Internships
Learn about what I achieved at some of my past internships
KOLD/Tucson News Now
Digital Producer Intern
June to August 2018
I served as a production assistant where I:
Drove traffic to the website, making it the No. 2 most popular story on July 14, 2018.
My Video: Earned 7,500 reach, 2,300 views, 16 shares and 58 likes in 6 hours
My Video: Created post-event recap for those who weren't there
Shareable Story:
Capitalized on a trending topic: Social media commentary about monsoon 2018
I wrote original digital articles:
Most Popular
Breaking News Releases
KOLD/Tucson News Now
Digital Producer Intern
June to August 2018
Production
I served as a production assistant where I:- Filmed a digital reporter's stand-up, which aired on the evening broadcast
- Adjusted the camera each time an interviewee stepped out of frame
- Helped with the equipment
- Shadowed a video editor who used Edius, ENPS and FTPs
- Clipped 30-min newscasts into 1- to 2-min segments for online (Click here)
Engagement
I engaged online audiences via:- Storytelling
- Graphics
- Videos
- Trends
- Shareable stories
My Article: Earned 12,596 reach, 1,277 clicks, 60 shares, 521 likes, 25 comments in 4 hours
Update: Earned 25,392 reach, 2,637 clicks, 133 shares, 925 likes, 42 comments in 24 hours
Update: Earned 25,392 reach, 2,637 clicks, 133 shares, 925 likes, 42 comments in 24 hours
Drove traffic to the website, making it the No. 2 most popular story on July 14, 2018.
My Video: Earned 7,500 reach, 2,300 views, 16 shares and 58 likes in 6 hours
My Video: Created post-event recap for those who weren't there
Shareable Story:
- I shared this from a sister station to social, website & mobile July 20, 2018
- It became the second most popular post on CrowdTangle for the entire Tucson market
- This post beat competing TV stations who shared the same article
Capitalized on a trending topic: Social media commentary about monsoon 2018
Digital Journalism
I wrote original digital articles: - Interviewed sources
- Created graphics
Breaking News & Trending Stories
I responded to breaking news and trending stories:- Wrote news briefs
- Quickly copy edited breaking news releases from Tucson Police
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- This news item I wrote earned No. 2 for most popular stories
- I posted the news brief 17 hours earlier than a competing TV station
- A story I shared from a sister station was No. 4 for most popular stories
Breaking News Releases
- Copy edited these breaking news items in under 30 minutes
- Quickly posted them to social media to update audience
- Both news items made the most popular page by July 28
- Used Google Map screenshots to demonstrate incident locations
- The breaking news items earned No. 2 and No. 3 for most popular stories
Copy Editing
I copy edited:- Press releases (and re-wrote them)
- Reporters' articles
- Breaking news releases (see above)
- Headlines
- ...and improved sentences for clarity
- ...and used inverted pyramid