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A l y s s a L e i g h C aruso

630-209-2396 alyssaleighcaruso@gmail.com alyssaleighcaruso.com Experience

KOMU-TV 8 News, NBC affiliate, Columbia, Missouri Morning Anchor January 2014-Present Anchored morning show with co-anchor, reporting on breaking local and national stories Reporter August 2011-Present Identified, researched, and pitched stories to producers for broadcast on station Videographed and interviewed for assigned stories Cut packages using Avid NewsCutter and developed scripts for anchors on Avid iNews Published web stories for all packages Live fronted packages from the field or in the studio Pitched, produced, and voiced original enterprise stories every other week Production Assistant May 2012- August 2012 Cut and edited all national video for the 5 p.m. and 6 p.m. newscasts using Avid NewsCutter Responsible for running teleprompter for anchors on 5 p.m. and 6 p.m. newscasts SciXchange News, University of Missouri January 2013-Present Journalism Intern Assigned to research labs and worked on science stories, videos, and photo essays Worked alongside the Hughes Research Fellows to get first-hand view of how things work in sciences Received second place for science journalism video out of all interns and Hughes Research Fellows WGN-TV, Chicago, Illinois News Intern Edited video using Final Cut Pro X for 5 p.m. newscast Booked and produced guest segments Selected, edited, and produced music bumps Field produced and contributed to special video projects for station KBIA News, NPR affiliate, Columbia, Missouri Reporter Pitched stories to report and voice for newscasts Used Cool Edit Pro to complete and edit phone interviews Skills May 2013-August 2013

August 2012-Present

I am familiar with various software and hardware including Avid NewsCutter, Avid iNews, videography on Sony XDCAM EX1 cameras, Adobe Creative Suite, Lynda.com, Skype, blogging, web design, Final Cut Pro, Audacity, Nikon and Canon motion equipment, basic HTML skills, and various social media platforms. Education University of Missouri School of Journalism, Columbia, MO Bachelor of Journalism, May 2014 Emphasis: Radio-TV - Reporter/Anchor, Overall GPA: 3.5 Minor in Multicultural Studies Honors and Awards University of Missouri National Society of Collegiate Scholars Deans List Mark Twain Scholarship Recipient Publication Author of Argonne National Laboratory Introduction for the calendar year 2008 References Stacey Woelfel, News Director KOMU-TV, (573)-884-6397, woelfels@missouri.edu! !!

2010-2013 2010-2012 April 2010

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