Karen Miller

Appeared as a background actor in the film.

*Writer and producer for “Kid Talk”, weekly half hour series; featured local schools and topics relevant to children ages 10-18; *“Hampton Roads Young Achievers”, weekly profiles of area school students in grades 8 through 12; *“Families First”, WVBT Fox 43, half hour public affairs series that covered family and children’s issues; *“Doctors on Call”, WAVY-TV, annual 90-minute live call-in show featuring doctors from several specialties, local and national medical news features and on set interviews; *Increased ratings for “Kid Talk” by more than 6% in a one-year time period; *Used public relations skills to increase membership of “Kid Talk "A" Team" honor roll from 8 participants to more than 250 children in less than one year; *Other duties included producing local segments for annual telethons (including UNCF's "An Evening of Stars" and "Defeat Diabetes") and other special projects as assigned; *Worked as part of production team that won the 2003 “Service to Children” award for medium market stations from the National Association of Broadcasters’ Education Foundation.

Wrote and produced 30-second spots for telethons •Transcribed videotape and pulled footage for inclusion in featured stories •Researched leads for stories and conducted preliminary interviews with subjects of those stories

Assisted publisher in the production of monthly apartment directory for Tidewater area of Virginia, including proofreading advertisements and blueline copy; acted as liaison between local account executives and graphic artists at headquarters in Atlanta; other administrative duties as assigned

Wrote executive news summaries on a weekly basis; logged videotapes; assisted in putting together electronic press kits to promote network programming; assisted in the application process for the Cable Ace Awards; archived all network mentions in the media; assisted the public relations staff in their day-to-day administrative functions.