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RESUME

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 BROADCAST EXPERIENCE

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WLKY-CBS, Louisville, KY                                                                                                                                                  Present

 Breaking News Reporter

  • Cover breaking news for morning news show

  • Go live multiple times a morning 

  • Set up interviews and stories for after the morning show and turn package on short, tight deadline

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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                                       

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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

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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

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Division 1 Athletics  

La Salle University Student-Athlete                                                                                                                                                     Fall 2013 - Spring 2017

  • Cross Country, Winter/Spring Track Atlantic 10 Conference                                      

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EDUCATION

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

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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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