Kyndell Kim Email & Phone Number

Las Vegas, Nevada, United States

Las Vegas, Nevada, United States

• Develops editorially sound news judgment to edit and approve scripts to ensure accuracy and newsworthiness.• Researches, plans and schedules stories and/or segments for newscasts, covering multiple topics (including politics/government, law enforcement/crime, health updates and community engagement).• Develops and executes a plan to determine the importance of information for the viewing public, while meeting strict deadlines for live broadcasts.• Builds and maintains relationships with politicians, international media outlets and high-profile figures covering a wide range of industries to cultivate news-based pieces.• Receives and develops public relations pitches into potential stories to be used on-air and online.Runs multiple social media accounts as a professional journalist and contributes to the station's online/social media outlets.• Experienced meteorologist with knowledge of meteorological processes and phenomena to produce accurate and trustworthy weather forecasts (used live on-air and online).

Las Vegas, Nevada, United States

• Develops editorially sound news judgment to edit and approve scripts to ensure accuracy and newsworthiness.• Researches, plans and schedules stories and/or segments for newscasts, covering multiple topics (including politics/government, law enforcement/crime, health updates and community engagement).• Develops and executes a plan to determine the importance of information for the viewing public, while meeting strict deadlines for live broadcasts.• Builds and maintains relationships with politicians, international media outlets and high-profile figures covering a wide range of industries to cultivate news-based pieces.• Receives and develops public relations pitches into potential stories to be used on-air and online.Runs multiple social media accounts as a professional journalist and contributes to the station's online/social media outlets.• Experienced meteorologist with knowledge of meteorological processes and phenomena to produce accurate and trustworthy weather forecasts (used live on-air and online).

Bakersfield, California Area

• Generated compelling and original story ideas for air.• Wrote news packages under deadline pressure.• Covered breaking news.• Maintained strong contacts to obtain breaking and exclusive news stories.• Regularly built weather graphics and produced accurate, trustworthy weather forecasts.

• KABC-TV Music Report writer. • Worked at the Assignment Desk to cover breaking news, follow up on stories and research new stories using Associated Press ENPS/Browse database or through file tapes.• Assistant ABC7 Eyewitness News traffic producer.• Met with reporters and producers to get story information for video file searches.• Printed and distributed newscast scripts to directors, anchors, in-house reporters, and producers.

Garden Grove, Ca

Reporter, August 2012- Present• Reported and edited news stories for Time Warner Cable’s Channel 3 Newscast, Garden Grove TV3• Pitched original story ideas and set up interviews.• Posted stories to Garden Grove TV3’s YouTube, Facebook and other social media accounts.

Patch.com- Mission Viejo (http://missionviejo.patch.com/)Reporter/Multimedia Journalist, June 2012- Present; Intern January 2012- June 2012• Shot and edited video of multiple local events and interviews I conducted for Patch.com- Mission Viejo’s news website.• Wrote news stories for Patch.com- Mission Viejo’s news website.

ABC7 Consumer News Assistant, January 2012- June 2012• Traveled with ABC7 Consumer Specialist Reporter, Ric Romero, on interviews for ABC7 Eyewitness News stories.• Assisted Ric Romero, with consumer news stories by logging interviews, researching information for news stories, and helping with the big board.• Learned how to complete a consumer news story, including script writing, tracking, editing, and logging interviews.ABC7 General News Intern, September 2011-January 2012• Traveled with reporters and photographers for stories and live remotes.• Sat with and learned from KABC-TV editors, writers, producers, transmission, and directors to observe the general tasks and duties their positions serve in televising Eyewitness News

UC Irvine Media and Production - SSARC News Now (SNN) News Anchor/Reporter, Online Weekly News Updates, August 2010-June 2012• Used strong writing and presentation skills for online news reporting on the UC Irvine SSARC (Social Science Academic Resource Center) News Now website, on which students were informed about many valued school resources and events currently happening around campus.• Worked on a team coordinating production tasks including anchoring and reporting, working cameras, editing video, and writing scripts.

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Political Science And Government

Geosciences, Concentration In Broadcast And Operational Meteorology, Meteorology