Jessica Smith

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FOX BUSINESS NETWORK New York City: Sept. 2012-present Countdown to the Closing Bell Production Assistant -Produce Segments -Monitor wires & create elements for breaking news -Create content for web -Book guests -Conduct pre-interviews -Produce daily & weekly packages -Generate story ideas May 2011-Aug. 2011 Intern -Produce segments and book guests -Research International Projects BLOOMBERG TV New York City: June 2012-Sept. 2012 Freelance Production Assistant & Intern, Special Projects Team -Work as an associate producer - Travel to shoot interviews and b-roll - Conduct interviews and book sources - Assist on field shoots KOMU-TV (NBC) Columbia, MO: Oct. 2008-2012 Reporter, Anchor, Web-editor -Shoot, write, and edit packages -Perform live-shots and onsets -Weekend &Substitute Anchor -Post and edit stories and additional news material online PROJECT 573 Columbia, MO: May 2011-May 2012 Multimedia Journalist -Develop, report and produce a long form multimedia project. NEWSY.COM Columbia, MO: August 2011-Dec. 2011 Writer, Producer -Write and produce stories for mobile applications

EDUCATION
MISSOURI SCHOOL OF JOURNALISM August 2008-May 2012 Major: Broadcast Journalism

SKILLS
BROADCAST -INews, Ardome, Avid Newscutter XP, FinalCut, NBC Newschannel, CNN Pathfire, Avid Media Manager, Audacity, Shooting with PMWEX-1 HD, Nikon D7000, Panasonic P2s and DVCPRO, Live U Backpack OTHER - Synapse CMS, Avid CMS, Wordpress, Twitter, Facebook, Google+

REFERENCES
ANDREW HOFFMAN Exec. Producer, FOX Business Network LIZ CLAMAN Anchor, FOX Business Network KENT COLLINS Chairman, Radio-TV, MU Journalism Faculty ELIZABETH GOULD Producer, Bloomberg Television STACEY WOELFEL News Director, KOMU-TV