DJ Duckworth

Research story leads, investigate the information with Accurint and Lexis Nexus, pre-interview people for story, collect data from social media platforms, organize crews for shoot, distribute and manage contracts, work closely with a veteran team of producers and anchors.

I hosted, co-created, co-produced the web series Meet Me There for the luxury travel club Exclusive Resorts. I featured 8 of the clubs top destinations and an expedition to Antarctica showing viewers how to live like a local in each location.

Traveled to nine global destinations for Exclusive Resorts and represented these luxury travel opportunities as part of the brand’s “Meet Me There” content marketing program, which showcased “living like a local” wherever you travel; appeared in eight television commercials and multiple radio spots for a major Southeast automotive retail group; served as an internal spokesperson for a suite of sales and marketing tools for a major domestic rice producer; appeared in over 40 weekly video segments broadcast to over 250,000 viewers promoting different retailers and events at the Mall at Turtle Creek, a major regional retail hub; organized and hosted a successful fundraising event for Arkansas Children’s Hospital, raising over $100,000 during my tenure; co-hosted telethons for United Cerebral Palsy and Easter Seals in Southeast television markets

Anchored, produced, and reported for several newscasts and morning/afternoon news programs in two regional markets Covered breaking news, crime, local government, and general assignment reporting Wrote copy, developed segments, and produced entire newscasts Highlights: covered the biggest news story in the country on the scene in March 1998, the mass shooting at Arkansas’ West Side School, the deadliest school shooting in the country at the time; served as the principal liaison between KAIT-TV and Crimestoppers, a community criminal watchdog program; anchored six different newscasts and programs across an eight-year broadcast journalism career