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RESUME

Professional 

info​
 

Dedicated, competitive and reliable journalist with a diverse television background including reporting, multi-media journalism, live reporting, anchoring, producing and team management. Passionate and highly driven professional known for enterprising meaningful stories, cultivating sources and being a front runner on social media.

Skills

WRITING

NON-LINEAR EDITING

VIDEOGRAPHY

SOCIAL MEDIA

GRAPHIC DESIGN

PUBLIC SPEAKING

Work

experience
 

Morning Anchor/Executive Producer - WEVV
Evansville, Indiana

April 2018 - Present

 

- Anchor four hours of daily weekday morning newscasts on the

  station's CBS and FOX channels

- Oversee production and content on morning newscasts

- Lead and manage morning news and production staff

- Completely redesigned all four hours of morning newscasts for a

  full relaunch that first aired in Oct. 2018

- Produced a 30 minute special on opioid abuse that aired Sept. 2018

- Contribute daily story ideas

- Enterprise features and special reports

Anchor/Reporter - WHAS TV
Louisville, Kentucky

April 2015 - April 2018

 

- Covered a wide variety of stories in the Kentuckiana region, with a

   special interest in political coverage

- Anchored weekend 6:30 and 11 p.m. newscasts

- Served as fill-in anchor during weekdays

- Shot, wrote, and edited news stories

- Contributed reports to weekly 30 minute political show

 

Reporter / Weekend Anchor - WEHT/WTVW
Evansville, Indiana

​July 2011 - April 2015

 

- Senior reporter for primetime newscasts continually striving to be fair

  and accurate, cultivate sources, enterprise relevant stories and

  provide invaluable information to viewers through various platforms

- Cover a wide variety of news stories stretching across Indiana,

  Kentucky and Illinois

- Weekend anchor, responsible for fronting all weekend shows

- Manage all weekend content and staff

- Produce Saturday and Sunday 10 p.m. newscasts, co-produce all

  other weekend newscasts

- Previously served as a multi-media journalist, was later promoted to

  morning live reporter and co-host of Lifestyles

 

 

Reporter / Anchor - NewsLink Indiana
Muncie, Indiana

August 2010 - May 2011

 

- Anchored and reported for student-run news station, covering East

  Central Indiana spot news, local government, state politics and

  campus news

- Regularly served as fill-in weather talent and graphics editor

- Awarded 2011 Steve Bell News Packaging Award

 

 

LillyTV Designer, Contractor - Eli Lilly and Company
Indianapolis, Indiana

May 2008 - October 2012

 

​- Designed all televised communication for daily LLYNEWS publication

  and bi-monthly employee publication

- Created all internally televised promotions for company United Way

  Campaign

- Produced communication packages for special company campaigns

  and daily requests

- Trained employees on 'Lilly-TV' software, operations, servers and

  design

- Developed televised winner-profiles and promotions for former yearly

  Chairman's Ovation Award

- Collaborated with CEO, employee communications department, and

  employees to produce 5 to 10 minute videos of CEO answering staff

  questions and/or addressing company issues

- Created web banners and other visual elements for company's

  intranet homepage

Awards

2018 WEVV Eye On Excellence (Oct. 2018)

2017 Louisville SPJ Light Feature (2nd Place)

2017 Louisville Weather Reporting (2nd Place)

2016 Emmy Nominated: Team Coverage

2016 Louisville SPJ Spot News Reporting (2nd and 3rd Place)

2016 Louisville SPJ Sports Reporting (3rd Place)

2016 Louisville SPJ Government/Politics (3rd Place)

2016 Louisville SPJ General News (3rd Place)

2016 Louisville SPJ Education (2nd and 3rd Place)

2015 Emmy Nominated: Breaking News Reporting  (NATAS Ohio Valley Chapter)

2015 Louisville Metro SPJ General News (1st and 2nd Place)

2015 Louisville Metro SPJ Spot News (1st and 2nd Place)

2015 Louisville Metro SPJ Health Reporting

2014 Regional Edward R. Murrow: Hard News Reporting

2014 Indiana SPJ: Investigative Reporting

2013 Indiana SPJ: Best Newscast

2013 Indiana SPJ: Best Coverage of Children’s Issues

2013 Indiana AP: Most Outstanding News Operation (group award)

2013 Indiana AP:  Best Community Impact

2012 Indiana AP:  Best Spot News Story

2012 Indiana SPJ:  Best Spot News Coverage

2012 Indiana SPJ:  Best Special Report

2011 Indiana SPJ:  Best General News Story

2011 Steve Bell Excellence in News Packaging Award

 

References available upon request.

They are not posted on this website in order to protect the privacy of those individuals.

Education

Ball State University
Muncie, Indiana

January 2009 - May 2011

 

Graduated cum laude​

Majors: Telecommunications and Journalism

Minor: Spanish

Activities: NewsLink Indiana, WCRD-FM, Student United Way (V.P.)

 

 

Milligan College
Johnson City, Tennessee

August 2007 - May 2008

 

Major: Communications

Minor: Spanish

Activities: Cross-Country, Track, Wired-TV, WUMC-FM

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