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DAVEY JOHNSON

Hopkins,MN

Summary

People person who understands how to work well with others and influence peers towards a positive and successful outcome. Spending years working in busy restaurants, classrooms, and inside people's homes taught me how to function ethically in the workplace. Specializing in communication, customer service skills and appreciating the importance of a deadline. Media is my life. The last year I've spent working as a professional journalist at WCCO taught me how to operate and work proficiently within a newsroom.

Overview

16
16
years of professional experience

Work History

Digital Line Producer

WCCO-TV & CBS News Minnesota
05.2023 - Current

Specializing in sports, crime stories and breaking news, my daily work flow requires that I'm consistently aware of news and current events in the Twin Cities and greater Minnesota. I publish informative news stories and edit news packages in a professional, timely, organized fashion so they can update and inform our viewers. As a general rule, I write every story with a goal of ensuring our viewers always understand whats going on in all four corners of our great state whether its good, bad, positive or controversial.

Carpet Cleaning Technician

Encore Carpet Cleaning
02.2013 - 04.2023
  • Responsible for cleaning carpet in residential and commercial housing
  • Responsible for working as a team
  • Hard physical labor.

Hosting, Serving, Cashiering

Scotty B's Restaurant
01.2012 - 01.2013
  • Responsible for seating customers for lunch
  • Other responsibilities such as cleaning, cashiering as well as customer service skills.

Catering Specialist

Boston Market Corporation
01.2008 - 01.2012
  • Responsible for canvassing/delivering meals for new accounts
  • Spreading the word to prospective customers regarding our catering services and prices; Clients Include: Minnesota Twins Baseball Club, University of Minnesota Golden Gophers
  • Had prior responsibilities cooking, delivering meals, cashiering and prepping food.

Student News Reporter

UTVS Channel 21
01.2008 - 01.2011
  • Responsible for setting up and conducting research, as well as interviews in order to put together an accurate news story for the evening news
  • Filming, editing, preparing scripts, deadlines.

Education

Bachelors of Science - Mass Communications, Communication Studies

St. Cloud State University
St. Cloud, MN
01.2018

General College Education -

Normandale Community College
Bloomington, MN

Heating Venting and Air Conditioning -

Dunwoody Technical College
Minneapolis, MN

General Education -

Hopkins High School
Minnetonka, MN
06.2006

Skills

  • Team Coordination
  • Creative vision
  • Deadline Management
  • Technical knowledge
  • Writing in AP style
  • Breaking news, sports and crime stories
  • Skilled editing using Edius, Adobe Photoshop and iMovie
  • Making graphics
  • Posting news stories to social media

Timeline

Digital Line Producer

WCCO-TV & CBS News Minnesota
05.2023 - Current

Carpet Cleaning Technician

Encore Carpet Cleaning
02.2013 - 04.2023

Hosting, Serving, Cashiering

Scotty B's Restaurant
01.2012 - 01.2013

Catering Specialist

Boston Market Corporation
01.2008 - 01.2012

Student News Reporter

UTVS Channel 21
01.2008 - 01.2011

Bachelors of Science - Mass Communications, Communication Studies

St. Cloud State University

General College Education -

Normandale Community College

Heating Venting and Air Conditioning -

Dunwoody Technical College

General Education -

Hopkins High School
DAVEY JOHNSON