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WCYB
WCYB is the NBC affiliate in the Tri-Cities region of Northeast Tennessee and Southwest Virginia.
Weekend Evening Anchor
October 2022 - Present
I lead a small team to anchor and produce weekend editions of News 5 at 6 and 11 and Fox 39 News at 10.
Weekend Morning Anchor
March 2022 - October 2022
Johnson City Bureau Chief
April 2020 - Present
I lead coverage and coordinate assignments for myself and a videographer for three counties surrounding our market's largest city.
Multimedia Journalist
June 2018 - Present
Associate Producer (Part Time)
July 2016 - June 2018
For two years during college, I reported and wrote stories for WCYB's early evening newscasts and website during summers and holidays.
Intern
June 2016 - July 2016
WBEJ
Disc Jockey
May 2011 - April 2017
WBEJ is the community radio station for Elizabethton, TN. At WBEJ, I was the Saturday morning show host from 6 a.m. until noon and provided voice overs for advertising. I did some work editing WBEJ's website until 2012 when the station switched from FTP- to CMS-based editing, enabling all employees to update the site. In addition to my radio show, I also filled in during the week from time to time and was the host of special broadcasts such as the annual Christmas tree lighting, the Covered Bridge Festival, Kiwanis Club fundraiser day and various remote broadcasts. My radio work was featured in a full page article in the local newspaper, the Elizabethton Star, in 2014. I was also among the five nominees chosen for the Star's 2013 Reader's Choice Award for best DJ.
StampedeTV
Producer
August 2015 - May 2018
Reporter
January 2015 - May 2018
Webmaster
January 2016 - May 2016
The Stampede is Milligan University's student news service. I led the TV division most of my time in college. As webmaster, I built a new WordPress-based site, which the students still use today. StampedeTV is where I honed my producing and reporting skills. An investigative story I did on a moldy cafeteria soda fountain got me in a lot of heat with the then school administration and is still the most-watched story on the Stampede YouTube page.
WUMC
Station Manager
August 2014 - May 2018
WUMC is Milligan University's student radio station. I managed most of the programming and technical aspects of the station. During my time as station manager, I added live sports broadcasts, a new music rotation built from scratch, and a live music show, which required changes to studio wiring.
Warrior News
Executive Producer
October 2013 - May 2014
Warrior News was my high school's weekly news program that I founded during my senior year. I led a group of ten people to create the entirely student-produced program.
WKID 6
Creator
July 2006 - August 2014
I produced a newscast from home from age 10 to 18. Each of the nearly 150 newscasts were about five to 10 minutes long. The program started on VHS and then moved to digital and later high definition. I launched a companion website when I was 13. WKID 6 was featured twice on WCYB-TV in reports by the late Jim Conrad in 2010 and 2014.