Jon's number: 856-630-3277
Steve@DCA Talent: 919-868-6088.
EXPERIENCE
WCBI-TV, Columbus, Mississippi: Sports Director (September 2020 - present).
Produce/Anchor sports segments for the 5, 6 and 10 o’clock shows. Cover Mississippi State, Ole Miss, Alabama and high school athletics. Short and long-range planning including scheduling, setting up interviews and enterprising local, regional and national sports stories. Team player, self-starter and multi-tasker. Constant interaction with viewers via social media.
KJTV-TV, Lubbock: Sports Reporter/Anchor (December 2017 - August 2020).
Shot, wrote and edited sports stories/features for the nightly newscasts. Produced/Anchored “Sports Overtime” on Saturday/Sunday nights from 9:30-10 and "FOX34 Football Friday". Covered all Texas Tech Athletics and area high school sports. Road travel reporter for Texas Tech football.
Double T 97.3/100.7 The Score, Lubbock: Sports Talk Host (December 2017 - August 2020). Co-hosted “The End of the Bench” from 9-11 AM discussing Texas Tech and national sports headlines. Hosted “Gameday Live” on Texas Tech football game days. Created segments, scheduled guests, wrote, edited and anchored updates read on air.
NBC Sports Philadelphia: Newsroom Intern (May - August 2017).
Logged live games by marking each significant event that happens. Assisted producers by transcribing interviews and cutting highlights for local programming. Assisted reporters in the field with whatever they needed.
Fox Sports Radio, Los Angeles: Sports Production Intern (January - April 2017).
New Jersey Jackals, Little Falls: Intern (May - August 2016).
ESPN Ithaca: Intern/Reporter/Correspondent (August 2015 - December 2017).
EDUCATION
Ithaca College, Ithaca, NY: B.S in Television-Radio.
AWARDS
AP award for Best Sports Special: “Football Friday”.
1st place recognition for play-by-play talent for Ithaca/Cortland football broadcast by Broadcast Education Association.
REFERENCES
Derek Rogers (current supervisor), GM, WCBI-TV, Columbus, 662-242-3027.
Matt Ernst (former supervisor), News Director, KCBD-TV, Lubbock, 806-281-4067.
Joey Barnes (current supervisor), News Director, WCBI-TV, Columbus, 850-598-5275.
