Resume

Ashley W. Bolkcom

P.O. Box 434, Prior Lake, MN 55372

Email: ashleybolkcom@aol.com

BROADCASTING EXPERIENCE

Assignment Desk Editor, FOX-9 KMSP (11/11-present)

• Assign reporters and photographers and manage the newsroom as a whole
• Responsible for story ideas and early development
• Write stories for the web
• Research stories and help reporters and producers acquire information concerning ongoing and breaking news
• Monitor scanner traffic and local media outlets as well as national wires and national media
• Work with the desk in New Yorkto coordinate satellite and story feeds

Sports Intern, KARE-11 News (9/10-5/11)

• Edit video including highlights and interview footage for newscasts and kare11.com
• Conduct pre- and post-game interviews with professional, college, and high school sports teams
• Cover games, write scripts, and edit video for broadcasts including the KARE-11 Prep Sports Extra
• Produce weekend sportscasts                                                                                                  

News Intern, KEYC-TV (6/10-8/10)

• Shoot and edit video as well as write scripts for air
• Observe reporters in the field

Sports Intern, FOX 9-KMSP (6/09-9/09)

• Write sports scripts and highlights for nightly broadcasts and FOX-9 Sports Primetime
• Conduct post-game interviews with the Minnesota Twins and Minnesota Vikings
• Write print stories for website

Executive Studio Producer, TommieMedia.com (1/09-6/10)

• Initial idea formation and bookings for in-studio segments
• Edit scripts and video including all post-production
• Manage all studio and set activity including talent, guests and all technical aspects of the studio

Newscast Manager, TommieMedia.com (8/09-1/10)

• Managing assignment editor for newscast
• Edit headlines and video
• Manage all pre- and post-production

Multi-media Journalist,TommieMedia.com (8/09-6/10)

• Shoot, edit, and write video packages for the website
• Write print articles for the website

News Director, Campus Scope (8/08-5/09)

• Assign stories and manage reporters
• Edit scripts and video
• Representative to the University Media Service and manage all joint projects with the student newspaper

Anchor/General Assignment Reporter, Campus Scope (9/07-5/09)                                           

• Shoot and edit video packages

Mentor, ThreeSixty Journalism (Summer 2010)

• Mentorship program pairing UST journalism majors with inner-city high school students interested in journalism

EDUCATION

University of Saint Thomas (St. Paul, MN)

Major: Communication and Journalism/ Broadcast Journalism

Graduation: May 2011

Minor: Political Science

Overall GPA: 3.79, Magna Cum Laude

WORK EXPERIENCE

Receptionist, The Hair Mate (7/06-present)

TV Studio Worker, University of St. Thomas (9/09-5/11)

Beverage Cart, Heritage Links Golf Club (5/10-present)