Creative Communications Specialist with an eye for detail and accuracy looking to combine extensive journalism experience and education with passion for public relations, marketing  and engagement.

 

Current Employment:

Public Involvement Specialist

Howard Stein Hudson, Boston, MA

2017 – Present

  •  Providing public outreach services for major construction and transportation projects for the Massachusetts Department of Transportation. Attending project and public meetings to cultivate relationships with the media, the public and stakeholders.
  • Proposal Writing & Preparing Meeting Minutes
  • Conceptualizing Creative Project Campaigns and Strategies Translating Project Briefs for Public Consumption
  • Recording & Reporting Stakeholder Feedback

  • Crafting Press Releases

Past Employment:

Producer

WHDH 7News, Boston, MA

2016-2017

  • Produced and wrote daily news broadcast at premiere Boston news station.
  • Selecting news stories to feature in daily 5:30 p.m. broadcast
  • Line-producing and news writing
  • Delegating duties to graphics and video editors

Anchor/Reporter/Writer/Producer

CTV, Watertown, MA

2011-2016 

  • Producer, Writer and Reporter for The Gist (2012 - Present)
  • Writer and Substitute Host for This is the Day LIVE
  • Writer and Substitute Anchor for Catholic NewsBreak
  • LIVE Shot Producer/Producer/Reporter for World Meeting of Families 2015 coverage and Papal visit to Philadelphia, September 21 - 27, 2015
  • Producer of coverage of Papal visit to Cuba & United States, September 19 - 27, 2015
  • Producer/Reporter for March for Life in Washington D.C., 2012 & 2013
  • Producer, Writer and Reporter for ClearVoice (2010-2013) featuring Christine Caswell and John Monahan.

    • Recipient of two 2012 Telly Awards

  • Producer of Aging Gracefully,  Saint to Santa and RENEWED
  • Producer and host of The CatholicTV Telethon (2011 - Present)
  • Production Assistant on an as needed basis for the station
    • Prompter operation
    • Audio
    • Chyron

Production Intern

CTV, Watertown, MA

2010 - 2011

  • Production Assistant

Executive/Live Shot Producer/Reporter

WEBN, Boston, MA

2009 - 2011

  • Executive Producer, Medical Matters WEBN weekly newscast
  • Reported from the red carpet at the 83rd Academy Awards.
  • Live Shot Producer from Cahill Headquarters election night, 2010

Assistant A&E Editor/Writer

The Berkeley Beacon, Boston, MA

2007 - 2009

  • Wrote and edited CD, ballet, film, theater and museum exhibit reviews

Development Intern

Make-A-Wish, Boston, MA

2008 - 2009

  • Wrote short feature stories on the wish children of the Make-A-Wish foundation
  • Basic office work
  • Donor data entry

Skills:

  • Microsoft Office
  • Adobe Suite
  • Marketing
  • Public Relations
  • Networking
  • Writing/Copyediting
  • Avid/Final Cut Pro
  • Photography/Videography/Camera Equipment
  • Social Media
  • Email Production
  • Breaking News
  • Audacity Audio Editing
  • Dalet
  • ENPS

Education:

Emerson College, Boston, MA

M.A. in Broadcast Journalism

Emerson College, Boston, MA

B.S. in Print and Multimedia Journalism
Dean’s List

Pace University, New York, NY

Dean’s List
Lambda Sigma Honors Society