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Hawaii, United States

Honolulu, Hawaii, Us

- Nonprofit spokesperson spearheading strategic communications and media relations initiatives, blending community engagement and compelling content creation to amplify environmental conservation.- Promote mission through grant writing, innovative storytelling, strategic partnerships, and targeted outreach, significantly enhancing community visibility and impact.- Operations manager overseeing daily administrative tasks and project coordination.

Honolulu, Hawaii, Us

- HMSA is a nonprofit health organization and Hawaii's largest health insurer, covering a majority of our island state's residents. I utilize my wide range of multimedia skills to pitch, shoot, interview, write, and edit video stories that highlight the company's brand and crucial services. These videos market the unique relationship between our providers, partners, and members.- I serve as a Project Manager, simultaneously overseeing the production of 12+ different deliverables for companies such as ADP, Amazon, Apple, Marriott and Tesla.- I am a contributing writer and columnist for HMSA's "Island Scene" magazine, the most widely circulated print publication in the state of Hawaii. The magazine is published quarterly and distributed to 700,000+ members statewide.- I am a department leader chosen to champion team health initiatives for the 40+ colleagues in Communications.- I curate critical health news updates to keep our Board of Directors informed of the community's current events.- I provide departmental support and media expertise to colleagues across the company. I am handpicked to help improve written and visual brand communications. I also serve as one of the company's media liaisons.

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- I chased news leads, conducted in-person/remote interviews, and wrote the story for the newscast as well as a longer form for our station's website.- I helped manage our social media presence by scheduling posts across multiple platforms. I also used a combination of creative posting tools and built-in algorithms to make sure our content is effectively seen by as many viewers as possible.

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- Weather conditions can change dramatically in the blink of an eye. In forecasting's highest form, I worked to inform viewers of breaking news updates on potentially dangerous and life-threatening situations.- On a typical day, I translated scientific data from the National Weather Service and presented it clearly, understandably, and with a flair of personality to inform viewers and help them plan their day and upcoming week.

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- I am a leader in a high-stress, fast-paced newsroom environment. I think quickly and work cooperatively with a team of anchors, reporters, photographers, editors, and directors in order to produce an accurate, informative, and engaging newscast seen across the state of Hawaii.- I handled everything related to the broadcast. This included finding stories, writing compelling scripts, shooting/finding complementary video, assigning reporters/photographers to get the necessary elements, detailing how it's edited, selecting exciting camera angles, and finally executing the plan live on-air.

Honolulu, Hi, Us

- Provided luxury customer service with a smile at the property's poolside restaurant.

Gainesville, Florida, Us

- Edited raw video on Final Cut to create VOs, VOSOTs and packages for the newscasts, ran prompter and published stories on the station’s website. ABC affiliate- Filmed, wrote and edited news stories for our newscasts

- Pitched, wrote, shot, and edited news packages, VOs and VOSOTs for the 5p.m. broadcast- Pitched and wrote stories for publication online at wuft.org- Fill-in specialty anchor for our weekly health segment

- I served as an anchor for "All Things Considered." The show is broadcasted to 16 counties on 89.1 WUFT-FM, the NPR affiliate of North Central Florida. My responsibilities included writing and broadcasting live news updates, as well as conducting live studio interviews during the show.- I also produced the recorded hourly news updates for WUFT. I wrote and edited readers/wraps, trained the new reporters, and anchored the hourly updates.

- As part of my work on 89.1 WUFT-FM, the NPR affiliate of North Central Florida, I research and pitch stories, complete call back sheets, answer phone calls, conduct in-person interviews, use a recording booth, record telephone interviews, edit sound bites and write sound stories, capture photos in the field, tweet live events, write web stories, call in voicers for newscasts, and write and record wraps for the hourly newscasts.- Interact daily with other radio, television, and web consultants in an integrated newsroom.

- Associate Producer for WUFT-TV's First at Five, PBS affiliate. - I served as a liaison between the Producer and Director, assisted with script writing, ran the teleprompter, created lower-thirds, and guided anchors while on-air for our live half-hour newscasts.- Our nationally recognized 5pm newscast is broadcasted daily to an audience of 16 counties in the north central Florida area.

Honolulu, Hi, Us

- Shadowed anchors, producers, reporters, photographers and web writers- Wrote VOs, VOSOTs and package stories on deadline- Worked the assignment desk and made beat calls- Attended the producers' meeting and pitched stories- Learned how to use Avid Newscutter- Edited package stories

New-York City, Ny, Us

Keyholder; customer service; cash register; upkeep

- For 25-40 hours/week, I worked closely with employees in Special Projects, News Ops, the Assignment Desk, Anchors, General Assignment reporters, Photographers, Writers, and the Social Media manager.- Attended morning meetings, pitched story ideas, set up and conducted interviews, wrote/tracked/edited own stories, edited VOs/VOSOTs/packages- Helped producers uncover more information the morning after the South Carolina Emanuel AME Church shooting

Interned with the Studio Coordinator and Producer- Learned various positions within the news studio and control room including that of technical director, director, camera operator, teleprompter, audio, and anchor

-Regularly broadcasted selections from local and regional newspapers to an audience of about 900 blind and visually impaired persons. The show, "Newsprint Today", serves to keep its listeners in touch with their communities and the world.

Columbus, Oh, Us

Maintained the stockroom, folded clothes on the sales floor, and provided friendly customer service

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Telecommunications- News; Sustainability

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