William Padmore
Overview
9
9
years of professional experience
Work History
Anchor/News Reporter/Producer
Louisville Public Media
Louisville, KY
01.2024 - Current
- Conduct 2-way interviews with newsmakers and personalities via telephone or Zoom.
- Delivere daily newscasts for local drive time shift (4pm-6pm).
- Develope engaging and informative radio features, averaging 3-4 minutes in length.
- Gained familiarity with the Grove online publish platform.
- Contribute to the editing process of an online newsletter
Anchor/ Producer/News Reporter
Nebraska Public Media
Lincoln, NE, NE
08.2020 - Current
- Write insightful and informing news stories relevant to Nebraskans, long form and daily, with a commitment to journalism fundamentals.
- Conduct long-format 2 way interviews with Nebraska newsmakers.
- Build and maintain relationships with sources to create story leads.
- Act as a host for variety of on-air shifts (All Things Considered, Morning Edition, etc.)
- Demonstrate calm in high pressure, breaking news situations.
- Deliver daily newscasts in a friendly, yet commanding manner
- Live board operation.
- Live pitching (public media fund drives)
- Live hosting (Nebraska's 2022 Governor's Lecture in Humanities featuring Candice Millard)
- Audio editing (Adobe Suite)
- Producing/ narrating segments for television (PBS).
- Additional training in reporting via various online seminars provided by Nebraska Public Media (Poynter institute, National Association of Black Journalists 2023 Conference)
Anchor/ Reporter
NRG Media
Lincoln, Nebraska
06.2017 - 07.2020
- Deliver live and pre-recorded newscasts for the Lincoln listening area.
- Report on a variety of topics of interest to the Lincoln listening audience. (crime, local politics, weather, etc.)
- Live, on-location reporting for breaking news (press conferences, protests, extreme weather, etc.)
- Assist Production of and occasionally co-host "Drive Time Lincoln" and "Road To Recovery" shows.
Anchor/Reporter
Learfield News and Agriculture
Lincoln, Nebraska
06.2018 - 02.2019
- Write news stories of statewide interest for the Learfield News and Ag Nebraska division (defunct).
- Pre-record newscasts for the Learfield News an Ag division (defunct).
Traffic Anchor
iHeartMedia
Phoenix, AZ
01.2016 - 06.2017
- Deliver live and recorded traffic updates for a variety of markets, including the Las Vegas, Albuquerque, El Paso, Phoenix and Tuscon metro areas.
Education
Bachelor of Arts - Journalism, Broadcast
The Walter Cronkite School Of Journalism And Mass Communication
05.2015
Accomplishments
- Nebraska Broadcast Association Silver Award 2023 - Best In Depth or Investigative Story or Series
- Nebraska Broadcast Association Bronze Award 2023 - Best Newscast
- 1st Place 2019 Severeid Award - Newscast - “KLIN 5:00 Report” (Contributor)
- 1st Place 2018 Eric Severeid Award Spot News – “House Explosion” (Contributor)
- 1st Place 2018 Great Planes Associated Press - Newscast (Contributor)
Timeline
Anchor/News Reporter/Producer
Louisville Public Media
01.2024 - Current
Anchor/ Producer/News Reporter
Nebraska Public Media
08.2020 - Current
Anchor/Reporter
Learfield News and Agriculture
06.2018 - 02.2019
Anchor/ Reporter
NRG Media
06.2017 - 07.2020
Traffic Anchor
iHeartMedia
01.2016 - 06.2017
Bachelor of Arts - Journalism, Broadcast
The Walter Cronkite School Of Journalism And Mass Communication