Savannah C. Welch

• Lead news anchor for day-of-air show, write and copyedit scripts in AP style and work alongside producers to cover local and national events.
• Write and deliver TV news coverage and multimedia video packages under daily deadlines.
• Organize stories and delegate assignments to 20+ member newsroom.
• Build show layout, coordinate with talent, graphics and post-production teams to produce show for 12K-viewer audience.

• Assigned and delivered digital news stories under daily deadlines for the Life and Arts section.
• Delegated assignments to writers, copyedited work in AP Style and covered local and national stories.
• Received national recognition for coverage of the November 2018 Borderline Bar and Grill shooting and Southern California Woolsey Fire.
• Ran Facebook, Instagram and Twitter social media pages and anchored original Instagram TV news series covering events on campus and in Los Angeles county.

• Lead anchor and weekly field reporter, conducted live shots, produced packages and wrote scripts and teases.
• Received national recognition for coverage of the 2018 Borderline Bar and Grill shooting and Woolsey Fire.
• Produced, copyedited scripts and hosted a music segment highlighting local talent in Malibu and the Los Angeles area.
• Directed original NewsWaves Now broadcast and designed animated and news graphics.

• Prepared and distributed Nielsen television ratings for program syndication and examination.
• Studied market tracks and data analyses for shows including Dr. Phil, Judge Judy and Wheel of Fortune.
• Analyzed data to provide accurate statistics for program executives.
• Worked in a team environment to assemble fully cohesive daily analyses of market distributions.
• Utilized Wrap Overnight software, Microsoft Word, Outlook and Excel to format and distribute data.

• Designed press packages for the reveal of Barack and Michelle Obama's presidential portraits in the museum.
• Created social media posts and promotional videos for the Smithsonian marketing and digital team.
• Designed weekly email digests reaching over 40K subscribers and prepared media Excel spreadsheets on social media analyses.
• Facilitated weekly museum tours to D.C. and New York City area news outlets and organized broadcast news filming.