Travis Graven Email & Phone Number

Des Moines, Ia, Us

• Produce weekly episodes of Iowa Press, the network’s flagship public affairs program, including editorial management and content strategy, writing scripts, and leading hosts/reporters.• Produce, report, shoot, write, and edit news and feature video stories for Historic Buildings of Iowa, Fair, Iowa Outdoors, and other documentary projects and special programs.• Plan, supervise, and produce live broadcasts and field productions of Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union state sports championships, the annual Iowa High School Musical Theater Awards, the World Food Prize, gubernatorial inaugurations and special addresses, and more.• On-camera and voiceover talent for local programs, live fundraising broadcasts, and promotions.

• Officiate high school interscholastic basketball, baseball, and softball games.

Ankeny, Iowa

• Taught MMS 480: Video Production I, an entry-level class on the fundamentals of camera operation, shooting video, lighting, audio, and editing.

Indianola, Iowa

• Taught COMM 315: Journalism 2.0, a multimedia journalism class in the Department of Communication and Media Studies.

Des Moines, Iowa

• Taught Electronic Journalism in the department of Communication and General Studies.

Des Moines, Iowa

• Supervised the multimedia photography staff (9 employees) and managed all equipment.• Lead high-profile projects on deadline across all news departments and custom publications.• Utilized social media to engage with audience members and to promote content.• Produced special projects for the marketing and advertising departments and RAGBRAI.• Collaborated with digital/online staff on projects and publishing content to the website.• Innovated new approaches to online storytelling and developing multimedia skills.• Streamlined workflow and motivated staff to successfully increase content production.

• Managed all multimedia projects. Co-managed the photography staff.• Shot, edited, and produced video reports for news, sports and feature stories.• Utilized social media to communicate/interact with audience members and to promote content.• Worked closely with the core politics team to cover the Iowa Caucuses and state government.• Video/Multimedia consultant for the marketing and advertising departments and RAGBRAI.• Trained and coached staff on shooting and editing video.

• Updated news, sports, entertainment, and other types of Web content daily.• Helped innovate new design and new features on DesMoinesRegister.com.• Coordinated special projects with reporters, editors, and Web developers.• Trained staff on Web skills, including how to post content, blog, and produce multimedia.

• Shot, wrote, edited, and reported news stories for daily television newscasts.• Developed and maintained contacts with PR, media relations, communications, and marketing professionals throughout the Des Moines metro area and Iowa.• Managed a two-person news bureau in Ames.

Master Of Science - Ms, Strategic Communication

Bachelor Of Arts, Communication Arts: Electronic Media Emphasis; Minor In Music

Activities and Societies: Lambda Pi Eta• Producers Workshop, Poynter Institute for Media Studies • Freedom of Information Workshop, Iowa.