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EVAN J. BURGOS 7F Gates Avenue, Brooklyn, N.Y., 11238 Phone: 215.817.2595 | Email: [email protected] | Website: evanburgos.com | Twitter: @evanburgos

EXPERIENCE Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel (HBO Sports), Production Associate, New York, N.Y. February 2015-Present Pitch, develop and produce stories for award-winning news magazine. Projects include Emmy-winning investigation of the International Olympic Committee, celebrity profiles, and feature on the illegal sport of cockfighting. Work with producers to develop story structure and scripts. Book and coordinate shoots. Work with marquee talent. Shoot b-roll.

Independent Documentary Project, Executive Producer, India/New York, N.Y. March 2014-June 2015 Documentary film project about transgender people in India entitled “India’s Third Gender.” Published on NBCNews.com and funded by the Pulitzer Traveling Fellowship. Thirty days of field production across six locations in India. Conducted all interviews. Oversaw scripting and edit.

Dateline NBC, Assistant Producer, New York, N.Y. October 2014-January 2015 Pitched and developed stories for network news longform unit. Served as field producer and additional camera for broadcast and web shoots. Managed media. Edited web content. Worked with producers to develop story structure and scripts. Booked and coordinated shoots. Worked with marquee talent.

NBC News, News Associate, New York, N.Y. September 2013-September 2014 Worked across all NBC News network platforms, including four primary assignments: • Nightly News: Researched and pitched stories. Field production. Booked interviews and coordinated shoots for breaking news and enterprise stories. Often crashed reports for day-of-air, in the field and newsroom. Shot b-roll. • Dateline: Served as associate producer on two primetime hours, including a climate change investigation. Shot elements for broadcast and web. Edited web content. • NBCNews.com: Wrote and reported breaking news stories. Served as multimedia producer and writer for web interactive on the 50th anniversary of the JFK assassination. • Northeast Bureau: Regional breaking news coverage for network news shows, including research and field production.

The Philadelphia Inquirer, Full-time Freelance Reporter, Philadelphia, Pa. June 2010-June 2012 Covered high school sports in Southeastern Pennsylvania, contributing three to four stories weekly for print and online editions. Coverage included game stories, features and news. Features included story about Liberian refugee athletes and obituary of local coaching legend Alonzo Lewis. Coverage spanned five counties and six sports.

Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia, Web Producer, Philadelphia, Pa. September 2010-June 2012 Handled editorial copy and multimedia for CSNPhilly.com. Oversaw all verticals, including homepage, during night and weekend shifts. Duties included copyediting, headline writing, photo editing, and social media production. Contributed to coverage of professional and college sports teams, including weekly stories from Philadelphia Eagles practices during the 2011-12 season.

EDUCATION Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, New York, N.Y. May 2013 Master of Science, broadcast concentration with coursework in nightly television news, sports journalism and a seminar that worked directly with executives of digital news channel NowThis during its beta phase. Class valedictorian.

University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pa. May 2010 Bachelor of Arts, English Writing and Urban Studies. Magna Cum Laude. • Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain Fall 2008 Coursework included Spanish language, literature and history. All classes conducted in Spanish.

AWARDS • Emmy for Best Sports Journalism, 2016 • Valedictorian, Columbia Journalism School Class of 2013 • Pulitzer Traveling Fellow, 2013 • Magna Cum Laude, University of Pittsburgh Class of 2010

SKILLS Multimedia: Avid, Final Cut Pro, Photoshop, iNews, DSLR video shooting. Web: Platformic. WordPress. Basic HTML skills. Social Media: Experience using social media campaigns to drive web site traffic. Language: Conversational in Spanish.