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PAPER RESUMÉ

HIGHLIGHTS

  • Emmy Award-winning journalist with experience covering professional, college, and high school sports

  • Experienced anchor, one-man-band reporter, photographer, editor, and producer

  • Familiar with rundown systems Opus, ENPS, and iNews, as well as linear and non-linear editing systems Final Cut, Avid, Adobe, and Edius

 

EXPERIENCE

NEWSWATCH 16 (WNEP-TV), ABC Television Affiliate (Moosic, PA)

Sports Anchor/Reporter (July 2015 - Present)

  • Produce, write, shoot, edit, and anchor nightly sportscasts on weekends for top-rated television station in the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre market

  • Report three days a week, covering Penn State, AAA baseball, AHL hockey, small colleges and high schools

  • Produce, write, shoot, edit, report and anchor for weekly and one-time sports specials, including bowl game preview shows, coaches shows, and Friday night high school football show “Super 16 Sports Final”

  • Received 2021 Emmy Award for Sports Talent, as well as a half-dozen additional nominations, from the Mid-Atlantic Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences

 

CBS 2 & FOX 28 (KGAN-TV / KFXA-TV), CBS / FOX Television Affiliates (Cedar Rapids, IA)

Interim Sports Director (June 2014 – June 2015)

Weekend Sports Anchor/Reporter (October 2012 – May 2014)

  • Produced and anchored two, weekly 30-minute sports shows “Hawkeye Xtra” and “FOX 28 Sports Sunday,” as well as an extended sportscast Friday nights “The Xtra Point”

  • Partnered with Ed Thomas Family Foundation to start Emmy-Nominated Ed Thomas Coach of the Week segment highlighting local coaches who put life lessons above winning, honoring the late coach​

  • Extensive live experience in the field, covering Iowa, Iowa State, Northern Iowa, minor league baseball, and high school sports

  • Stepped in as Interim Sports Director in June 2014, taking charge of scheduling, credentials, and the all-around success of the department

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NBC MONTANA (KTVM-TV), NBC Television Affiliate (Bozeman, MT)

Sports Director (September 2010 – October 2012)

  • Anchored sports block of each newscast at 6 PM and 10 PM, five days a week

  • Produced, shot, edited, wrote, and delivered all local sports stories of the day as a one-man-band

  • Reported at all Montana State University football games and produced packages for KECI in Missoula, MT

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PALESTRA.NET, Online College-based Media Company (Columbus, OH)

ESPN.com / ESPN U / Comcast SportsNet Contributing Reporter (October 2009 – May 2010)

  • Responsible for producing, writing, and editing Syracuse University sports features for ESPN.com, ESPN U, and Comcast SportsNet (all partners of palestra.net)

Syracuse Sports Correspondent (August 2009 – May 2010)

  • Responsibilities included reporting at each home football, basketball, and lacrosse game, as well as posting feature stories related to Syracuse University athletics

Cape Cod Baseball League Correspondent (June 2009 – August 2009)

  • Baseball correspondent responsible for producing feature stories relevant to the Cape Cod Baseball League

 

CITRUS TV, Syracuse University Television Station (Syracuse, NY)

Associate Producer (January 2009 – December 2009)

  • Associate Producer of Cuse Countdown, the pre-game show for all Syracuse University football, men’s basketball, and lacrosse games, airing on Time Warner Sports 13 in Syracuse

  • Responsibilities included creating rundowns and segments, generating graphics, shooting press conferences and interviews, and overseeing the overall success of the show

  • Show was nominated for a College Emmy Award by the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences

Sports Anchor (January 2009 – May 2010)

  • One of eight anchors of On the Bench, the nation’s longest-running collegiate sports show

  • Responsibilities included on-air duties such as reading highlights and interviewing guests, as well as off-air responsibilities such as writing and editing

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FALMOUTH COMMODORES, Cape Cod Baseball League Franchise (Falmouth, MA)

Play-by-Play Broadcaster (June 2008 – August 2009)

  • Voice of the team for online daily broadcasts, including pre-game and post-game shows, as well as interviews with players, coaches, and special guests

  • Recognized as a 2010 Jim Nance Award Honorable Mention (STAA All-America Program)

 

EDUCATION

SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY, S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications (Class of 2010)

  • Bachelor of Science in Broadcast Journalism, minor in Philosophy; dean’s list all semesters

 

REFERENCES

JENNA WOLFE, Former Host, FOX Sports 1

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JIM COLES, Former Sports Director, WNEP-TV Scranton


CARL ABRAHAM, Former News Director, WNEP-TV Scranton

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JARED AARONS, Reporter, KGTV-TV San Diego

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DAVE RYAN, Play-by-Play Broadcaster, CBS Sports

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KEVIN LYNN, Former ESPN, WPIX Sports Anchor

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