Melissa Helm Email & Phone Number

Nashville, Tennessee, United States

• Pitch, shoot, interview, write, and edit video stories for the Operations Internal Communications team
• Stories are distributed to thousands of Amazon associates worldwide, corporate employees, and external customers

New York, New York

• Write cutting-edge copy for air, research/pitch compelling stories, produce video packages
• Produce daily guest segments with 2020 Presidential Candidates, CEOs, celebrities, authors, and more
• Facilitate relationships with anchor and reporters in preparation for segments

Atlanta, Georgia

• Pitch, write, edit stories for multiple CNN broadcasts
• Edit and manage video elements for show team production
• Work with producers, reporters, guests and anchors on putting together in-depth segments

Atlanta, Georgia

• Video editor for Newsource, CNN's affiliate content center which distributes stories across the country
• Edited pieces air on CNN, HLN, CNN International, CNN.com and Newsource for affiliate station broadcasts

Columbia, Missouri

• Write multi-sourced and engaging video news segments for TV Replay
• Videos are shared on diverse platforms including Huffington Post and AOL

Columbia, Missouri

• Produce a weekly two hour morning show, 6 p.m. and 10 p.m. television broadcast on the local NBC affiliate station
• Choose and assign daily reporters stories for each broadcast
• Broadcast elements include; multiple break-out graphics, interactive liveshots
• Constantly update social media outlets (Facebook, Twitter, Google+, etc.) and KOMU.com with streaming news
• Choose, write and post breaking news stories for all social media platforms, website and newscasts. Assist reporters and producers on real-time story updates

Columbia, Missouri Area

• Multimedia journalist responsible for covering local stories at an NBC affiliate TV-station
• Shoot, write and edit day-turn packages for multiple daily newscasts
• Produce and anchor local cut-ins, live shots from the field and in-studio broadcasts

Los Angeles, California

• Extensively worked on cutting-edge social media projects, including live Twitter lower-thirds for highly watched shows like the Bachelorette
• Assisted on the set of numerous ABC productions, events, etc
• Helped put together the ABC campaign for posting live Instagram photos during the 2013 CMA Music Fest. First time a network has added a live Instagram feed on a previously taped television event
• Worked in the network owned, KABC-TV newsroom with reporters, producers, editors and directors on daily segments for the station's multiple newscasts

Columbia, Missouri, United States

• Contributing staff writer for Her Campus Mizzou's Platinum Level Chapter, a highly-acclaimed online magazine for collegiate women
• Write weekly articles on fashion, entertainment, events, film news and more, which are posted to the website and other social media outlets

London, United Kingdom

• Handle all media outlets to maximize high-profile clientele press coverage
• Create press relases, look books and case studies for fashion, lifestyle and celebrity clients, which are distributed to multiple magazines, newspapers, blogs, etc

Columbia, Missouri, United States

• Produce daily segments for the National Public Radio affiliate station
• Interview subjects, edit, write, voice and produce radio segments, which air on daily newscasts and are posted to the website

Bachelor Of Journalism And Bachelor Of Arts And Science, Broadcast Journalism And History

Activities and Societies: Delta Delta DeltaMagna Cum Laude Graduate Elected VP of Public Relations, Delta Delta Delta sorority

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