Sophie Miriam Erber
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.
SKILLS
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
EDUCATION
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
WORK EXPERIENCE
Iam
more than just a "talking head"