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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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