Work Experience

Hearst-TV,  Digital Journalist/Curator – Pittsburgh, PA                                                                              -Daily I write digital web and social content for all Hearst TV stations across the country.  I send push alerts and edit video stories for social media. To find stories, I utilize CNN Newsource and Crowd Tangle.  I also monitor the status of the accounts by using various social analytic tools. (July 2019-Present)

WSET-TV, Reporter – Lynchburg, VA                                                                                              –I worked as the senior reporter/multimedia journalist for WSET in southwest Virginia.  In my role, I enterprised story ideas that affected the community and engaged with viewers.  I produced multiple stories a day for our newscasts and worked in a fast pace/deadline-driven environment to shoot, write, and edit stories either by myself, or I collaborated with a photographer. I was also responsible for posting content to multiple social media platforms and on the station website. (January 2017-March 2019)

WTAJ-TV, Johnstown Chief Bureau Reporter – Johnstown, PA                                               –I worked as a one-man band in our Johnstown bureau.  There I shot my own material that visually engaged the viewer.  I also wrote and edited my stories.  Throughout the day I posted to personal and station social media sites, as well as to the web. (January 2015-January 2017)

ESPN3, Producer/Freelancer – Pittsburgh, PA
-I produced volleyball broadcasts of the University of Pittsburgh women’s volleyball matches that aired on ESPN3.  I was in charge of writing scripts, leading a production crew, coordinating commercial breaks with ESPN, setting up conference calls, and creating graphics.  Outside of volleyball I was able to work as a team member to freelance in the control room for University of Pittsburgh sports.  For this I ran graphics, statistics, the replay machine, and audio equipment. (August 2013-January 2015)

Skills

-Breaking news specialist, interviewing, ENPS, iNEWS, reporting, Final Cut Pro, AVID, Adobe Premiere, broadcast/print/web writing, Adobe Audition, TV-U/Live-U operator, CNN Newsource, Crowdtangle (social analytic tool), camera operator, Twitter/Facebook/Instagram specialist

Education

• Arizona State University – Tempe, AZ – May 2022
  • MS Digital Audience Strategy
  • 4.0 GPA
• Point Park University – Pittsburgh, PA – Dec. 2014
  • BA Broadcast Journalism and Production
  • Dean’s List, 3.91 GPA