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, NYBachelor Of Applied Arts - Digital Communications And Media
SUNY College At Old Westbury
Old Westbury, NYSkills
- 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