CHRIS O'CONNELL

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EXPERIENCE

April 2007 – Present Reporter/Fill-in Anchor, KSTP
St. Paul, Minnesota

-Consistent lead story reporter
-Live, breaking news on a daily basis under multiple deadlines
-Fill-in Anchor

Aug 1997-April 2007 Sports Anchor/Reporter, Bay News 9,
Tampa, Florida

-Hosted nightly half-hour sports talk show
-Daily field reporting, interviewing and coverage of major sports events
-Reported, produced and edited in-depth special reports and news style sports documentaries.

May 1995-Aug 1997 Bureau Chief/Reporter, WTVR-TV, CBS Affiliate
Richmond, VA

- Shot, wrote, edited news packages.
- Generated and gathered daily story ideas.

May 1994-May 1995 Reporter/Assignment Editor, WGAL-TV, NBC Affiliate
Lancaster, PA

-Developed, gathered and reported news stories for 6 daily newscasts.
-Scheduled and assigned stories, equipment and vehicles for 50 person newsroom.

April 1993-May 1994 General Assignment Reporter, WLYH-TV, CBS
Affiliate, Lancaster, PA -One-man-band beat reporter.

-Frequent sports and weather anchor fill-in.

Dec 1992-April 1993 Freelance Reporter, WAMU-FM
Washington, D.C.

-Produced and delivered radio reports for morning newscasts.
-Interviewing, news gathering and audio production.

Sept 1987-May 1991 General Assignment Reporter, WRTI-FM
Philadelphia, PA

-Field reporting on daily news events.

INTERNSHIP

Jan 1990-June 1990 ABC News, London
-Assisted bureau coordinator in news gathering

EDUCATION

Temple University, Philadelphia, PA Radio-Television-
Film major B.A.
 
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