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Student Journalist
About Me
Strongly motivated student with a zest for innovative media and journalism, a keen interest in the physical life beyond earth’s atmosphere and the economic and political relationships between nations. I have experience as an assistant video editor and reporter for GW’s independent student newspaper and internship experience at a national news organization.
Work Experience
January 2022 – Present
NBCUniversal- NBC News & MSNBC: DC Bureau General Assignment Intern
September 2021 -- December 2021
GW Writing Center: Undergraduate Writing Consultant
• Tutor graduate and undergraduate students on essay writing, grammar, sentence structure and brainstorming to improve their writing and editing skills
• Facilitate one-on-one sessions with students across numerous disciplines and guide students at every stage of the writing process to help them produce well written work that reflects their voice
June 2021 – August 2021
NBCUniversal- NBC News & MSNBC: Dayside Breaking News Intern
● Logged press conferences and interviews using iNews, IPTV and Snapstream. Alerted producers of breaking news stories and developments, transcribed portions of news events and provided producers with summaries for easy navigation of information to be used on MSNBC’s daytime shows
● Assisted the team with transcribing White House press conferences on MediaCentral, monitored breaking news developments on NewsConnect and recorded newsmakers on air to suggest guests for MSNBC’s daytime shows
October 2019 – January 2021
The GW Hatchet: Assistant Video Editor, Videographer and Reporter
● Oversaw the newspaper's video team and assigned videos to videographers weekly, interviewed students, professors, entrepreneurs, and artists across Washington DC. Contributed to weekly budgeting and pitched at least two new stories per week
● Covered student and faculty issues across campus, recorded and edited videos using Adobe Premiere Pro producing 15 videos for the newspaper’s website and YouTube
March 2019 – November 2019
Beks Cookery: Social Media Manager
● Updated social media and Google business pages with daily content which led to an increase in sales and more than 400 new Instagram followers
● Facilitated healthy communication channels across the company to increase customer satisfaction and patronage
May 2019 –July 2019
Nigeria Television Authority: Journalism Intern
● Assisted in production of news broadcasts. Set-up camera and audio equipment, wrote scripts and recorded voice overs for videos
● Interviewed six professionals and entrepreneurs for news stories and edited videos using Adobe Premiere Pro
Education
Aug 2018 - May 2022
The George Washington University
School of Media and Public Affairs
Washington DC
Bachelor of Arts, Journalism and Mass Communication
Minors: Astronomy & Astrophysics