Experience

News 9

• United States
• Broadcast Media Production and Distribution
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Assistant News Director

  • Jan 2023 - Present

  Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States



KOLR10, Ozarks FOX KRBK, and KOZL

• Digital Content Manager

  • Jan 2022 - Nov 2022

  Springfield, Missouri, United States Manage and train a team of content producers, guiding them in strategies that align with the company’s goals of increasing pageviews and maximizing revenue Implement Search Engine Optimization, social media strategy, and excellent journalism standards when making decisions and refining content Serve as liaison between digital and broadcast departments, ensuring goals are communicated and med across both groups Communicate progress and strategies with management, whie regularly… Show more Manage and train a team of content producers, guiding them in strategies that align with the company’s goals of increasing pageviews and maximizing revenue Implement Search Engine Optimization, social media strategy, and excellent journalism standards when making decisions and refining content Serve as liaison between digital and broadcast departments, ensuring goals are communicated and med across both groups Communicate progress and strategies with management, whie regularly brainstorming to solve problems Increased pageviews by 10% in February 2022

• Assistant News Director KOLR10/KRBK

  • Jan 2019 - Feb 2022

  Springfield, Missouri Area Assistant News Director, KOLR/KOZL/KRBK Springfield, MO-January 2019-Present As Assistant News Director, I -Oversaw the transition to a new content management system. Scheduled extensive training while ensuring stories were turned each day -Oversees election night tabulation, including coordinating volunteers, keeping track of races -Leads coverage campaigns from initial story ideas to execution, ensuring reporters stay on track, producers have solid scripting, and… Show more Assistant News Director, KOLR/KOZL/KRBK Springfield, MO-January 2019-Present As Assistant News Director, I -Oversaw the transition to a new content management system. Scheduled extensive training while ensuring stories were turned each day -Oversees election night tabulation, including coordinating volunteers, keeping track of races -Leads coverage campaigns from initial story ideas to execution, ensuring reporters stay on track, producers have solid scripting, and digital has needed information -Ensure daily smooth operation of the newsroom, creating cooperation between digital and broadcast, training on writing, and facilitating excellent communication -Keep detailed records of stories to follow up on, and ideas -Assist in overseeing the digital department, ensuring SEO, social channels, and quality are up to Nexstar standards

• Executive Producer -KOLR10, Ozarks FOX KRBK, and KOZL

  • Jun 2018 - Jan 2019

  Springfield, Missouri Area Executive Producer, KOLR/KOZL/KRBK Springfield, MO-June 2018-January 2019 As Executive Producer, I Oversaw the transition to a new news set. Scheduled rigorous rehearsals, coordinated with engineering and production departments, named new shots, and scripting formats



WKRN News 2

• United States
• Broadcast Media Production and Distribution
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Television News Producer

  • Oct 2016 - Jun 2018

  Greater Nashville Area, TN As the weekend evening producer, I curate, write, stack, and produce the Saturday and Sunday evening 5:00 and 10:00 p.m. newscasts. This requires excellent time management skills, multitasking, great news judgement, and the ability to turn images and information into creative, compelling stories. ● Creates compelling content from news releases ● Uses video and sound from local events/breaking scenes to inform viewers ● Regularly communicates with local law enforcement and… Show more As the weekend evening producer, I curate, write, stack, and produce the Saturday and Sunday evening 5:00 and 10:00 p.m. newscasts. This requires excellent time management skills, multitasking, great news judgement, and the ability to turn images and information into creative, compelling stories. ● Creates compelling content from news releases ● Uses video and sound from local events/breaking scenes to inform viewers ● Regularly communicates with local law enforcement and other agencies to confirm breaking news ● Coordinates reporter, photographer schedules to ensure the best use of time and resources ● Adjusts quickly to changing priorities as news breaks, and to changes that must happen in the booth during the newscast Show less



KSPR-TV

• Media Production
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Television News Producer

  • Aug 2015 - Oct 2016

  Springfield, Missouri Area As the producer of KSPR News at 4:00, I curated, stacked, wrote, boothed, and created graphics for a one hour newscast. ● Attending regular writing training on urgent, impactful writing, and tease writing ● Incorporating the station’s digital products into newscasts ● Consistently spotting and anticipating problems, helping management find solutions

• Television News Producer

  • Apr 2010 - Aug 2015

  Springfield, Missouri Area As the producer of KSPR News This Morning, I organized and led the team during breaking news coverage and severe weather. This required quick decision making skills, leadership, great communication, organization, and the ability to multitask. ● Helped increase ratings of KSPR News This Morning during my time on that newscast ● Successfully training new producers ● Calling police, fire and other officials to confirm overnight breaking news ● Writing and posting stories to… Show more As the producer of KSPR News This Morning, I organized and led the team during breaking news coverage and severe weather. This required quick decision making skills, leadership, great communication, organization, and the ability to multitask. ● Helped increase ratings of KSPR News This Morning during my time on that newscast ● Successfully training new producers ● Calling police, fire and other officials to confirm overnight breaking news ● Writing and posting stories to our website, kspr.com, as well as on social media

• Editor/Studio Op/Director

  • Oct 2007 - Apr 2010

  Springfield, Missouri Area Studio duties included studio camera operation, audio board operation, video editing. Directed on analog board as well as Ross Overdrive.



Gillioz Theatre Office

• United States
• Entertainment Providers

• Office Administrator

  • Aug 2014 - Jul 2015

  Springfield, Missouri Area As Office Administrator at the Gillioz Theatre, I managed day-to-day office tasks: making sure bills are paid on time, invoicing, contracts, and budgeting for events. This required excellent organization and attention to detail. This was in addition to managing the house and dealing with a variety of issues during major concert events. ● Writing offers for concerts, working with promoters to determine budgets ● Creating contracts for a variety of events including concerts, theatre… Show more As Office Administrator at the Gillioz Theatre, I managed day-to-day office tasks: making sure bills are paid on time, invoicing, contracts, and budgeting for events. This required excellent organization and attention to detail. This was in addition to managing the house and dealing with a variety of issues during major concert events. ● Writing offers for concerts, working with promoters to determine budgets ● Creating contracts for a variety of events including concerts, theatre events, and fashion shows ● Shopping hospitality lists, communicating with tour managers ahead of events to ensure needs are met ● Troubleshooting during events with artist management, as well as meeting the needs of crowd and other theatre staff ● Settling concerts by preparing final expense report in Microsoft Excel, ensuring security, suppliers, artists, and employees are paid Show less