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Fort Wayne, IN, US

Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States

Manage the station's on-air schedule and content. Train and aircheck all on-air talent, from live hosts to news reporters. Serve as station's on-call presence to address any transmission, automation, or web streaming issues. Work with program distributors and web streaming hosts to ensure the continued quality of the broadcast product. Oversee entirety of.

Fort Wayne, Indiana Area

Reported and wrote spot news and longform features covering the Fort Wayne and Northeast Indiana area. Hosted All Things Considered (2015-17) before transitioning to Morning Edition. Provided local newscasts and monitored breaking news from NPR. Aided with pitching during our fund drives and live hosting events. Stood in to handle programming duties when.

Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States

Event set-up and tear-down for concerts, weddings and other special events. Housekeeping, custodial, and parking lot support for most concerts.

Southwest Suburbs Of Chicago

Wrote features and some cover stories for weekly publications in Lockport, Orland Park, Tinley Park, Homer Glen and Frankfort. Covered Lincoln-Way Central Knights football games until I got the job in Fort Wayne. Provided photography for many of my stories using a Nikon D3200.

Springfield, Illinois Area

I covered regular session at the Illinois Statehouse through spring sessio and part of summer session, 2015. Responsibilities included writing and producing a minimum of two VO/SOTs per day, enterprising new ideas even when session wasn't active, producing weekly packages for air, following the important issues in the state, and interviewing lawmakers.

Springfied, IL

Served as the primary play-by-play voice for UIS Prairie Stars Men's Basketball, and the color analyst for UIS Prairie Stars Women's Basketball during the 2014-15 regular season. Also served as a backup public address announcer for volleyball and basketball games.

Normal, IL

Anchored one newscast per week and hosted the weekly "Ten on 10" entertainment program (Spring 2014); hosted the weekly "Your Playlist" segment (Fall 2013); covered two reporting shifts each week (Spring 2013); served as weather person (Fall 2012); occasionally shot and produced packages.

Normal, IL

Managed, trained, and airchecked staff of 30-35 on-air deejays; worked closely with all departments as a member of WZND's Management Council; sustained a close relationship with the music department to maintain and improve the "Top 40 with a Twist" sound; executive produced the "Wake Up Normal!" morning show; performed two live airshifts weekly; executed.

Normal, IL

Performed two newscasts per week; broadcasted ISU Redbird sporting events; reported on breaking news in the Bloomington-Normal area; produced wraps for newscasts or special sports programming.

Normal, IL

Hosted the Saturday morning NPR programs, Sunday afternoon blues, and occasional weekday jazz shifts; programmed music logs for Jazz and Acoustic streams; imported and programmed music using RCS Selector; assisted with fund drives in a board-op/producer role; produced weekly GLT Blues Radio promos; ripped and edited music for airplay; trained new student.

Master'S Degree, Public Affairs Reporting

Bachelor'S Degree, Broadcast Journalism/Political Science