Courtney Smith

Scout at Prep Hoops
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Memphis, Tennessee, United States, US

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Experience

    • United States
    • Spectator Sports
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Scout
      • Jun 2018 - Present

    • Beat Reporter
      • Feb 2015 - Jun 2018

      • Covered every sport for the University of Mississippi.• Wrote compelling feature stories on football, basketball, volleyball, baseball, and soccer.• Did weekly podcasts with other media members conversing the latest news on the Rebels.• Used social media to send out links to stories and communicate with fans who wanted to know everything about a certain sport or athlete. • Covered every sport for the University of Mississippi.• Wrote compelling feature stories on football, basketball, volleyball, baseball, and soccer.• Did weekly podcasts with other media members conversing the latest news on the Rebels.• Used social media to send out links to stories and communicate with fans who wanted to know everything about a certain sport or athlete.

    • United States
    • Spectator Sports
    • 400 - 500 Employee
    • Editor
      • Mar 2013 - Mar 2015

      • Edited and wrote original posts covering college basketball recruits for the University of Memphis men’s basketball team.• Covered breaking news stories with quick, concise analysis.• Monitored the conversations on-sites by the community of fans commenting on news.• Updated social media sites on a daily basis (Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and Google+).• Researched and analyzed background information related to stories in order to be able to provide complete and accurate information.

    • Sports Reporter
      • Jun 2014 - Jan 2015

      • Provide readers with the latest information concerning the Cincinnati Reds, Cincinnati Bengals, University of Kentucky, and 13 area high schools. • Provide readers with the latest information concerning the Cincinnati Reds, Cincinnati Bengals, University of Kentucky, and 13 area high schools.

    • Freelance Journalist
      • Aug 2013 - May 2014

      • Conducted live interviews with Tigers’ coach and basketball players after games while in the team’s locker room.• Gathered sports news from the coaches and basketball players and wrote content based on the gathered information.• Wrote compelling and witty sports headlines and captions. • Conducted live interviews with Tigers’ coach and basketball players after games while in the team’s locker room.• Gathered sports news from the coaches and basketball players and wrote content based on the gathered information.• Wrote compelling and witty sports headlines and captions.

    • United States
    • Newspaper Publishing
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • News Reporter
      • Aug 2013 - Dec 2013

      • Performed extensive research and development on stories involving students on campus.• Wrote stories concerning the importance of the community to the people of Memphis. • Maintained excellent working relationships with the Managing Editor, Chief Editor and Reporters to keep the flow of current news updated. • Performed extensive research and development on stories involving students on campus.• Wrote stories concerning the importance of the community to the people of Memphis. • Maintained excellent working relationships with the Managing Editor, Chief Editor and Reporters to keep the flow of current news updated.

    • On-Air Personality
      • Jun 2013 - Dec 2013

      • Co-hosted the evening show weekdays from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. for the listeners in the city of Memphis and West Memphis, Ark.• Prepped daily news in all sports and spoke to special guests surrounding the hottest sports topic.• Gave breaking news about the University of Memphis athletic teams. • Represented the station with appearances at sports events such as Memphis Tigers men’s basketball and football games along with appearing at the Memphis Madness event.• Obtained new sponsorships such as Nissan Landers for the radio station.

    • Freelance Journalist
      • Oct 2013 - Oct 2013

      • Covered the performance level of the basketball players in the National Basketball Association. • Covered the performance level of the basketball players in the National Basketball Association.

Education

  • The University of Memphis
    B.A., Journalism
    2008 - 2014
  • Kirby High School
    High School Diploma, English Language and Literature, General
    2005 - 2008

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