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Represented by:
Linda Levy, (817) 987 - 3600
 

Experience:

WPEC-TV West Palm Beach, Florida March 2008-Present
Morning Anchor/Investigative Reporter
• Anchor weekday 5 a.m. and 6 a.m. newscasts
• Promoted from 7 p.m. News Anchor and Weekend Morning Anchor/Reporter
• Selected to accompany official political delegation on trip to Mersin, Turkey
• Reported from Haiti on humanitarian conditions
• In-depth reporting on school system budget situation that resulted in policy changes

WJXT-TV Jacksonville, Florida March 2006-March 2008
General Assignment Reporter/Fill-In Anchor
• Aggressive live reports from field and in studio. Enterprised, wrote and reported general assignment stories daily
• Lead reporter for months of extensive local and national live coverage of 100-thousand acre brush fire
• 2006: First place award for general reporting by The Society of Professional Journalists
• 2007: Feature reporting award by The Society of Professional Journalists

WJBF-TV Augusta, Georgia November 2003-March 2006
General Assignment Reporter/Weekend Anchor
• Broke story about school safety concerns, resulting in the creation of a special task force to intervene. Task force
   made more than 100 arrests.
• Awarded Georgia Association of Broadcasters Award for work on school stories
• Exposed rampant abuse and mismanagement at a local apartment complex
• Covered 2004 Olympic games in Athens, Greece for Antenna TV in both English and Greek
• Awarded spot in Georgia Trend magazine's "Who's Who in Georgia Broadcasting."

WSET-TV Lynchburg, Virginia June 2001–November 2002
General Assignment Reporter/Primary Fill-in Anchor
• Anchored 6 p.m., 11 p.m. shows on a regular basis
• Selected to host local portion of MDA telethon, a live two day event
• Lead reporter on month-long missing persons investigation

WUFT-TV Gainesville Florida August 2000–June 2001
News Anchor/ General Assignment Reporter
• Anchored live 5:30 nightly newscast
• Exposed dangerous school board neglect of fire code inside Gainesville classrooms resulting in local leaders
  changing fire code laws

FM89 N.P.R./AM850 WRUF Gainesville, Florida August 1999–January 2000
News Radio Reporter/Anchor
• Filed live reports in the field. Stories carried by Associated Press and Florida Public Radio
• Hosted local “All Things Considered” afternoon news program
• Anchored and produced midday news-WRUF

Education:
 
University of Florida Gainesville, Florida 1997–2001
Bachelor of Science, Telecommunication (News Track), May 2001
• Minor in Classics
• Outside Concentration in Spanish