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Katrina O'Brien

Bellmore,NY

Summary

  • Hofstra University’s Student and Alumi Success of the Year
  • Nominee for Press Club of Long Island Award

Overview

5
5
years of professional experience

Work History

Substitute Teacher

ESS South Central
Kingsport, TN
04.2024 - 09.2024
  • Maintained day-to-day classroom management and discipline to promote learning initiatives.
  • Kept students on-task with proactive behavior modification and positive reinforcement strategies.
  • Repeatedly requested as substitute teacher by teachers based on excellent past referrals and trusted performance.

Reporter 1

WCYB
Bristol, VA
06.2023 - 11.2023
  • Covered general assignments, along with protests, murders, court cases, proposed bills.
  • Wrote and edited on average 15 stories a week for our digital platform
  • Wrote anchor intros/ teases
  • Covered the Tri-Cities in Tennessee, Southwest Virginia and Southwest Kentucky

Reporter 1

WJHL
Johnson City, TN
01.2023 - 05.2023
  • Reported on current events, general assignments in the Tri-Cities area in Tennessee.
  • On average reported on 5 stories a week.

Assistant News Editor

WCBS-TV
Manhattan, NY
09.2022 - 01.2023
  • Field calls from those inside the company and outside the company assisting in tracking Information
  • Monitor news and reach out to appropriate authorities to confirm breaking news
  • Work alongside the Assignment Editor in monitoring and developing news stories
  • Field reporting

Multimedia Journalist

88.7 WRHU
Hempstead, NY
01.2020 - 12.2022
  • I was a weekly columnist for Hofstra’s newspaper “The Hofstra Chronicle”.
  • Weekly air talent for 88.7 WRHU for the “Morning Show”, “Getting to the Root” local investigative journalism, and the “A League of Our Own” a women’s health channel. My breast cancer special was nominated for an award for the Press Club of Long Island.
  • A weekly MultiMedia contributor to “The Long Island Advocate”.
  • My work has been featured on Medium publications.

Freelance Assignment Editor

FOX
Manhattan, NY
04.2022 - 08.2022
  • Monitor wires, social media and other broadcast
  • networks for news developments
  • Reach out to agencies, government departments and
  • Fox personnel to gather and confirm information
  • Social Media

Education

Master Of Arts - Journalism

Hofstra University
Hempstead, NY

Bachelor Of Applied Arts - Digital Communications And Media

SUNY College At Old Westbury
Old Westbury, NY

Skills

  • Adobe Premiere Pro
  • Avid
  • I News
  • Dalet
  • Lexis Nexis
  • Researching Infomation
  • Conducting Interviews
  • Investigative Journalism
  • Collaboration
  • Fact Checking
  • Deadline Management

Timeline

Substitute Teacher

ESS South Central
04.2024 - 09.2024

Reporter 1

WCYB
06.2023 - 11.2023

Reporter 1

WJHL
01.2023 - 05.2023

Assistant News Editor

WCBS-TV
09.2022 - 01.2023

Freelance Assignment Editor

FOX
04.2022 - 08.2022

Multimedia Journalist

88.7 WRHU
01.2020 - 12.2022

Master Of Arts - Journalism

Hofstra University

Bachelor Of Applied Arts - Digital Communications And Media

SUNY College At Old Westbury
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