EXPERIENCE:

Anchor/Reporter KIMO-TV (ABC) Anchorage, AK
July 2008 - June 2010
• Anchor 6pm newscast/cut-ins to Good Morning America
• Anchor/Producer for 6 pm newscasts: facilitate content and make editorial decisions
• Reporter: Lead story reporter for daily newscast live on set or location

Reporting/Assistant Producer to Thomas Roberts, Correspondent “The Insider” & CNN Anchor
February 2007 - February 2008: Entertainment Tonight & The Insider, Los Angeles
• Assisting with fact checking, set, field shoots and junkets; Maintain shoot schedule
• Preparing questions/research for interviews; Conducting Red Carpet interviews
• Field Producing stories such as: X-Mas with Larry King and Family, “LA Confidential” honors
  Casey Affleck and At Home w/ Sylvester Stallone and Family

Executive Assistant to Steven “Cojo” Cojocaru, Celebrity Style Correspondent
• Preparing research for interviews with celebrities
• Liaison between “Cojo” and entertainment industry contacts

Senior Producer’s Assistant to Edward Santos
August 2006 - February 2007: The Dr. Phil Show, Los Angeles
• Booking guests, preparing Dr. Phil’s ’Show Book containing:
Guest Interviews, Story Briefs, Topic Research and Show Summary.

Production Assistant to Sam Rubin, KTLA Entertainment Reporter
August 2005 - December 2005: KTLA Entertainment Department, Los Angeles
• Creating VO’s and packages for Daily Morning Show: 5:30 a.m. -10:30 a.m.
• Filing video footage, tape archiving and “meet and great” celebrity talent

Production Assistant to Ryan Seacrest
January 2005  - August 2005: Ryan Seacrest Productions
• Organizing celebrity files for interviews by Ryan Seacrest

“One-Woman Band”
September 2003 - May 2006: Annenberg Television News: USC Campus News station
• Reporter: Day-of-air assignments, reporting, writing, shooting and editing with AVID
• Producer: Political Coverage Campaign
• Assignment Desk Position: Gathering news stories, scanning news wires, arranging interviews,
  tracking down leads

Arts and Entertainment Reporter/Editor
September 2002 - May 2003: The Channels Newspaper, Santa Barbara, CA
• Red Carpet Reporting at Santa Barbara Film Festival; exclusive interview w/ film director Gary
   Marshall

EDUCATION:

University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA - Bachelor of Arts in Broadcast Journalism with Minor in History - Graduated May 2006