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AWARDS BROADCAST EXPERIENCE 2017 Edward R. Murrow, Region 10 “Neglected Neighbors” INVESTIGATIVE REPORTER, NBC CONNECTICUT | Hartford, Conn. | April 2017 – July 2017 2016 Edward R. Murrow, Region 10 Coverage highlights include series on campaign finance scandals for NBC owned affiliate, “Connecticut’s’ Rising Coast” which led to state ethics investigation; Covered unchecked crematorium environmental violations that resulted in state investigation. 2015 AP, Investigative Reporting
Empty Veteran Housing CHIEF INVESTIGATIVE REPORTER, WTNH-TV | New Haven, Conn. | June 2013 – April 2017 2014 CT-SPJ, Investigative Series Collaborated on four part investigative series on federal policies, totaling 30+ minutes. Lead 2014 Emmy, Honors 2011 Edward R. Murrow, investigative team to award winning investigative series, leading to state official resignations, Region 8, “Garbage Spit” legislation and policy changes. Worked as ‘one man band’ videographer/reporter and with crews. 2009 National S P J , Mark of Excellence REPORTER/ANCHOR, WOWK-TV | Charleston, West Virginia | March 2011 – June 2013 FELLOWSHIPS Policy reporter focused on coal industry, campaign finance and regional crime. Responsible for 2016 Federal Bureau of shooting, editing, and reporting breaking news and award winning multi-part investigative series. Investigation Citizen Regularly created exclusive investigations. Filed live reports for CBS radio and CBS Nightly News. Academy Served as fill-in anchor. 2015 National Institute on Money ANCHOR/REPORTER, WBBJ-TV | Jackson, Tennessee | August 2010 – March 2011 in State Politics, Campaign Dedicated trial reporter/videographer filing live reports from months long police shooting indictment. Finance Fellowship Produced & anchored weekly ‘news recap’. Broke multiple national stories with enterprise reporting. 2015 Metcalf Institute For Marine
& Environmental Reporting, MULTIMEDIA JOURNALIST, WTVA-TV | Tupelo, Mississippi | May 2009 – August 2010 Sea Level Rise Fellowship Daily breaking news and beat reporter covering crime in rural Mississippi. ‘One man band’ reporting 2014 New England Center focusing on enterprise reports. For Investigative SKILLS Reporting, Fellowship 2014 Poynter, Investigative & Data Skills: Computer-Assisted Reporting, Social Media Search Tools (e.g., Boolean Investigating searching, geocached social media), Federal and State Court Record Retrieval; FOIA Law Expertise Obamacare Multimedia Production: Professional Videographer, Still, Action, & Hidden Camera Photography; Highly 2014 Kiplinger, Digital Proficient in Multimedia Production (Final Cut Pro, Avid, Adobe Creative Suite, Audacity); Media Fellowship Data Journalism: Excel /Access, R, SQL, Web Scraping 2013 IRE, Data Assisted Social Media Footprint: Twitter (Verified), Facebook, LinkedIn Premium, Reddit, Snapchat EDUCATION Reporting Boot Camp COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY, NEW YORK, NEW YORK, 2018 PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATION MASTER OF ARTS IN POLITICS AND GLOBAL AFFAIRS, JOURNALISM Investigative Reporter and Editors (IRE) Year long investigative research on Ukrainian anti-corruption reform. Tailored degree Screen Actors Guild (SAG) to investigative work with courses at Columbia Law School and School of International Radio Television Digital News Association and Public Affairs. Coursework focused on domestic and foreign networks of Professional Society of Drones Journalists corruption. Society of Professional Journalists
REFERENCES SAINT CLOUD STATE UNIVERSITY, SAINT CLOUD, MINNESOTA, 2009 Cassi Feldman, Columbia University BACHELOR OF SCIENCE (Dual Degree), BROADCASTING & RHETORICAL SCIENCE Kellianne Jones, Fox News Channel Sharon Butterworth, WTIC-TV