Owen Lei
Reporter

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

 

  EXPERIENCE

KING-TV Seattle, WA 1/2009 – present
 Reporter for nightly 10pm and 11pm newscasts.
 Produce extra content of broadcast stories for publishing on KING5.com.

KETV-TV Omaha, NE 12/2005 – 12/2008
 Reporter covering severe thunderstorms, tornados, high profile court cases, major elections, other major events, including live on-set and packaged reports during wall-to-wall coverage of December 5, 2007 Omaha Mall mass killing.

KESQ-TV Palm Springs, CA 11/2004 – 12/2005
 Reporter for 5pm, 6pm, and 6:30pm newscasts; stories include 2005 Coachella Valley winter flooding/summer California wildfires.

KTVM-TV Butte/Bozeman, MT 8/2003 – 10/2004
 One-man band bureau reporter; Producer; Anchor; Editor; also trained new reporters.

SKILLS

Languages: Fluent in Mandarin Chinese, conversant in Spanish.

- Proficient in computer-assisted research, online records databases, photography and editing (linear -- Beta,
  DVC Pro, DVCam; non-linear -- AVID, Vibrint, Sony ClipEdit, Final Cut Pro)

- Also knowledgeable in: office-related software, wireless networking, web and graphic design (Adobe Photoshop,
   HTML, JavaScript), AP NewsCenter, ENPS, iNews.

AWARDS / ACHIEVEMENTS

Society of Professional Journalists
 National 1st Place, 2003 Mark of Excellence Award, for In-Depth Reporting.

Asian American Journalists Association
 2003 Minoru Yasui Scholarship (for promising Asian American male broadcasters).
 Anchor/reporter for 2002 student TV project, AAJA News Now.

EDUCATION

Northwestern University Sept. 1997 – June 2003
 M.S. Broadcast Journalism, 2003; 3.7 GPA. (finalist for Robert Wieder Award, honoring “integrity, leadership,
    wit, character and journalistic promise”)
 Reporter for Medill News Service in Chicago, Washington D.C., Paris, and Hong Kong
 B.A.’s in Psychology and Neurobiology, 2001; 3.2 GPA.
 
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