Maya Blackstone

CBS: Inside Edition, Intern Summer 2016 • Story coordinator and intern at Inside Edition. Assisted with day of air and long-term stories. Screened tapes and archive footage for relevant sound bites and recorded Internet and media pieces to use directly on the show. • Researched stories and found and set up original interviews. Monitored press conferences and news reports with time code, found video supplements and wrote open elements. Went on shoots with producers and helped formulate angles and questions for the interview subjects and assisted camera crews in setting up shots and finding locations for b-roll. • Wrote original articles and created video scripts for the digital online section of Inside Edition. Stories went on to appear on Yahoo, MSN, Reddit, AOL, Good Morning America Online, ABC News, among others (samples upon request).

Producer and production assistant on Tufts University television web series. https://www.youtube.com/user/tutvtufts

Screened potential films and made pitches for worthwhile films to screen at festival. Assisted with festival and set up for special events. Helped write overview for programs and marketing notices.

I was a production assistant for the Rachael Ray digital team for their facebook live videos in the summer of 2016.

Glass Entertainment Group produces reality programming for Discovery, HGTV, and the Travel Channel. Worked with development team to create new television show pitches. Transcribed rough cuts of episodes, observed network phone calls and edits, and helped arrange filming locations.