Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
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SONIA AZAD

Dallas,TX

Summary

Resourceful reporter and versatile anchor with 20 years of experience in journalism, currently working to promote healthy living by educating and empowering audiences.

Overview

23
23
years of professional experience

Work History

National Wellness Contributor

Merit Street Media
Fort Worth, TX
04.2024 - Current
  • Pitch and execute health-related news stories for TV, digital and social media.
  • Provide expert wellness guidance live on network morning show, Morning on Merit Street.
  • Host & Anchor 30-minute pre-recorded shows for national network streaming on TV and digital services.

Freelance Reporter

Bader Media
New York, NY
10.2023 - Current
  • Anchored pre-produced news content including daily news packages for stations coast-to-coast and longer format shows for clients such as: Toyota, Colgate and Walmart.
  • Interviewed sports and entertainment celebrities at Mark Wahlberg's Inaugural Invitational Golf Tournament in Las Vegas, NV.
  • Conducted red carpet interviews at Time 100 Gala.

Health & Wellness Reporter

WFAA
Dallas, TX
10.2015 - 12.2022
  • Create content on TV and online for Tegna's medical franchise for use by stations across the country.
  • Fill-In Anchor.

General Assignment Reporter

KTRK
Houston, TX
06.2009 - 03.2015
  • Covered breaking news, enterprise stories and long-format projects in Houston and surrounding area.
  • Fill-In Anchor.

General Assignment Reporter

KGTV
San Diego, CA
08.2008 - 05.2009
  • Covered breaking news, developing stories, and enterprise stories live for evening newscasts.

Anchor/Producer

Medill News Service
Chicago, IL
07.2006 - 03.2008
  • WYCC-TV: Produced TV news stories for weekly show.
  • Filed stories & covered the legal & urban affairs beats for daily publication in the Daily Herald, the Daily Southtown, The Northwest Indiana Times, Chicago Defender and Chicago Journal.

Youth & Politics Reporter

WAMU-FM 88.5
Washington D.C.
01.2008 - 03.2008
  • Gathered sound, edited and filed weekly radio stories.

International Justice Reporter

Institute for War & Peace Reporting
The Hague, Netherlands
09.2007 - 12.2007
  • Covered trials at International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia, International Criminal Court, published in the Kuwait Times, AllAfrica.com, Turkish Weekly & iwpr.net.
  • Wrote features on conflicts in Uganda, Sudan, & Democratic Republic of Congo.

Anchor/News Reporter

KXXV/ KRHD-TV
Waco, TX
05.2003 - 06.2006
  • Produced, Anchored 10 p.m. nightly newscast for KRHD-TV.
  • Shot, Wrote, Edited stories daily as general assignments reporter.
  • Filed enterprise health reports for KXXV.

Freelance Correspondent

Star Television
Houston/ New Delhi, India
02.2003 - 02.2003
  • Covered Columbia Shuttle disaster as breaking news for Star TV in New Delhi (APTN affiliate).

Intern

Cox Broadcasting
, Washington
08.2002 - 12.2002
  • Assisted bureau reporters on Capitol Hill by collecting interviews, logging sound, writing scripts and communicating with affiliate stations.

Education

Master of Science - Journalism

Northwestern University, Medill School of Journalism
Evanston, IL
2008

Master of Science - Law

Northwestern University
Chicago, IL
2008

Bachelor of Journalism - Journalism

The University of Texas
Austin, TX
2003

Skills

  • Social Media Management (Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, TikTok)
  • Lanuages (Farsi, French)
  • Online Tools (Zoom, Teams, CapCut)
  • Content creation
  • Story pitching
  • Broadcast journalism
  • Script writing
  • Interviewing techniques
  • Video editing
  • Research skills
  • Public speaking
  • Team collaboration
  • Networking skills
  • Audience engagement

Accomplishments

  • Lone Star Emmy, Large Market- Morning/ Daytime Newscast, "The Morning After" (2022)
  • Nutrition Science Online Course- Stanford Center for Health Education (2022)
  • Epidemiology 101 for Journalists Course- McGill University (2021)
  • Texas Medical Association Anson Jones Award (2020)
  • National Press Foundation fellowship- Heart Health (Miami 2020)
  • Texas Medical Association Anson Jones Award (2017)
  • Texas Associated Press Broadcasters Association, 2nd Place, Television Division 1, Reporter (2012)
  • Lone Star Emmy, Community Affairs Program/ Special Series, "Passage to India" (2011)
  • Journalist Law School graduate, Loyola Law School, Los Angeles (2011)
  • Rotary International Group Study Exchange: India (2010)
  • Newton Minow Journalism Award
  • Texas Medical Association Anson Jones Award (2006)
  • Washington Semester Program, American University (2002)

Timeline

National Wellness Contributor

Merit Street Media
04.2024 - Current

Freelance Reporter

Bader Media
10.2023 - Current

Health & Wellness Reporter

WFAA
10.2015 - 12.2022

General Assignment Reporter

KTRK
06.2009 - 03.2015

General Assignment Reporter

KGTV
08.2008 - 05.2009

Youth & Politics Reporter

WAMU-FM 88.5
01.2008 - 03.2008

International Justice Reporter

Institute for War & Peace Reporting
09.2007 - 12.2007

Anchor/Producer

Medill News Service
07.2006 - 03.2008

Anchor/News Reporter

KXXV/ KRHD-TV
05.2003 - 06.2006

Freelance Correspondent

Star Television
02.2003 - 02.2003

Intern

Cox Broadcasting
08.2002 - 12.2002

Master of Science - Journalism

Northwestern University, Medill School of Journalism

Master of Science - Law

Northwestern University

Bachelor of Journalism - Journalism

The University of Texas

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