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Stephanie Abrams

Los Angeles,CA
Stephanie Abrams

Summary

Award winning veteran journalist and public relations expert motivated to leverage years of experience with all media platforms including AI to help a company reach its ultimate integrated internal voice and public positioning.

Overview

26
years of professional experience

Work History

Give Back PR/Abrams Management
Los Angeles, California

Public Relations Specialist
01.2013 - 06.2022

Job overview

  • Full service public relations agency representing local and national corporations with crisis management, news and social placements, and media consulting with a charitable focus under DBA Give Back PR.
  • Created #GiveBackNews weekly social newscast for Daily News
  • NOTE - this job continues on and off through previous employment as it was my own firm so I continued to do part time work when called on after I left this to work for a larger corporation

Circa News
Los Angeles, California

National Correspondent & LA Bureau Chief
04.2016 - 07.2018

Job overview

  • Reporter/Producer features and celebrity interviews for 173 TV stations and viral social media videos (2 with over 30 million views)
  • LA Bureau Chief - employee training, managing equipment, hires and dismissals.
  • Developed Circa Cares division focused on charity-driven stories.

LAUSD
Los Angeles, California

Social Media Director
03.2012 - 01.2013

Job overview

  • Formed and lead District's first social media team of 30 and worked with LAUSD District leaders to establish social media presence and policies for 1030 school sites
  • Crisis management with consulting and social media response, talking points for District leaders, and District spokesperson
  • @LASchools Weekly News Update for streaming sites and PBS KLCS TV

CBS Television Stations

Anchor and Reporter
02.2001 - 03.2012

Job overview

  • CBS2 LA 2009-2012 Live, Feature, and Investigative Reporter and spokesperson at charity events
  • CBS3 Philadelphia 2004-2009 Technology Reporter, Live local and network reporter for CBS Morning show, Anchor CW Wake Up News
  • CBS21 Harrisburg 2001-2004 Anchor, Feature Reporter, Exec Producer weekends, Board of Directors Pennsylvania Crime Stoppers

NBC 15 WICD-TV
Champaign, IL

Anchor Reporter, Exec Producer
03.1998 - 02.2001

Job overview

Features & Breaking News. Executive Producer Weekends.

CBS Television Stations

Anchor Reporter Producer Photographer
07.1996 - 03.1998

Job overview

  • CBS 4 Butte, Montana 1996-98 Anchor, reporter and spokesperson
  • CBS 12 KHSL Redding, CA 1996 - Redding Bureau Photographer and Reporter

Education

Harvard University
, Cambridge, MA

Masters Degree (candidate- in Progress) from Business Management
05.2025

IBM
, Online

Professional Certificate from Applied AI Specialization
05.2023

University Overview

  • Completed Six Computer Science Courses w honors: Introduction to Artificial Intelligence (AI), AI using IBM Watson Building AI Powered Chatbots, Python for Data Science, AI & Development Python Project for AI & Application Development, Building AI Applications with Watson APIs

Brandeis University
, Waltham, MA

Bachelor of Arts from Political Science & Journalism

University Overview

Cum Laude Graduate & Deans List

Skills

  • Real Estate Agent license DRE 2124772
  • IBM Professional Applied AI Certificate
  • Media Crisis Management
  • Public Relations Strategies and Project Management
  • Community Relationship Building
  • Press Release & Media Alert Writing
  • Client Coaching
  • Breaking News Coverage / on-scene reporting
  • Technology, Political and Investigative Reporting
  • Editing and Proofreading
  • Computer Skills: Google Docs, Spreadsheets, Slides, Hootsuite, Sprout Social, Canva, Meet, etc
  • Skilled in iNews , Final Cut & Adobe Premiere Video editing, Adobe Audition, Avid, Excel, Numbers, Pages, Microsoft Word, Website Creation/updating, VR Meta tools, IBM Cloud, Watson Assistant, Machine Learning, Python, AI

Additional Information

2012-2018 Board Member Safe Passage (Domestic Violence Awareness)

2022/2023 President PTSA CHAMPS Charter HS of the Arts

work samples: www.StephanieAbrams.com

Recommendations: Linkedin @stephabrams

Honors

TELLY AWARD 2019, "Soulshocka: Rapper with Autism Finds His Voice"

WEBBY AWARDS 2017, People's Voice Webby Award and Academy Webby Award as Reporter/Producer "The People Walker"

2013 Los Angeles Certificate of Recognition fo domestic violence awareness efforts

EMMY HONORS: 2008 Investigative "School Safety Test," Feature "Heroes Diner," Feature "Clean the Streets." 2009 Feature "Virtual Philadelphia"

Pennsylvania Crime Stoppers Award 2004

AP AWARD Pennsylvania Association of Broadcasters 2002

Stephanie Abrams