EXPERIENCE

Researcher, TODAY Show              
April 2017 – Present

• Produce TODAY Show packages in collaboration with lead correspondents  
• Gather timely elements, facilitate interviews and field producer live guest segments for daily broadcast

Production Assistant, NBC Nightly News                                                                                                     
April 2016 – April 2017

• Pitched, developed and launched story proposals to senior editorial staff
• Booked and conducted interviews, coordinated camera crews and logistics, covered events
• Field Produced for Weekend Nightly News crews and correspondents

Desk Assistant, NBC Network News                                                                                                        
January 2016 – April 2017

• Assisted as a weekend planning producer for MSNBC, managed correspondent hits and camera locations
• Conducted editorial research, supplied scripts to Andrea Mitchell and MTP Daily
• Produced digital content for NBCNews.com to enhance storytelling for an inclusive target audience

Production Assistant, WRC-TV NBC4                                                                                                
September 2015 – January 2016

• Assist in assignment desk functions: researching, planning, coordinating crews, logging
• Assist 5 PM producer in news coordination between local affiliates
• Worked overnights on edit desk independently to provide preparation for shows through beat calls

Multimedia Journalist & Producer, Maryland Capital News Service                                        
September 2014 – December 2015

• Produced content for a live three day a week regional newscast with an investigative news focus
• Assembled rundown, evaluated and edited prepared news stories based on solid news judgment

Study Abroad: Florence, Italy 
June 2015 – July 2015

• Produced and assisted crew in the completion of international newscast and a Hip Hop magazine
• Studied and developed cultural understanding to plan, produce and edit journalistic content
• Recipient of the "David" Broadcast Division, Awarded by IEI Media: Hip Hop Meets the Renaissance

NBC4 Local News Intern, NBCUniversal                                                                                                   January 2015 – May 2015

• Accompanied reporters and crews on stories to learn editorial and technical aspects of news-gathering
• Handled daily office administration functions and assisted the assignment desk and digital web

Co-Founder + Public Relations Coordinator, “Stories Beneath the Shell News”                          
January 2012 – January 2015

• Instrumental in the organizing and creation of a web publication entity that provides “the voice the voiceless”
• Managed a $11,000 budget as a result of a "Moving Forward" grant application
• Researched, promoted and wrote stories about the College Park community to enhances SBS News brand

Production Assistant + Social Media Coordinator, The Legal Stranger Project                              
March – December 2013

• Assisted in production of “The Legal Stranger” documentary with the management of social media outlets
• Produced monthly newsletter on documentary status and developed applications packets for film festival submission

Undergraduate Assistant, Marketing Office of the College of Arts & Humanities                                   August 2012 – January 2015

• Regulated and updated www.arhu.umd.edu content: news, events, photos and videos
• Researched and implemented social media PR Daily’s Best Practices for Google analytics and branding

EDUCATION

Masters of Arts in Strategic Communication, School of Communication at American University, Washington, D.C.

Bachelor of Arts in Broadcast Journalism, Philip Merrill College of Journalism University of Maryland, College Park, MD
Minor: Human Development Studies

LEADERSHIP & PROFESSIONAL SERVICE

• Undergraduate Committee Student Representative for Philip Merrill College of Journalism            October 2014 – October 2015
• President, Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated Theta Nu Chapter                                           December 2013 – January 2015

SKILLS

Final Cut Pro, Adobe Photoshop, InDesign, Premiere, Lightroom and Dreamweaver, Microsoft Office, ENPS, News Connect, 
Usage of iNews, Vimeo, Flickr, Photo Mechanics, Cision, Dalet, Google Analytics and various Social Media

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS AND ACHIEVEMENTS

Member, National Press Photographers Association (NPPA) National Association for Black Journalists (NABJ)
W.E.B DuBois Student Leader of the Year 2013-2014, Awarded by NAACP UMCP Chapter
T. Howard Foundation 2015 Final Talent Pool Candidate
Recipient of the 2015-2016 Steven C. Affens Broadcast Journalism Scholarship
Receipt of the “David” Broadcast Division, Awarded by IEI Media: Hip Hop Meets the Renaissance