Samantha Howell

• Wrote funny, timely, informative, and breaking stories about celebrities, music, movies, television, and viral videos/trends/news on a deadline of under an hour • Pitched stories to daytime editors about pop culture news, breaking information, and topics trending on social media • Found, wrote, edited, and published stories during evening shift • Posted stories and podcast clips to multiple social media platforms, including Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and Tumblr • Conducted in-office interviews with celebrities • Conducted red carpet interviews with celebrities • Pitched and executed ideas for Playbuzz polls, quizzes, rankers, and flip-card games, as well as photo/video/gif galleries

• Coordinates taping elements and deliverables between the producing teams and post • Coordinates delivering show segments and highlights to the web department • Assists in managing the post department and editors’ schedules • Fact- and spell-checks lower thirds • Logs all elements of each show • Distributes DVDs, rundowns, scripts, notes and other essential paperwork

• Pitched a story that was booked on the show • Transcribed pre-interviews • Pitched GIF ideas and tracked the social media presence of competing shows • Helped talent team produce topical packets for the Producers • Assisted craft services in maintaining green rooms and assisted with giveaways • Helped confirm and organize audience

• Hosted a half-hour television special about the 86th Academy Awards and the film industry • Scheduled and conducted interviews with Oscar nominees • Wrote show script, package scripts, web articles and edited packages on a 24-hour deadline

• Traveled to Los Angeles to report for a half hour television special about The Emmy Awards and the television industry • Scheduled and conducted interviews with Emmy nominees and winners • Wrote package scripts, web articles and edited packages on a 24-hour deadline • Served as videographer for other reporters

• Oversaw all aspects of a live weekly AP Award-winning televised newscast • Built the rundown for each show and oversaw technical operation in control room and studio • Selected stories to cover and delegated stories to associate producers and reporters • Maintained web and social media presence for the newscast