CAREER EXPERIENCES
The Donna Drake Show: Live it Up! | Melville, NY | 10/23 – Present
Associate Producer
- Books and pre-interviews guests for the show
- Check-in guests when they arrive and prep them for taping
- Assists with production in studio and on location and with social media photos and posts
A SO HEMP PRODUCTION | NY | 01/11 – Present
Freelance Multiplatform Journalist / Producer
- Creates and produces visual storytelling of protests, speaking engagements, and graduation videos over the years
- Edits photos and videos using iMovie, Final Cut Pro, Photoshop, Premiere, and After Effects
News 12 | Woodbury, NY | 03/19 – 03/20
Freelance Multimedia Producer
- Performed newsgathering, story/archival research, and fact-checking for individual stories
- Wrote ten short-form news-grabbing stories a day, 30 weekly, for the web while on a strict deadline for various News 12 regions
- Cut corresponding video from live News 12 shows for each online story
- Researched and sourced the web for related content for online copy
- Helped execute the day-to-day maintenance of the News 12 website for different regions, including all social media platforms
- Wrote headlines for the breaking news ticker twice a day
- Created push notifications three times a day for News 12 regions, including breaking news
Newsday | Melville, NY | 09/15 – 09/17
Special Projects Associate 04/17 – 11/17
- Pitched story ideas, developed, researched, and conducted interviews with immigrants from across the world, now living on Long Island, about
what the “American Dream” means to them\ - Created a series of interactive profiles that engaged and focused on diverse people from Long Island. Each profile included text and photos
- Took photos of subjects with a DSLR, then edited in Adobe Lightroom and Photoshop
- Worked cohesively with editors on copy, story build in WordPress, and visuals for profiles
- Conducted daily newsgathering and research for the American Dream project and other newsday.com stories
Editorial Board Associate 09/16 – 04/17
- Pitched story ideas daily at morning meetings with Opinion Board members
- Provided a variety of support to editorial staff for both print and digital content
- Assisted with fact-checking and sourced archival materials for a wide range of editorial op-eds and projects
- Filmed and edited in-office debate videos for the Board’s endorsements of US congressional and New York State Assembly leaders
- Pitched, oversaw logistical planning, filmed and edited Pulitzer Prize-winning Newsday editorial cartoonist Matt Davies interviewing students at
the first 2016 presidential debate at Hofstra University - Wrote an op-ed about being Sikh in Trump’s America after the 2016 presidential election, which ran in Newsday’s Sunday paper
New York Islanders | Uniondale, NY | 09/10 – 01/11
Game Operations Assistant
- Directed and assisted with video shoots, commercials, and interviews with the team
- Used Chyron, After Effects, and Photoshop to create highlights and graphics to use during live games
- Recorded game stats for highlight videos created after each game
NBC NEWS – NYFA | NY, NY | 09/09 – 06/10
Digital Journalism Student
- Researched, pitched, filmed, wrote scripts, edited, and produced solo news packages, VO’s, and teases
- Contributed to weekly news broadcast: stage manager, PA, camera operator, assignment manager, and worked with camera crews for shoots
EDUCATION
Master’s in Journalism with Distinction – Thesis – Hofstra University BA in Political Science – Hofstra University
SKILLS
● Shooting/Editing Video
● Post Production Coordination
● Photography
● Visual Storytelling
● Final Cut 7/X
● Photoshop, Lightroom, Bridge,
some After Effects, Premiere
● AP Style
● News Reporting/Writing
● Script/Copyediting
● Broadcast Writing
● Social Media Platforms, incl.
TweetDeck, WordPress
● ENPS, HTML, some coding
● Newsgathering, Research
● DSLR, Video Cam
● Windows/MAC