Relevant Experience

 

 

Marketing Producer/Local Content Producer

WBTV-TV, A Raycom Company

Charlotte, North Carolina

March 2017 to July 2019

• Constructed and managed the online lifestyle brand, QueenCityWeekend.com

• Produced, shot and edited documentary-style videos for online and on-air distribution

• Wrote timely and evergreen articles within the City Weekend branding

• Led and oversaw weekly Queen City Weekend editorial meeting

• Coordinated with clients to produce effective native advertising campaigns

• Interpreted data from Google Analytics, Brightcove and IRIS.TV into a content and marketing strategy

• Promoted the Queen City Weekend brand across multiple social platforms including social media and broadcasts

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Multimedia Journalist

WMBB-TV, A Nexstar Company

Panama City, Florida

February 2015 to March 2017

• Work solo in the field to shoot, edit and write enterprise lead stories for News 13 newscasts

• Push up-to-date information to mypanhandle.com

• Tease and distribute stories via multiple social media, including Facebook and Twitter

• Utilize time-management skills as Bureau Reporter with 2-3 hour drive daily
   

News Intern

WBIR-TV, A TEGNA Company

Knoxville, Tennessee

August 2013 to December 2013

• Assisted journalists in researching, filming, and editing successful local news packages

• Wrote and researched stories for station’s online news site, wbir.com, using Presto

• Edited VOSOTs, teases and headlines for the 11 p.m. newscast, 10News Nightbeat
   

News Intern

WATE-TV, A Media General Company

Knoxville, Tennessee

September 2014 to December 2014

• Wrote and edited packages after helping journalists distribute successful local news packages

• Coded viewing area races and reported updates from the Election Commission for 2014 Election

• Took photos at the scene of breaking news that were distributed via social media and sister sites (WATE & WJHL)

 

Newsroom Intern, CNN Newsroom with Fredricka Whitfield

CNN World Headquarters

Atlanta, Georgia

June 2014 to August 2014

• Gained more than 6,000 followers on @CNNnewsroom Twitter as a social media producer

• Shot b-roll during local shoot to be used for package through 'Inside Pitch'

• Cut look-lives using Adobe Premiere and code associated elements

• Pitched and researched guests, legal topics and alternative news angles for show segments

 

Anchor/News Reporter/Floor Manager

The Volunteer Channel, University of Tennessee

Knoxville, Tennessee

August 2013 to December 2014

• Anchored newscasts and segments as well as filmed, wrote and edited packages for TVC News

• Operated cameras and audio equipment for TVC News, Greek Corner and Hot Topix

• Supervised camera operators and teleprompter operators during filmed and live productions

 

News Reporter

UT Today, University of Tennessee and broadcast by WBIR-TV

Knoxville, Tennessee

January 2014 to April 2014

• Researched, wrote, edited and reported on a variety of topics relating to the university

• Assisted in weekly news program to be broadcast on local NBC affiliate, WBIR-TV

• Teased and distributed stories via Facebook, Twitter and Instagram

 

International Reporter

Cultour Magazine, Utrecht School of Journalism

Utrecht, the Netherlands

February 2013 to June 2013

• Pitched and contributed intriguing articles and accompanying photographs

• Independently reported on cultural topics in the Netherlands, Germany and Czech Republic

• Copy edited international classmates’ stories for grammatical and fluidity errors