A multimedia reporter, radio journalist, videographer and on-air personality...

I have worked as a full-time "one-man band" reporter for a professional local news station, served as editor and staff writer for UL Lafayette's student newspaper and interned in radio. I was also recently on the production team for Louisiana's annual Festival International, where I worked on-stage stationary and handheld cameras...

EDUCATION

Bachelor of Arts in Broadcasting, minor in Performing Arts, University of Louisiana at Lafayette May 2004-May 2008

EXPERIENCE

Louisiana Immersive Technologies Enterprise (LITE) Creative Assistant  July 2008-Present

• Organize and moderate bi-monthly team meetings

• Supervise/manage interns

• Assist in video production and editing

• Work on research proposals

• Spearhead client hospitality    

Acadiana Center for Film and Media Marketing Director/Content producer January 2008-July 2008

• Organize film screenings, lectures and other community based activities

• Taught a PSA workshop for local non-profit organizations, and also one for high school students

• Assist in the production of promos for Acadiana Open Channel

ComCorp of Louisiana KADN-TV Fox 15 "One-man band" reporter April 2007-December 2007

• Produced (shot/wrote/edited) packages, VO-SOTS and VO’s on local news daily

• Hosted “Across Acadiana,” a three-minute community based morning segment

UL Lafayette, The Vermilion Newspaper Managing Editor/Columnist Summer 2006-Spring 2008

• Started as news editor, was promoted to managing editor in 2007

• Managed/assigned stories to 10 staff writers

• Wrote general assignment news and features stories

• Wrote music column on local and national musicians

UL Lafayette, KRVS 88.7 Radio Acadie Student Producer Fall 2006

• Produced long-form news segments for the Louisiana Focus Program

Regent Broadcasting Planet Radio 96.5 Intern November 2005-January 2006 

• Assisted in producing and editing commercials, worked promotional events

SOFTWARE/PROGRAM SKILLS

• Microsoft Word, Excel, Powerpoint

• InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop, GIMP

• Final Cut Pro, iMovie, Pinnacle, Avid

• Pro Tools, Sony Vegas 

AWARDS/AFFILIATIONS

• Outstanding graduate in broadcasting at UL Lafayette in 2008

• Placed second in on-site TV news anchoring at the Southeastern Journalism Conference

• Member of the Society of Professional Journalists