Summary

Recent years experience has been teaching media arts and blogging. However, I am experienced in RealityTV, news, live sports, and red carpet My skills includes producing, shooting, editing, casting and writing.

Credits

10/18 – 10/19

Multimedia Journalist Colorstream Media

Wordpress — Digital Details
10/18 – 10/19

Researching and Writing Entertainment News stories. Booking Interviews and Media Event Coverage Social Media Marketing Assigning Events to staff volunteer writers and photographers

12/13 – 12/14

Preditor (Video Production Teacher) Heart and Soul

Corporate — LAUSD Beyond the Bell Details
12/13 – 12/14

I teach video production to students. I teach them how to create PSAS, write scripts, music video, mini-documentary, how to do reviews on youtube, and news packages. We brainstorm and I help them develop the ideas into projects that they shoot and edit. Although I do some of the editing. I travel to schools throughout the San Fernando Valley

5/10 – 6/10

Casting Producer My Perfect Man

Film (Short) — HitchHiker Productions Details
5/10 – 6/10

Casted lead actress

4/10 – 5/10

Casting Associate Producer (Researcher) Unnamed Project (Pilot)

TV — Glassman Media Details
4/10 – 5/10

Researched potential cast for the game show. Assisted supervising casting producer.

10/08 – 10/08

Casting Producer Secrets of Life

Film (Feature-length) — Karim Movies Details
10/08 – 10/08

Responsible for casting celebrities include the lead host, Vivica A. Fox

9/07 – 9/08

Multimedia Journalist Look to the Stars

Looktothestars.org — Digital — LooktotheStars.org Details
9/07 – 9/08

Shooting, editing and producing entertainment news packages. Also served as writer.

5/05 – 9/05

Casting Associate Producer (to the Supervising Producer) Three Wishes (Season 1)

NBC — TV — Glassman Media Details
5/05 – 9/05

Heavy research and working directly with the Supervising casting producer. Some travel required and accompanied one of the producers and supervising producer. Did some travel booking and finding of locations for shoot pertaining to Hurricane Katrina. Pitched shows

2/05 – 5/05

Casting Producer (Lead) Vh1's Motor Mouth (Season 2)

VH1 — TV Details
2/05 – 5/05

On the road casting, casting calls, traveled from Maryland to upstate New York casting people for the show. Managed one casting associate on the road and reported back to the casting office in Los Angeles.

Orgs

  • Media Mavens
  • Actor's Fund Teaching Artists
  • Hue You Know
  • Slyfox
  • SWAN

Media

  • Inside the Williams Candy Factory - Shot, Edited and Produced by Crystal Johnson

  • My Shoes My Life Doc - Produced by Me and shot by elementary students

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Education

Morgan State University

Masters Degree in English/Screenwriting

Morgan State University

BS in Radio & TV Production

Skills

  • Editing
  • Social Media
  • Casting
  • Screenwriting
  • Teaching
  • Adobe Premiere
  • Google Docs
  • Microsoft Excel
  • Microsoft Word
  • Final Cut Pro 7
  • Microsoft Suite
  • Camera Operation
  • Adobe Premiere Pro
  • Final Cut Pro X
  • coordinating
  • Microsoft PowerPoint
  • teleprompter operator
  • Character Generator
  • Google Calendering
  • newswritng