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Experience:
March 2008-Present
WPEC West Palm Beach, Florida
Anchor/Reporter
7PM anchor
Daily newscast reporter
Investigative reporter
March 2006-Present
WJXT Jacksonville, Florida
General Assignment Reporter
Aggressive reporter with proven ability to break lead stories
Strong enterprise reporting skills
Confident and experienced reporter
November 2003-March2006
WJBF-TV Augusta, Georgia
General Assignment Reporter/Weekend Anchor
Broke story about school safety concerns, resulting in the creation of a
special task force to intervene.
School task force made more than 100 arrests.
Extensive coverage of train derailment and deadly chlorine leak.
Exposed rampant abuse and mismanagement at a local apartment complex.
Went to state capital to find out why children are in danger on local
school buses.
August 2004
Antenna TV Athens, Greece
Freelance Reporter
Reported on 2005 summer Olympic Games.
Reported in English and Greek.
November 2002-December 2002
WCJB-TV Gainesville, Florida
Freelance Reporter
June 2001–November 2002
WSET-TV Lynchburg, Virginia
General Assignment Reporter/Primary Fill-in Anchor
Anchored 6pm, 11pm 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.
May 2001–June 2001
WUFT-TV Gainesville Florida
News Anchor
Wrote both local and national stories for air.
Anchored live 5:30 nightly newscast.
Reported, shot and edited anchor packages for daily newscasts.
August 2000–April 2001
WUFT-TV Gainesville, Florida
General Assignment Reporter
Reported for 5:30 news; live in studio.
Exposed the local school board’s neglect in fixing dangerous fire code
violations inside their classrooms.
Based on report, Gainesville leaders changed fire code laws.
August 1999–January 2001
FM89 N.P.R./AM850 WRUF Gainesville, Florida
News Radio Reporter/Anchor
Filed live reports in the field.
Hosted local “All Things Considered” afternoon news program.
Stories carried by Associated Press and Florida Public Radio.
Anchored and produced midday news-WRUF.
Education:
1997–2001 University of Florida Gainesville, Florida
Telecommunication News
Graduated in May 2001 with Bachelor of Science in Telecommunication News
track.
Minor in Classics and Outside Concentration in Spanish.
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