Jackson Kurtz Email & Phone Number

Kansas City Metropolitan Area

Kansas City Metropolitan Area

Savannah, Georgia Area

-Pitched, wrote, shot, edited on daily basis meeting tight deadlines-Covered a variety of breaking news stories including severe weather, 2020 election season,pandemic updates.-Presented active and compelling live shots for the 5, 6, and 7 pm newscasts-Maintained strong social media presence with updates throughout the day-Researched multiple in-depth.

Lawrence, Kansas Area

• Helped create student profiles (Faces of the J-School) to be featured on the school's website.
• Develop a range of questions on cultural competency to be facilitated to students.
• Give input on collaborations with other groups.

Lawrence, Kansas Area

• Nominated to be a member of the school of journalism diversity committee.
• Meet monthly with my committee to how we can encourage and celebrate diversity in the school.
• Discuss and plan ways to help diversify the journalism school from the ground up.

Lawrence, Kansas Area

• Facilitate, write event summaries, and budget for chapter speakers and events on a bi-weekly basis.
• Former social chairman; in charge of planing and organizing all social functions. Worked with a $10,000 budget manage attendees at all events, and helped plan and organize our chapter’s first philanthropic effort in.
• Recruited to be a founding father to re-establish the fraternity at the University of Kansas.
• Given the Brother of the Year Award 2015-2016
• Given the Gentlemen of the Year Award 2016-2017

Lawrence, Kansas Area

• Report, write, shoot, and edit stories for newscasts on the student-ran television station, KUJH-TV.
• Anchor a co-created, an entertainment news show called, 'The Next.'
• Helped cover the Men's Basketball NCAA 2017 Tournament in Kansas City.
• Selected among all J-School students to lead a Q&A with CBS News journalist, Bob Schieffer.
• Mentor other aspiring journalists in the J-School.

Topeka, Kansas Area

• Report, write, shoot, and edit 1 or 2 news stories a day to run on the 6pm newscast.
• Help other reporters gather b-roll or soundbites for other stories.

Greater New York City Area

• Selected as 1 out of 33 fellows, out of a national pool of over a thousand applicants to take part in a 8 week summer fellowship program learning the in's and out's of the media industry.
• Paired with CBS National News.
• Sponsored by the Leibner Cooper Family Foundation.

Greater New York City Area

• Won contest among 50 interns as the anchor for my group’s 3 minute news package that we pitched, shot, wrote, edited, and produced that was selected as the winner by CBS News Executives and aired live on CBSN.
• Worked under CBS This Morning producers, logging and researching for their respective stories.
• Pitched and researched stories collaboratively with other interns.
• Shadowed CBS News correspondents and anchors on assignment.

Lawrence, Kansas Area

• Pitch, report, and produce FM content on arts & culture in Lawrence
• Help produce bi-weekly podcasts
• Write and edit web stories

Kansas City, Missouri Area

• Handled daily news desk assignments.
• Cut videos for the web.
• Wrote assigned web stories.
• Shadowed reporters covering local stories.

Lawrence, Kansas Area

• Host a bi-weekly entertainment show.
• Give in-depth analysis of entertainment news nationally and locally.
• Work around tight deadlines with a team of producers, directors, and floor crew.

Kansas City, Missouri Area

• Learned the basics of event planning.
• Helped set-up concerts and special events.
• Received 1st and 2nd place for a competition among interns for best 90 and 60-second radio commercial.

Lawrence, Kansas Area

• On-air sports talent for football and women's basketball games
• In charge of operating the board in the studio for designated home games.