Amanda Chaya Engel

Work experience

 

Morning News Producer, KJRH

July 2020 - Present

Producing the 2.5 hour morning news broadcast for the Scripps station and NBC affiliate in Tulsa,  OK. 

 

News Producer, WDVM                                                                                                               

October 2018 - March 2020

Produced the 2.5 hour morning news broadcast for WDVM 25, called local police dispatchers and kept an eye on social media for breaking news, coordinated live shots with reporters, edited and updated scripts and web stories, posted new and updated web stories to social media and occasionally produced breaking news coverage. In March 2020, I was promoted to Executive News Producer where I took reporters' story pitches and scheduled and produced live cut-ins from local leaders regarding the COVID-19 pandemic. 

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Freelancer, WBFF-TV/FOX45

July 2018-October 2018

Wrote readers, teases, VOs and VO/SOTs for the 4pm, 5pm, 10pm and 11pm news. 

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News Assistant, WMAL News

http://www.wmal.com

September 2017-February 2018

Pitched and posted web stories from AP and CNN wires, as well as wrote local news stories to post to the web and social media. Conducted phone interviews and created cut sheets of the best and most relevant sound bites. 

 

Intern, NASA

June 2017-August 2017

Embedded with the Pandora project where I worked with enhancing the messaging of the project, including on a new and more updated website, created multimedia content and copy-edited instruction material written by other interns. 

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Features Editor, Mitzpeh

http://umdmitzpeh.com/

August 2016-May 2017

Pitched, edited and wrote features articles for the independent Jewish student newspaper at the University of Maryland. 

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Teaching Assistant, Philip Merrill College of Journalism

January 2017-May 2017

Assisted Professor Carl Stepp in his Journalism: History, Roles and Structures course. Created news quizzes and helped students gain experience with news media.

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Producer, Capital News Service

September 2016-December 2016

Produced the Maryland Newsline broadcasts on Thursday evenings by writing readers and VOs from the AP Newswire and helping to put together the rundown in ENPS. 

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Broadcast Convention Reporter, Capital News Service

July 2016

I went to the Republican National Convention and reported from the ground on stories having to do with the Maryland Delegation. I worked as a reporter and photographer and edited multiple packages. I used social media to tease and promote stores and to document the experience at the convention. For the Democratic Convention, I worked in the online studio in College Park monitoring social media feeds and creating social media posts for stories and packages from our reporters in Philadelphia. 

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Broadcast Volunteer, Capital News Service

October 2014-May 2016

I am gaining newsroom experience, learning how a news program operates and functions and experiencing the different roles behind the cameras. 

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7-On-Your-Side Intern, WJLA (ABC7/News Channel 8)

February 2016-May 2016

I shadowed WJLA reporters on assignments watching stand ups, interviews, live shots, script writing, tracking and logging and editing. I also assisted reporters with scheduling interviews, vetting stories, doing  background story research, FOIA requests, undercover investigations and phone banks. I also sit in on morning assignment and rundown meetings. 

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Multimedia Reporter, The Diamondback

September 2015-December 2015

http://www.diamondbackonline.com/

I learned skills and techniques of getting news footage, b-roll and interviews and putting it all together to create news packages. 

 

Student Intern, UMD Clark School of Engineering, Alumni Relations Office

September 2014- May 2015

I gained a lot of social media analytics and posting experience, including live-tweeting an event. I was also responsible for creating event programs, editing and proofreading documents and research projects as well as a number of data uploading projects. 

 

Blogger, eCampus.com & knetbooks.com

August 2014- April 2015

http://blog.ecampus.com & http://blog.knetbooks.com

My responsibilites included developing and submitting engaging blog posts for college students regarding college life. 

 

Blogger, personal blog

June 2014- March 2015

acdrazen.wix.com/collegefreshmentips

I created, managed and wrote for a blog called “Tips for College Freshmen… from a College Sophomore” and published 71 posts in the process.

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