MARIA HALLAS Maria Hallas is a powerful television journalist with outstanding experience, unique skills and unmatched preparation. She is a multi-skilled and multi-platform journalist reporting general assignment stories and award-winning investigative work on her station’s I-team. She is also an experienced Washington D.C. attorney, reporter and free-lance Fox News analyst. Journalism Experience General Assignment Reporter / Investigative Reporter KSDK-TV St. Louis, Missouri May 2017 - Present General Assignment Reporter / Investigative Reporter WATN-TV Memphis, Tennessee January 2015 – May 2017 • Utilizes investigative/attorney skills and source building skills to deliver exclusive I-Team reports • In-depth knowledge of litigation, court systems, criminal, civil & constitutional law • Utilizes Facebook, Twitter and other platforms to post and develop stories daily • Completes multiple successful FOI document filings • Serves as weekly news talk show panelist Multi Media Journalist General Assignment Reporter WVIR-TV Charlottesville, Virginia April 2013 – October 2014 • Reported, shot, edited and wrote stories daily • Expanded audience through web articles, Twitter and Facebook posts • Served as substitute news anchor Freelance Reporter and Cable News Pundit and Analyst Washington, DC 2011 - 2013 Legal Experience • Managing Attorney HEM Law & Consulting Chevy Chase, Maryland September 2010 – January 2015 • Shareholder/Of Counsel Greenberg Traurig, LLP Washington, D.C. March 2005 – September 2010 • Senior Counsel United States Capital Police, Washington, D.C. March 2003 – September 2004 Special Skills and Awards • Non-linear editing, ENPS, Photoshop, Search Engine Optimization, WordPress, Adobe SoundboothCS5, Microsoft Office • 2015 TAMHO Media Award - Tennessee Association of Mental Health Organizations - For extensive reporting that restored 30-million dollars in proposed state mental health funding cuts Education • American University Washington, D.C. M.A. Graduate School of Communication, Journalism/Broadcast 3.67 GPA • University of Virginia School of Law, Charlottesville, VA Juris Doctor (J.D.) • Duke University, Durham, NC Trinity School of Arts & Sciences B.A. Political Science & Russian; 3.7 GPA Phi Beta Kappa, magna cum laude JOHN BUTTE & ASSOCIATES 2124 West 41st Cleveland Ohio 44113 216 650 2258 [email protected] .