KRISTIAN WEATHERSPOON
5340 Raymond Road
Jackson, MS 39212
Phone: (601) 946-0998
Email: kristianweatherspoon@gmail.com
WORK EXPERIENCEAugust-December 2009 Health Reporter/D.C. Bureau/Medill News Service
(Washington, D.C.)
(Washington, D.C.)
Worked at the Medill News Service as Washington Health reporter for various news clients including TV2 in the Virgin Islands. Specific duties included reporting on national
health issues, such as health reform, primarily from Capitol Hill and the White House. Responsible for reporting, writing, shooting and editing of enterprise packages and spot news.
June-August 2009 Reporter/Northwestern News Report
(Chicago, IL)
(Chicago, IL)
Shot, reported, produced and edited one-man band stories in Chicago area with expert sources and personal stories. Stories were aired on Chicago cable and Evanston cable, Channel 6. Also acted as camera person for fellow reporters, in addition to anchoring and co-producing 30-minute newscasts.
March-June 2009 Reporter/Medill Reports
(Chicago, IL)
(Chicago, IL)
Reported enterprise stories for the Medill Chicago News Bureau. These stories appeared in print and online publications such as the Austin Weekly News, a Chicago publication.
January-March 2009 Housing Beat Reporter/Northwestern University
(Evanston, IL)
(Evanston, IL)
Wrote news and feature stories about housing/real estate market in Chicago. Completed extended stories about housing trends using housing foreclosure databases.
May –November 2009 Public Relations Officer/Friends of Children of Mississippi, Inc.
( Jackson, MS)
( Jackson, MS)
Facilitated external communications for the organization that included arranging interviews and media appearances .
January 2007-May 2008 Anchor/Production Assistant/ JSU TV-23
(Jackson, MS)
(Jackson, MS)
Anchored daily news updates and wrote on –air news copy. Specific duties included assisting in the production of daily newscasts and interviewing weekly television guests.
EDUCATIONJanuary-December 2009 Medill School of Journalism,Northwestern University
(Evanston, IL)
(Evanston, IL)
MS Broadcast Journalism
August 2004-May 2008 Jackson State University
(Jackson, MS)
(Jackson, MS)
BA English/Journalism
PROFESSIONAL SKILLS- Video Editing: Avid NewsCutter, Adobe Premiere Elements
- Audio Editing: Adobe Audition, Audacity
- Cameras: Panasonic P2
- ENPS, Adobe Photoshop, Wordpress
REFERENCESBeth Bennett; Northwestern University (773) 983-5798
Arsenio Oloroso; Northwestern University (773) 344-4809
Andrew Love; JSU TV-23, Jackson State University (601) 278-2388
