KEVIN PETROCHKO

1140 Third Ave Duncansville Pa, 16635 | (570) 709-4151 | kpetrochko42@gmail.com

Education
THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY | MAY 2013 | UNIVERSITY PARK, PA
 Bachelor of Arts Degree in Telecommunications | College of Communications

Broadcast Experience
WTAJ-TV | NEWS VIDEOGRAPHER/EDITOR MARCH 2015-PRESENT
ALTOONA PA
 Shot and edited B-Roll and Packages for evening newscasts
 Shoots, writes, edits highlights of local high school, college and minor league sports
 Edits weekend newscasts under extremely tight deadlines
 Fill-in Floor directs Central Pa’s only afternoon lifestyle talk show
FREELANCE PRODUCTION ASSISTANT | ALTOONA CURVE APRIL 2016-JULY 2017
ALTOONA PA
 Operated closed-circuit broadcast cameras during home games
 Shot video for T.V. commercials and social media outlets
 Operated Scoreboard bug graphic using compix graphics system
PRODUCTION ASSISTANT | WBRE/WYOU TV |WILKES BARRE, PA JUNE 2013-MARCH 2015
WILKES BARRE PA
 Prepared and Struck Studio sets of Eyewitness News and Pa-Live
 Worked as a Camera Assistant for the 2014 Children’s Miracle Network Telethon
 Operated Studio Camera and audio board during evening newscasts
VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCE
 Worked as a sports videographer for the Penn State Campus Television Club
 Contributed time as a sports broadcaster and play-by-play announcer for the campus radio station
 Volunteered as a production assistant for THON 2012
 Job shadowed a college baseball play-by-play announcer, minor league baseball play-by-play announcer
 Job shadowed AT&T Sportsnet during a Pittsburgh Pirates game broadcast
HONORS
 Recipient of a 2014 Best Evening Newscast Emmy Award at WBRE/WYOU TV

 Recipient of a 2016 PA Association of Broadcasters Outstanding Spot News Coverage award at WTAJ-TV
SKILLS
 Final Cut Pro, Avid Newscutter, Adobe Premiere, Bit Central, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram
 Sony Ex 3, JVC 700, 650, and 100 Cameras
 Hindenburg Audio and Audacity
 iNews, scriptwriting, TVU Backpack,
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