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Arlington, Virginia, United States

Boston

- Managed physical and digital collections and content for a special library.- Administered and updated Digital Asset Management system.- Wrote detailed documentation for technical processes.- Evaluated data sources, recommending changes to collection policy and retention.- Improved accessibility and access to digital and physical resources in special collections.- Catalogued new titles according to internal best practices, prioritizing discoverability- Researched and assessed library software solutions, implementing changes to improve resource accessibility.

Boston, Ma

ResponsibilitiesArranged, described, transcoded, and preserved video elements from original reportingResearched difficult to identify video elements.Collaborated with producers to create and preserve digital assets and metadata.Created unique media assets for resale.

Arlington, Va

Responsibilities- Spearheaded methods to integrate originally shot digital media into the video archive. The integrated footage has become critical to the day to day operations of the news program.- Improved, designed, and implemented new workflows with staff and vendors.- Catalogued original video applying best archival practices.- Researched and located specific and difficult to find video elements.- Produced high quality media assets (over 700 unique titles) from NewsHour segments for resale, removing or replacing non-licensed video. - Created new extended interviews from field videos to be sold on Amazon and to other clients.- Applied best editorial judgement to select new media assets for resale.- Trained Production Assistants, Development Assistants, and Producers in best methods of searching the archive and in basic editing and DVD authoring.- Proofread scripts for content and clarity. Accomplishments- Wrote, produced, and edited promotional sizzle reels specific to political and general NewsHour coverage. The videos have been shown in presentations to potential funders and used in grant proposals.- Wrote and edited tribute videos for Jim Lehrer shown at the Association of Public Television Stations Media Summit and charity events by local PBS member stations.- Wrote scripts from original anchor interviews.- Created and edited video for Debating Our Destiny ebook and DVD – selecting and providing clips of Presidential debates and original interviews with almost every major Presidential and Vice-Presidential candidate spanning from Gerald Ford to John Kerry.- Designed and edited the DVD of Autism Now, a compilation of Robin MacNeil’s NewsHour reporting and extended interviews.

Cambridge, Ma

Created a finding aid for a collection of faculty papers.Researched biographical and historical context. Wrote precise and accurate biographical, scope, and content notes.Catalogued faculty papers applying best archival practices.Presented the final product to a gathering of 25+ library professionals at an internal campus event.

Arlington Va

Wrote scripts for deadline driven, nationally aired pieces on weather, foreign affairs, politics, and other topics.Wrote short daily news storiesManaged edit rooms, collaborating with editors to create over 500 video stories on day-of events including the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, California wildfires, and the Virginia Tech shooting.Field-produced field stories at the Holocaust Museum, the Smithsonian, Dulles Airport, and other D.C. area locations.Researched and fact checked scripts.Sourced video from other networks.Trained production assistants and producers in best methods of archival research.

Arlington, Va

Created in-depth research files for correspondents and producers to support nightly live interviews.Fact checked scripts and video elements for accuracy.Assisted in control room during live NewsHour broadcasts.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Researched story ideas for upcoming broadcasts. Worked with producers to fact-check scripts. Logged interviews and live news events to identify soundbites and good footage.Assisted in the control room during live This Week tapings

Master Of Library & Information Science (Mlis), Archives/Archival Administration

M.S., Broadcast Journalism

B.A, English, History

Certificate, Digital Asset Management

Currently enrolled to complete the Bronze Certificate in Digital Asset Management. Hoping to complete by the end of 2023