YIANNI  KOURAKIS

Sports 



EXPERIENCE

Sports Anchor/Reporter, News Reporter- WRIC-TV (ABC) Richmond, VA
Anchor, report, produce, edit and shoot video for sportscasts, fill-in as weekday sports anchor, report news as a video journalist, go live for sports and news stories. July 2010 – Present.

Weekend Sports Anchor/Reporter- WBOC-TV (CBS, FOX) Salisbury, MD
Anchored, produced, edited and shot video for weekend sportscasts, reported live in the field and created packages for weekday shows, filled-in as weekday sports anchor and maintained sports page and video links on the web. October 2007 – September 2009

Producer-Mid-Atlantic Sports Network (MASN) Baltimore, MD
Assisted in producing, writing and editing Baltimore Orioles weekly magazine show “O’s Access,” aided reporters with shoots, conducted player and coach interviews. March 2007 – October 2007.

Intern- WRC-NBC 4 Sports/George Michael Sports Machine Washington, DC
Charted and selected highlights of sporting events for the nationally syndicated George Michael Sports Machine, aided reporters with interviews and live shots, anchored a not-for-air “sports in a minute” segment. June 2006 – January 2007.

Anchor/Reporter/Producer- UMTV-College Park Edition College Park, MD
Created, shot, edited and reported weekly news reports for a student-run news program broadcast to 500,000 households in Prince George’s and Montgomery counties and Baltimore. January - May 2006.

Intern- WLNE-ABC 6 Sports Providence, RI
Assisted sports director with writing sports scripts and rundowns, charted sports highlights for nightly newscast, compiled sound bites for packages. Summer 2004.

EDUCATION

Bachelor of Arts in Broadcast Journalism, May 2007
University of Maryland, Philip Merrill College of Journalism, College Park, MD

SPECIAL SKILLS

Proficient in AVID, Final Cut Pro, Edius and non linear video editing, ENPS, iNews, Adobe Audition and basic HTML, extensive videography background.
 


 
Yianni Kourakis

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