Priscilla Thompson

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NBC News Correspondent @ NBC News
Houston, TX, US
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Priscilla Thompson is an award-winning NBC News correspondent covering breaking news, politics, and inequity for the TODAY show, NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt, NBC News Now, and MSNBC. Her reporting has won an Emmy nomination and been recognized by the National Press Foundation, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, and the National Association of Black Journalists, of which Priscilla is a member. Since joining NBC News in 2019, Priscilla has covered a wide range of stories, from an exclusive interview the parents of an Alabama woman, who returned home after faking her own kidnapping to covering the life and death of George Floyd from his hometown of Houston. Priscilla covered the 2020 presidential race for NBC News as a campaign embed reporter following former South Bend, Indiana mayor Pete Buttigieg. Priscilla broke several stories on the small-town mayor’s record with respect to policing, his tax returns, and his time as a consultant. Priscilla completed a Master of Science degree, with honors, in 2016 at Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism. She earned a Bachelor of Journalism in her home state at the University of Texas, in 2012 and currently lives in Houston, TX.

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NBC News Correspondent
Houston, TX, US
Priscilla Thompson Work Experience Details
  • Nbc News
    Nbc News Correspondent
    Nbc News
    Houston, Tx, Us
  • Nbc News
    Nbc News Correspondent
    Nbc News May 2022 - Present
    New York, Ny, Us
  • Nbc News
    Nbc News Now Correspondent
    Nbc News Oct 2020 - May 2022
    New York, Ny, Us
    Report and create video packages on breaking news, investigative topics, and human interest stories for broadcast. Contribute rolling content under deadline across all platforms including MSNBC and NBC News.
  • Nbc News
    2020 Campaign Embed
    Nbc News May 2019 - Oct 2020
    New York, Ny, Us
    Travel full-time with Presidential candidates. Produce multiple daily readouts that summarize the key editorial points and soundbites from the day’s political events; and anticipate the following day’s storyline. Utilize all cross platform field journalism skills including, shooting political events, providing live transmission, element gathering for shows/packages, and social media. Coordinate live-shots and book guests for shows as needed. Write articles for digital platforms and appear on-air throughout election cycle.
  • Cnn
    Associate Producer
    Cnn Apr 2019 - May 2019
    Atlanta, Us
    In addition to responsibilities held in the production assistant role, I field produced regularly. Oversaw the construction of show graphics. Managed third-party licensing budgets. Supervised two interns each semester. Tasks included onboarding, delegation of work, and providing feedback on pitches.
  • Cnn
    Production Assistant
    Cnn Jan 2017 - Apr 2019
    Atlanta, Us
    Wrote and produced a six-minute act outlining Casey Anthony’s life, since being acquitted for the murder of her two-year-old daughter in 2011. Field produce shoots including an interview with a woman in Milwaukee who cried as she described being denied the right to vote in 2016, because of an expired I.D., after strict voter ID laws were passed in Wisconsin. Mined social media for compelling characters and secured bookings that significantly advanced stories. Shoot video using the Sony Fs7 and A7s. Pitch ideas for hourlong special reports.
  • Wpde-Tv Abc 15 News
    Multimedia Journalist
    Wpde-Tv Abc 15 News Sep 2016 - Jan 2017
    Covered general assignment and breaking news across the Grand Strand. Pitched, shot, and edited at least one story and two VO/SOT’s as a one-woman band reporter daily. Fronted VO/SOTs and package live for the 5pm and 6pm newscasts. Stories include a look at how massive flooding following Hurricane Matthew traumatized children who were forced to evacuate their homes and a World War II veteran’s fight to save his home, after being locked out by his landlord.
  • Houston Independent School District
    Multimedia Producer And Recruiter
    Houston Independent School District Aug 2014 - Aug 2015
    Houston, Texas, Us
    Responsible for recruiting educators state-wide, nationally and internationally. Duties included making presentations to college classes, hosting information sessions and interviewing candidates. As multimedia producer, produced, shot, and edited, six videos profiling teachers, including a day in the life of a high school math tutor. Launched new verticals for recruitment website, wrote for district homepage and managed social media accounts, live-tweeted during events.
  • Teach For America
    6Th Grade English Language Arts Teacher
    Teach For America Jun 2012 - Jul 2014
    New York, Ny, Us
    Taught English-as-a-Second-Language reading to 120 students in a school where 90% of students were below the poverty line. Created the D.C. Scholars Club, raised $60,000, flew 65 students; most of whom had never left Houston, on an educational trip to Washington D.C. Wrote for "Teacher Pop," a national teaching blog.
  • The National Federation Of The Blind
    Videographer
    The National Federation Of The Blind Feb 2011 - May 2012
    Shot, edited, and produced three 5-10 minute video stories for the organization’s website. Stories include how blind people mange paper money, and high rates of illiteracy in the blind community.
  • Texas Newswatch/Kvr 29 News
    Reporter/Producer
    Texas Newswatch/Kvr 29 News Aug 2010 - May 2012
    On-air reporter and producer for Texas Newswatch, a weekly campus half-hour online broadcast, and KVR 29 News, a campus cable news broadcast seen throughout Austin. Shot and edited 30+ video packages, as a one-woman band reporter. Coverage included reporting on student protests in the wake of Trayvon Martin’s murder, an increase in elicit drug deals in residential neighborhoods of East Austin, and the effectiveness of rookie teachers. As producer, stacked show, managed ten reporters, edited scripts and monitored wires for breaking news.
  • Kxan-Nbc News
    News Intern
    Kxan-Nbc News Aug 2011 - Dec 2011
    Austin, Texas, Us
    Assisted reporters and videographers in the field with breaking news coverage, conducted interviews, and supported live shot production. Gave reporters scoop on the arrest of a University of Texas baseball player and the station broke the story. Worked on the assignment desk, researched stories, produced VO and VOSOT packages, and wrote for the web.
  • Texas Student Television
    Assistant Staff Director
    Texas Student Television Jan 2011 - May 2011
    Organize station classes, assign volunteers and oversee staff activity. Create newsletters, agendas and take meeting minutes and distribute to staff. Respond to station emails, and handle faxes and filing.
  • In The Know And Dispatch 40- University Of Texas At Austin
    Reporter/Anchor/Producer
    In The Know And Dispatch 40- University Of Texas At Austin Jan 2011 - May 2011
    Austin, Tx, Us
    Research, produce, and report hard news and feature stories for a weekly radio news show. Anchor radio newscast.

Priscilla Thompson Education Details

  • Columbia University - Graduate School Of Journalism
    Columbia University - Graduate School Of Journalism
    Concentration In Broadcast Journalism And Documentary Filmmaking
  • The University Of Texas At Austin
    The University Of Texas At Austin
    Communication

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