAMWORK

Junior Achievement of Western New York                                                                                                                           Spring 2020-Present

Volunteer

  • Planed lessons and taught career skills to a class of high school students each week during the school year

Meals on Wheels                                                                                                                                                                            July 2018-March 2019

Volunteer

  • Volunteered delivering meals to the elderly in the community

Division 1 Athletics  

La Salle University Student-Athlete                                                                                                                                                     Fall 2013 - Spring 2017

  • Cross Country, Winter/Spring Track Atlantic 10 Conference                                      

EDUCATION

Cornell Law School, Ithaca, NY                                                                                                                                                    August 2022                     Master of Science in Legal Studies

La Salle University, Philadelphia, PA

Bachelor of the Arts in Communication and Spanish                                                                                                                                                 May 2017

Dual Track: Journalism and Mass Media                                                                                                                                                                    GPA: 3.81

University of Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain, Study Abroad                                                                                                                           Summer 2015

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