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EMPLOYMENT

Sept. 2007 - March 2013    First Coast News (NBC / ABC)   Jacksonville, FL
                7 p.m. & Field Anchor / Franchise Reporter - Lead (anchored) coverage of major local news events from the field.
                Anchoring the 7 p.m. newscast included helping write and craft content.
                Morning and Solo Noon News Anchor - Promotion in 2009.  Helped bring Good Morning Jacksonville (5 a.m. - 
                7 a.m. newscasts) up to 1st place in local morning news.  Anchoring the Noon newscast includes helping research,
                write and produce.  Also, often shoot, write and edit franchise and daily news stories.
                5 p.m. and 11 p.m. News Anchor - Promotion in January, 2013.


Sept. 2000 - Sept. 2007    WFOR-TV4   Miami, FL
                Weekday Noon and 5:30 p.m. Anchor - Helped maintain Noon newscast's "number-1" rating.  Helped bring the 
                5:30 p.m. newscast up from 3rd to 1st place. Also includes packaging daily news stories for other shows.
                Fill-in Host "4 Sunday Morning" - A half-hour, weekly public affairs program with in-studio guests.
                Field Anchor/Reporter - Covered major events, including the Kennedy Space Shuttle disaster and Hurricane Frances
                from the Bahamas.


Oct. 1995 - Sept. 2000   WJXT-TV4   Jacksonville, FL
                Franchise Beat "Police Reporter" - Daily, live reporting on all aspects of the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office and Duval Co.
                Courthouse.  Aso, general assignment reporting when needed, including traveling with / reporting on hurricanes up
                the East Coast.
                Solo 6 p.m. and 11 p.m. Weekend Anchor - Promotion in 1998, in addition to "Police Reporter" duties.


Sept. 1993 - Sept. 1995   WNJN (PBS)   Trenton, NJ
                Radio News Anchor, Reporter, Writer and Producer - Responsible for hourly, on-air news updates.
                TV Associate Producer - Promotion in Winter, 1994.  Helped write daily, live newscast and wrote / produced / edited
                in-depth packages for weekly public affairs show.
                General Assignment TV Reporter - Promotion in Summer, 1994.


Summer, 1991   WPVI-CH6 Action News, Trenton NJ / Philadelphia PA
                Intern

EDUCATION

1992    Bachelor of Arts Degree in Communications, Villanova University
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