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Portland, Or, Us

Portland, Oregon

Report on all arts and culture related news for the state of Oregon.Produce feature segments on Oregon’s most interesting artists on Oregon Public Broadcasting’s flagship arts television program Oregon Art Beat.Produced a segment on artist Alex Chiu, BIPOC muralist who created striking public art depicting Portland’s POC community.Produced a segment on Gallery Without Walls, Lake Oswego’s public arts program.Produced a feature segment about Oregon State University’s robotics program.Research and write stories for the arts section of Oregon Public Broadcasting’s website, opb.org/artbeat.

Honolulu

• Maintained the Honolulu Star-Advertiser website, www.staradvertiser.com, Hawaii’s top news publication, with a digital subscription of 100,000. • Established a stronger online and social media presence through Facebook and Twitter• Shot and edited original audio and video content on a variety of topics such as News, Business, Features and Sports.• Edited some of the Star-Advertiser’s most popular videos including the Hawaii Highlights web series, Lakers’ exhibition at the Stan Sheriff Center, Kawaii Kon and the 2015 Hawaii VA Games. • Trained and proficient in Newsengin, Photoshop, BBedit, HTML, Premiere Pro CC, Panasonic GH4 camera and the Canon XA20 camera

• Coordinated with editors and reporters to produce high quality news that reflects local and national interests• Wrote stories for the web, KITV.com, as well as cut packages and videos for the web.• Assisted production team and reporters in research and relaying constant updates on breaking news• Proficient in ENPS, ANVATO and ibPublish2.

• Responsible for video reporting on all campus activities and news for student media operations.• Oversaw three reporters to produce a weekly Internet show that recaps the week’s top stories found in Ka Leo.• Proficient with Final Cut Pro and Sony PD-170 camera.

• Wrote stories including student government budget increase, a profile on an award-winning journalist from Hawaii, and spring training for UH Warrior Football.• Covered men and women’s volleyball, tennis and water polo.• Profiled athletes, including golfer Dale Gammie and tennis player Andreas Weber.

• Responsible for maintaining KITV4’s website, kitv.com, as the no. 1 news website in Hawaii, with up-to-date stories and breaking news by writing for the web, edit and publish media content that supports the web articles.• Worked on special, local related projects, including the canonization of Father Damien and the 50th Anniversary of Statehood.

• Wrote news, features and obituaries as an intern for the island’s daily newspaper, with a circulation of 20,000 and a website, www.mauinews.com.• Verified facts and data for all news releases with potential for story material.• Covered a range of deadline stories including court cases and a wildfire.

Ma, English

Courses Taken: Foundations in Creative Writing, Foundations in Composition and Rhetoric, Teaching Composition and Rhetoric

Ba, English And Journalism

Activities and Societies: Ka Leo o HawaiiCourses taken: Media Law, Media Ethics, Journalism Tools and Platforms, Intellectual Foundations.