Shannon Line
Email: shannonline16@gmail.com
Media and Broadcast Experience
News Producer, WTKR News 3, Norfolk, VA. May 2020 - Present
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Creating dynamic newscasts during major breaking news situations, including wall-to-wall coverage.
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Invented and developed a community-based events segment which now airs daily in several newscasts
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Produced a 30-minute investigative special looking deeper at housing insecurities in coastal Virginia
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Creatively built and maintained viewership when faced with depleting resources.
Intern, WDIV Local 4 Special Projects, Detroit MI. May - Aug. 2019
-Writing published web stories for clickondetroit.com
-Conducts interviews for news packages.
-Logs interviews and write potential TV scripts.
Senior Producer, Focal Point News, East Lansing MI. Aug. 2018 - Dec. 2019
Reporter for CCTV Public Access, West Bloomfield MI. May - Aug. 2018
-Reported, shot and edited news stories for weekly newscast, most days on a two day turn.
-Anchored the half-hour main newscast "The Splash"
-Took part in setting up and running the production on several video shoots in the area.
Intern, ONTV Public Access, Lake Orion MI. May - Aug. 2017
- Produced multiple news shows, including a live and on location show covering the town fair.
-Created weekly packages for the stations news show covering a wide range events in the community.
-Anchored several shows including ONTV News, an interview talk show, and a live news talk show.
Skills
-Rundown software: ENPS, OPUS, Inception, and Rundown Creator
-Editing: Adobe Premiere and Avid.
-Experience in a leadership role when Executive Producer was unavailable--making fast decisions on the content strategy for the morning show.
-Ability to communicate/organizing several live crews within a 30 - 60 minute broadcast
Awards/Special Honors
BEA 1st place, Television News Magazine | 2020
President and founding member, Michigan State University chapter of RTDNA | 2018-current
ONTV Intern of the Year | April 2018
Member, Michigan State University’s Honors College | 2017 – Present
Education
Michigan State University, East Lansing, Mich. | Graduated: May 2020
Bachelor of Arts in Journalism | Minor: Film Studies | Concentration: Broadcast Journalism
References
*Provided upon email request