Chris Kirschner Email & Phone Number

New York City Metropolitan Area

Greater Atlanta Area

Broke news, wrote newsers, features, columns and analytical pieces on the Hawks. Won Georgia Sportswriter of the Year in 2021 for my coverage on the Hawks.

Greater Atlanta Area

Create 2-minute and, 1-minute highlights, b-rolls and special projects of various NBA games for NBA TV and NBA.com using Final Cut Pro and Adobe Premiere.Write shot sheets for NBA TV talent such as Ernie Johnson, Chris Webber, Isiah Thomas and more. Work under a strict timeline for live, national television broadcasts and online multimedia.

Atlanta, Georgia, United States

I teach sports reporting at the undergraduate level for Georgia State University. In charge of creating the lesson plan and delivering lectures.

Greater Atlanta Area

• Break news, write features, offer analysis and opinion on the country’s top college football prospects who are considering the University of Alabama for SECCountry.com. • Hosted 30-minute weekly Facebook Live studio show. Wrote host’s questions, interviewed guests, engaged with audience. • Film and edit highlight packages, upload content to our social media accounts and take pictures on game days. • Utilize best SEO practices such as creating keyword friendly headlines, choosing relevant meta news keywords and having alt-text for pictures to maximize page views. • Have built relationships with the Alabama coaching staff where I can consistently get accurate and up-to-date info from them. • Was hired to be the Georgia Tech recruiting reporter for the AJC but was promoted to cover Alabama in just five months. • Appear on local TV, local/regional/national radio shows and podcasts to discuss Alabama recruiting.

Greater Atlanta Area

Covered the NFL, Florida, Florida State and Georgia football programs for FanBuzz. Personally accounted for one-third of 35 million+ page views while there. Wrote and curated content that was socially shareable with the understanding of what the audience needed and wanted each day.

Greater Atlanta Area

Greater New York City Area

Wrote and edited VOs, VOSOTs, logged games for various Yankees, Mets, Nets and Rangers games.Performed stand-ups and learned from the staff of the most-watched local station in America.

Gainesville, Florida

Produced and anchored two 2-minute sports segments.

Gainesville, Florida Area

Wrote and recorded my own sports updates for live broadcast.Wrote web stories and feature stories on UF athletes for the WRUF website.

Gainesville, Florida Area

Wrote scripts, produced and delivered sports to North Central Florida for the 5 p.m. newscast. Produced feature stories on UF and local athletes for the newscast.Created a weekly highlight package of “high school football game of the week.” Filmed sports such as UF football, men’s basketball and high school football.

Atlanta, Ga.

Produced the Friday show for the No. 1 sports talk show in Atlanta (Chuck and Chernoff show).Created and broadcasted a daily college football countdown piece that served over 100,000 listeners.

Gainesville, Florida Area

Wrote gamers, advances, midweeks, follow-ups, features, all concerning the UF men’s and women’s tennis team.

Jacksonville, Florida Area

Wrote and edited PKGs, VOs and VOSOTs for newscasts . Also had the opportunity to practice stand-ups.

Gainesville, Florida Area

Interviewed coaches, players and wrote on-deadline game stories concerning UF’s softball team.

Conducted student surveys for the University of Florida campus.Wrote student reviews of each section on the website and for the printed guidebook.

Gainesville, Florida Area

Edited all articles submitted to the sports section of the paper.

Jacksonville, Florida Area

Coordinated community relations events.Participated in all marketing and promotional events for the team.Participated in game day operations of the team, which included updating statistics and standings.Established relationships with front office staff, future major leaguers and umpires.

Bachelor'S Degree, Journalism

Master'S Degree, Interactive Media

Bachelor'S Degree, Journalism