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Robert Moran

EXPERIENCE
Crown City News Volunteer Reporter/Producer                                                                                                                June 2012—present
o Assisted in the production of live weekly newscasts
o Shot and edited packages
o Wrote stories for CrownCityNews.com

ABC News Los Angeles bureau Intern/Desk Assistant                                                                                                                              February 2011—present
o pitched stories to the assignment manager.
o arranged travel for producers, correspondents and crews.
o booked production crews.
o digitized xdcams and beta tapes using AVID
o assisted producers with research and with production in the field.
o field produced a segment for World News with Diane Sawyer
 “Reagan’s Letters Found in Desk Drawer.”
o digitized videos and logged them into the tape library.

Online News Intern KABC-TV Los Angeles                                                                                                  September 2010 — January 2011
o pulled stories from the news wires and posted them to the web site.
o posted videos to ABC7.com from live recording of the newscasts.
o updated the contact, website, Twitter and Facebook page information for the regional city governments, police and fire departments.

Assignment Desk Intern KABC-TV Los Angeles                                                                                                         May 2010—August 2010
o answered the phone.
o gathered information for breaking news.
o helped organize the incoming press releases.
o assisted crews out in the field.
o updated the contact sheet for the local police, fire and sheriff’s stations

Fox News Channel Los Angeles bureau intern                                                                                                      February 2010—May 2010
o pitched stories at the daily pitch meetings.
o assisted the field producers out in the field and with research.
o assisted the media manager with restocking the videos into the library.
o did man-on-the-street interviews as necessary.
o assisted producers with digitizing their b-roll.

Fox News Channel, FoxNews.com intern New York City                                                                                     June 2009—August 2009
o pulled stories from the news wires and edited them for content and style.
o ran the home page and various other sections of the website on several occasions
o tracked website visitation using web analytics.
o created photo essays for FoxNews.com.

Reporter/Anchor/Producer OC News, CSUF                                                                                                    August 2008—December 2010
o produced and associate produced four weekly newscasts.
 met with the reporters to hear story pitches.
 wrote the scripts for the newscasts and provided copies to the director and technical director.
o anchored two newscasts
o created several news packages for the newscasts.
 Shot and edited all of them.

Reporter/News reader/show host Titan Radio, CSUF                                                                                    February 2008—August 2008
o Wrote and read news reports live on air
o Produced a radio documentary
 On Campus Accessibility http://soundcloud.com/robert-moran/on-campus-accessibility
o Hosted “The Middle of the Road Radio Show
 Discussed campus news and profiled and interviewed unique students Writer/Asst. News Editor/Copy Editor the Daily Titan August 2006 - December 2007
o pitched stories to the writers.
o worked the ROTC beat.
o took my own photos for my stories.
o created one of the first multimedia packages for DailyTitan.com
o edited copy for style and grammar.
o assisted the writers during the editing process.

EDUCATION California State University Fullerton
o Bachelor of Arts in Communications January 2012 Chaffey College
o Associate of Arts in General Education May 2004
SKILLS, ABILITIES & COMPETENCIES Fluent in Spanish Multimedia skills
o edited video and audio using Final Cut Pro, Adobe Premiere and Audacity
AWARDS Golden Circle Award
o best college newspaper Spring 2007 First Person Feature Columbia Scholastic Press Association
o second place Spring 2008 Fox News College Challenge
o winner March 2008

ACTIVITIES
 SPJ National Membership Committee                                                                                                                  September 2011 – present
SPJ National Diversity Committee                                                                                                                      April 2009 – September 2010
SPJ Representative, College of Communications                                                                                                     August 2007 - Dec 2009

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