Works directly with Anders Gyllenhaal, the Vice President of News for McClatchy, on projects from web design to tablet and smartphone app launch to company training sessions to editing print and shooting video. Social media encourager. Writer. Broadcaster. Morale booster. Effective communicator.

kate covering an obama rally in raleigh, nc

associated press television news
bangkok, thailand
television news resident
september-december, 2010

global residency of masters program. served as a shooter, editor, researcher and reporter. attended events in thailand and laos to cover the region. conducted a long form independent project.

cnn
atlanta, georgia
turner stars program
cnn international intern
july-september, 2009

part of a small team responsible for creating and producing innovative segments on cnn international. worked closely with producer jessica ellis and correspondent errol barnett. involved in a cross-platform approach to news that included signature webcam interviews allowing for direct interaction with the online world. showcased the most compelling videos, pictures and stories generated by users online – from cnn’s public journalism initiative on ireport.com and other social/media sites (i.e. various national and international blogs, youtube, facebook, flickr, twitter). part of a new wave bringing new technologies into the cnni newsroom and enhancing the way news is covered – from breaking news to the entertaining, engaging with viewers, and connecting with audience through user-generated initiatives. worked in the cnn international newsroom, but also did live hits on cnn usa and cnn.com live. was part of the production process – researching, writing, shooting and editing pre-produced segments and the program “ireport for cnn.”

cnn domestic
atlanta, georgia
the row, part-time research intern
july-september, 2009

spent a few weeks with the row – the researching, fact-checking, and editing unit of cnn. the row approves every script before publication through any venue. researchers take a first look at the work, doing a complete review and fact-check. pieces and their revisions are then sent to an executive producer for a second review and more critical edit often with researcher and reporter involved. once approved by the row, the content is ready for air.

carolina week and carolina connection
chapel hill, north carolina
sports anchor, producer and reporter
august, 2008-may, 2009

carolina week is an emmy-awarding winning television newscast produced by students in the unc-ch school of journalism and mass communication. students are responsible for the creation of the stories aired as well as the production of the show. supervised by a team of professors and graduate students with professional broadcast experience, students shoot, write and edit their stories. the program gives students hands-on experience in the broadcast journalism field. reporters cover university, community and state news for two tv newscasts and one radio newscast per week. each half hour tv newscast includes news, weather and sports segments. a minimum of 20 hours per week was spent covering stories, editing, running the studio and control room, and many other tasks. three stories were produced for carolina connection, the radio counterpart. kate was the only reporter to cover the obama inauguration in dc for carolina week.