MELANIE  KAHN


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EXPERIENCE

WHAS 11 News Louisville, Kentucky Television News Reporter / Fill-in Anchor
April 2008 - Present

Television news reporter for WHAS 11 Newscasts. Responsible for generating story ideas for newscasts and presenting stories live on a daily basis. Responsibilities include special projects.

FOX 28 News / WSJV-TV South Bend, Indiana
Television News Reporter / Fill-in Anchor/Producer
May 2006 - February 2008

Developed and presented news stories for the Fox 28 evening news, filled-in as a weekend anchor/producer

KIDK-TV / KIFI-TV Pocatello, Idaho
Television News Bureau Reporter
March 2004 - May 2006

Responsibilities included shooting, writing, editing and generating enterprise stories for the news on a daily basis.

NBC Washington, D.C.
“Meet the Press” Intern
Summer 2003

Assisted in planning, research and taping of the “Meet the Press” broadcast. Handled correspondence with the
public, NBC Network, local and national press organizations, political contacts and maintained extensive political research files.
“Dateline” Consumer Intern Summer 2002
Worked directly with the producer and correspondent of the consumer unit, on a full time basis, in the Washington
D.C. Bureau. Assisted in the production of stories by researching original story ideas, conducting interviews and
writing story proposals.

WHDH-TV Boston, Massachusetts
Assignment Desk Intern
Spring 2002

Assisted with the duties of the assignment desk for WHDH-TV. Responsibilities included research, phone
interviews and MOS interviews.

AWARDS

2010 Kentucky Associated Press
Best Enterprise/Investigative: First Place
Best Light News Feature: First Place

MEDIA PRODUCTIONS

”Silent Screams: Modern Day Slavery” Documentary Boston, Massachusetts
Filmmaker Fall 2003
Producer, writer, correspondent, photographer and editor of a documentary concerning contemporary slavery in Sudan. Documentary is being shown in High Schools throughout the country.

EDUCATION


Louis D. Brandeis School of Law Louisville, Kentucky
Juris Doctor, expected 2014

Tufts University Medford, Massachusetts
Bachelor of Arts, December 2003
Major: Political Science
Minors: Communications and Media Studies, Drama
Honors: Cum Laude, Dean’s List

Oxford University Oxford, England
Study Abroad, Fall Semester 2002
Study abroad with course work concentrating on the relationship between the media and the government.
 

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