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ASHLYN GRACE BROTHERS 3540 Earnhardt Dr. | Fayetteville, AR, 72704 | (479)966-6960 | [email protected] PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY Award-winning student television broadcaster skilled at transforming complex topics into accessible, engaging & informative news stories. Accomplished interviewer with voice over, writing, editing, producing, & television experience. Sixth generation resident of Northwest Arkansas with extensive knowledge of the local community. Experience on-set of professional television productions with a broad understanding of the industry & of appropriate etiquette when working with talent & crew. Would like to continue journalistic endeavors by fulfilling an MMJ or reporter position. EXPERIENCE University of Arkansas Student Television’s Nightly News, Fayetteville, Arkansas Senior Staff Station Manager, August 2019 – Present In charge of UATV, including hiring a staff of 10, allocating a budget, speaking on behalf of & representing student media, producing newscasts & confirming sources, programming, troubleshooting technology, selecting content for nightly newscasts, defusing situations, handling discrepancies & writing/enforcing the media handbook. Senior Staff Volunteer Coordinator, December 2018 – May 2019 Produce newscasts with the senior staff team, write & edit nightly news content, arrange meetings with volunteers who are interested in being a part of UATV, coordinating with journalism professors & speaking to classes on behalf of UATV, working with volunteers, introducing volunteers & showing them how to do carry out their job, run teleprompter, cameras, audio, playback & graphics. Anchor, August 2018 – Present Present news stories over student ran, live television broadcast. Introduce reporters, analyze select stories, interview guest speakers & front packages. Make sure everyone understands their role & feels valued in their position. General Assignment Reporter, August 2019 – Present Front packages & live VOSOTs, covering features, spot news, & hard news from various locations across NWA. Interview, write, shoot, edit & voice own material. Sports Anchor & Commentator, August 2018 – Present Present sports stories pertaining to the Arkansas Razorbacks. Attend press conferences & conduct interviews. Watch & analyze sports plays & statistics. Shoot games, practices & sports packages. Write, edit & front prepared material on UATV’s live broadcast Tuesday nights. Production Crew, August 2017 – Present Assist in the control room with audio, playback, graphics & teleprompter. Operate cameras on the floor during the live broadcasts. Edit material & export using Adobe Premiere Software. World News Anchor, August 2017 – May 2018 Presented world news stori es during UATV’s live broadcast. Interviewed unique individuals within the community. Meteorologist, August 2017 – May 2018 Researched & applied said research to three weather reports every week. Built graphics & analyzed data. Reported using a green screen & weather animation. Razorback Reels (UATV), Fayetteville, Arkansas Anchor, Entertainment Beat Reporter & Producer, August 2018 – Present Write scripts & produce content for weekly broadcasts. Delegate powers to volunteers. Conduct meetings & answer any questions from participants. Shoot packages & conduct weekly interviews. Seek out talent in Northwest Arkansas & network. Deliver personal commentaries, as well as information going on in mass media & within the entertainment industry. Create packages & front them live, as well as live VOSOTs. Campus Radio (KXUA), Fayetteville, Arkansas Story Contributor & Talent, August 2018 – Present Conduct interviews, write scripts, voice over content, & edit, all for feature stories that air on Friday’s campus radio broadcasts. Front packages on live radio & help build shows. Summer Intern (KATV), Little Rock, Arkansas News, Sports & Entertainment Intern, June 2019 – August 2019 Researched, shadowed reporters, stacked rundowns, wrote radio stories, wrote VOs & VOSOTs, shot broll, went live on the entertainment show, contributed packages, carried equipment, operated cameras & built a reel. ESPNU Campus Connection, Fayetteville, Arkansas Student Broadcaster, October 2017 Shadow Instant Replay facilitators & observe their tactics. Listen carefully to instructions & carried out obligations & duties, accordingly. Interact with sports analysts & ask questions. SEC Nation/Network, Fayetteville, Arkansas Sideline Reporter Lighting Technician, November 2018 Lit up the talent & interviewee’s face for sideline reports. Deliver ed information to crew members & kept a healthy pace following Cole Cubelic around. NBC’s Sunday Night Football, Houston, Texas Runner A1, October 2018 Conducted administrative work & answered phone calls or any questions crew members might have. Studied the area & knew what is within close proximity to facilities. Fetched & carried items, delivering those important materials from point A to point B in a fast & efficient manner. Engaged with members of the crew, while building a set from the ground up. Organized information & put together detailed reports. KNWA-TV / FOX 24 (KFTA-TV), Fayetteville, Arkansas Digital Content Producer, July 2018 – October 2018 Produced cohesive web stories from news releases to push to the website. Created, managed & updated multimedia content for social media, digital platforms, live streams & interactive mediums. Performed web analytics & studied trends in data. Communicated with local authorities & businesses for research purposes & fact checking. Pushed stories & alerted people during breaking news outbreaks. Clipped video & built graphics for web stories. Production Assistant, December 2017 – July 2018 Instructed talent on directions for the newscast. Organized information & delivered show rundowns to production, sports & the newsroom. Operated multiple cameras, giving talent direct cues during live shows. Scrolled teleprompter, ran graphics & controlled the audio board. Intern, Pigtrail Nation, June 2016 – August 2017 Provided assistance during games & press conferences. Carried & set up equipment. Assisted in writing scripts & communicating with the sister station in Little Rock. Managed social media accounts & conducted Facebook Live. Puck It: Razorback Hockey Show (UATV), Fayetteville, Arkansas Host & Feature Reporter, August 2017 – May 2018 Conducted interviews with hockey team & shot practices with a Canon 5D Mark III. Pieced together stories using footage & editing software. Fronted packages in studio & tagged out. Arkansas Democrat Gazette, Springdale, Arkansas NWA/DG ARPreps Spotlight Student Reporter, August 2015 – May 2017 Wrote, voiced, fronted, & edited high school athlete feature packages. Conducted interviews with coaches, athletes, fans, administrators & parents. EDUCATION University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Arkansas Bachelor of Arts: Broadcast Journalism, Projected Graduation 2020 AWARDS AND HONORS National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, Mid-America Chapter ▪ Walter Cronkite Scholarship Recipient, 2017 National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, Mid-America Chapter ▪ Student Television Award- Pillar of Excellence, 2019: Best Newscast (Anchor) ▪ Student Television Award- Pillar of Excellence, 2017: Best Sports Program- WCSN, On-Air Talent ▪ Student Television Award- Pillar of Excellence, 2017: Best Sports- Live Event Program-WCSN, On-Air Talent ▪ Student Television Award- Pillar of Excellence, 2017: Best Long Form Fiction- The Studio / HBHS, Actress ▪ Student Television Honorable Mention, 2017: Craft- Talent; News: General Assignment- Serious News “Kyler Williams”- On-Air Talent; News: General Assignment- Light News “#250K”- On-Air Talent; Public Service “Say Yes To Life”- On-Air Talent; Newscast- Har-Ber Wildcat News- On-Air Talent ▪ Student Television Award- Pillar of Excellence, 2016: Best Sports Story- “Broken But Not Beaten”, Reporter National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, National ▪ National Student Production Award Nominations 2017 for Best Sports Program- WCSN; Best Sports Live Event- WCSN; Best Sports: Tribute to Kyler Williams- WCSN; Best Long Form Fiction: The Studio- HBHS Arkansas Broadcasters Association ▪ UARK Arkansas Broadcasters Association Full-ride Scholarship, 2019 Arkansas Scholastic Press Association ▪ Broadcast On-Air Talent of the Year, 2017 ▪ Superior Broadcast Sports Package Award, 2017 and 2016 ▪ Superior Broadcast & On-Site Broadcast Human Interest Package Award, 2016 ▪ Superior Carry-In Sports Challenge Award, 2016 Spring Creek Festival ▪ Anchor 1st Place, 2016 & 2015 ▪ News Challenge 1st Place; Sports Story 1st Place; Action Sports 1st Place, 2016 Har-Ber High School Television Program ▪ On-Air Talent of the Year & Best TV Reporter, 2017 and 2016 ▪ Best News Story, 2017 and 2016 LEADERSHIP EXPERIENCE ▪ Zeta Tau Alpha- Epsilon Chapter: Member at University of Arkansas, 2017-2018 ▪ Lead Hogs at University of Arkansas, 2017 ▪ Global Greeks at University of Arkansas, 2017 ▪ Vice President Senior Class at Har-Ber High School, 2016-2017 ▪ Vice President of National Honor Society at HBHS, 2016-2017 ▪ Lighthouse select 18-member, audition-based performance singing group, 2016-2017 ▪ Historian of Har-Ber Choir Council for Camerata Select Choir, 2016-2017 ▪ Senior & Junior Class Council at Har-Ber High School, 2015-2017 PROFESSIONAL SKILLS Anchoring, Reporting, Editing, Writing, Public Speaking, Producing, Film-Making, Reporting Live, Voice Over, Transcribing, Logging Stats, Transcoding, Hard Working, Problem Solving, Awareness, Initiative, Team