Health Care Management

Location:

Knoxville, TN

Posted:

November 18, 2012

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Jennifer Meckles Multimedia Journalist

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ExperienceWBIR TV Knoxville, TN

July 2011 – Present

Reporter/Multimedia JournalistShoot, write and edit enterprise lead stories and live shots for 10News NightbeatFill-in anchor weekday evenings for FOX43 10pm news, and as weekend morning and evening fill-in for 10NewsUse social media and LiveU technology to file breaking reports from the field, including those outside Knoxville DMAProvide live reports to WXIA, KSDK, USA Today and other Gannett properties during coverage of Hurricane Isaac

KOMU TV Columbia, MO

August 2007 – July 2011

Reporter/AnchorCovered in-depth stories of statewide and national interest including: the Joplin EF-5 tornado and aftermath, 2010 Senate election, and an investigation of dangerous work environments at Missouri s state prisonAnchored weekend newscasts, and as a week-day morning and evening substituteManaged assignment desk duties: Wrote and published stories for website and social media, fielded phone calls, monitored scanner, assisted reporters in the fieldAwarded two national SPJ Mark of Excellence Awards for investigative work and reportingNewsy.com – Huffington Post Columbia, MO

February 2010 – July 2011

Writer/AnchorResearched, wrote and delivered analysis of national and international stories for online and mobile audience.Anchored stories broadcasted on Newsy.com, AOL News and Huffington Post video newsTrained new writers, and assisted management with pitch meetings and script approvalNBC Nightly News New York, NY

Summer 2010

Newsroom InternCollected data and created spreadsheets for BP oil spill statistics, used by NBC to monitor Gulf developments and cleanupAssisted Nightly producers, correspondents, and editors in New York City newsroom and on local shootsManaged desk phones, logged video, and distributed show rundowns and scriptsMissouri Digital News Jefferson City, MO

January 2009 – May 2009

Statehouse ReporterGenerated, reported, edited and voiced stories from the capitol for KMOX, a CBS radio affiliatePerformed in-person interviews with legislators about proposed laws and legislative policyHonors & Awards:2010 National Mark of Excellence (SPJ) Award Winner: General News Reporting

2010 National Mark of Excellence (SPJ) Award Finalist: In-Depth Reporting

2011 Association of Health Care Journalist: Missouri Fellowship Recipient

2010-2011 Missouri School of Journalism Edward R. Murrow Scholarship RecipientEducation:University of Missouri

Bachelor of Journalism: Radio-Television News

Bachelor of Arts: Political Science

SKILLS

BROADCAST:

iNews, Avid Newscutter XP, Final Cut Pro, Cool Edit, Sony PMWEX-1 HD Cam, DVCPRO, iMovie

MULTIMEDIA:

Wordpress (built jennifermeckles.com), Blogspot, Avid CMS, Synapse CMS, Photoshop, Vimeo

SOCIAL MEDIA:

Facebook, Twitter, Skype, CoTweet, Linked In

REFERENCES

STACEY WOELFEL

News Director KOMU-TV

RANDY REEVES

Managing Editor KOMU-TV

JIM FLINK

VP News Editorial Newsy.com

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