RESUME | thereel

ABOUT ME

"NEWS SENSE IS REALLY A SENSE OF WHAT'S IMPORTANT, WHAT'S VITAL, WHAT HAS COLOR AND HAS LIFE -- WHAT PEOPLE ARE INTERESTED IN. THAT'S JOURNALISM."

-BURTON RASCOE

Highly proficient in non-linear editing

Edius, Final Cut Pro, Adobe, Pinnacle Studio and iMovie

Skilled videographer/photographer

Trained on a wide variety of camera equipment, comfortable as an MMJ - shooting, editing and writing my own stories

Copy editing / web editing

Enjoy editing dozens of scripts daily before each newscast, correcting/formatting reporter's scripts for both on-air and on the web

Video cutting / linking to website & YouTube accounts

I'm responsible for cutting video from newscasts and linking to our station's website and YouTube account / Facebook.

M.A. - Journalism & Media Studies

University of South Florida - St. Petersburg | 2012 - 2014

Graduate Assistant: helped teach "Journalism Ethics" and

"Race, Gender and Class in the Media"

B.A. - Communications, minor in Journalism

University of Tampa | 2008 - 2012

Venice High School - Honors Program

2004 - 2008

Evening Anchor | Reporter - WLUC, TV6 News

Marquette, Michigan | 2014 - Present

Investigative Reporting Intern WFLA, NewsChannel8

Tampa, Florida | Summer 2013

Republican National Convention - ABC News Intern

Tampa, Florida | August 2012

Investigative Reporting Intern WFTS, ABC Action News

Tampa, Florida | Summer 2011

Sports Reporter - "Game-On Profiles" The Education Channel

Sarasota, Florida | 2007 - 2008