Allyson Bird (630) 564-1170 allysonmbird@gmail.com allysonmbird.wordpress.

com

Mission

As a multi-media journalist, I feel responsible for creating news content that

keeps my audience informed through all outlets available. In addition to
producing newcasts for the air, I also manage and create content for the web
and social media sites. I am excited to be part of the ever-changing world
of journalism and hope to continue to push into new territory.

Experience

KOMU 8-TV News, an NBC affiliate

Producer January 2011-present
Produced a 6pm, 10pm and morning newscasts. Wrote national, international,
consumer and health stories; selected anchors and cameras; timed the show appropriately.
World and National News Anchor October 2010-December 2010
Anchored the world and national news stories of the day for the 10 o’clock news
Reporter April 2010-December 2010
Reported on day turn stories and live shots including city hall and school board meetings.
KOMU.com Editor January 2011-present
Managed newsroom Facebook and Twitter; posted reporters text and video to the website.

KBIA 91.3, an NPR affilliate

Reporter August 2009-December 2009
Gathered and edited sound and interviews for day turn stories, features and audio postcards

Skills & Technology

iNews, Avid Newscutter, Synapse Content Management System, Newsroom management for
Twitter and Facebook, CoTweet, Adobe Photoshop, Wordpress

Education

University of Missouri August 2007-May 2011

Bachelors of Journalism in the Radio-TV Sequence

References

Stacey Woelfel, News Director KOMU 8

573-884-6397 woelfels@missouri.edu

Kent Collins, Chairperson of Radio-TV Sequence at University of Missouri

573-882-1957 collinsks@missouri.edu

Randy Reeves, Executive Producer of KOMU 8

573-884-6397 reevesr@missouri.edu