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Raishad Hardnett's Resume
Raishad Hardnett's Resume
Raishad Hardnett's Resume
HARDNETT
Portfolio: www.raishadhardnett.com raishad.hardnett@gmail.com 302-530-1617
EXPERIENCE
Reporter, Anchor Annenberg TV News (University of Southern California)
Shoot, write and edit packages under tight day-of-air deadlines as one-man-band reporter. Write web-optimized article to accompany each package. Tweet developing stories regularly in the field. Heavily relied on to shoot b-roll, conduct interviews, write scripts, and edit multiple stories on anchoring days.
CBC-UNC Diversity Fellowship Spring 2014 One of 12 students nationwide selected to enterprise packages and liveshots at week-long intensive reporting workshop
at WRAL in Raleigh.
Producer Annenberg TV News Create rundown for 30-minute live newscast. Pitch stories and package ideas during morning meeting. Manage and direct a team of 40+ multimedia journalists, reporters and assignment editors. Order graphics and CNN footage, copyedit stories, and check each video before it is sent. Communicate with anchors in the booth while keeping an eye on wires and breaking news. Executive Producer Annenberg Digital News
Manage and direct NeonTommy.com, the most visited college-run news site in the U.S. Use Google Analytics to promote, link to, and add roadblocks into heavily trafficked stories. Regularly update content on the homepage. Handle breaking news via social media updates and Storify. Write several stories per day with SEO-optimized headlines and teasers. Promote SMO-optimized stories via Facebook and Twitter.
Summer 2013
Fall 2012
SKILLS
Final Cut Pro 7, Edius 6, Avid, iNews, ENPS, Drupal, Wordpress, Storify, basic Photoshop Search Engine Optimization (SEO), Social Media Optimization (SMO)
EDUCATION
University of Southern California; Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism
B.A. (Honors), Broadcast and Digital Journalism May 2014 Trustee Scholar 3.47 GPA
Los Angeles, CA