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Multimedia Journalist (July 2015

Brett Hall has over 5 years of experience as a reporter and multimedia journalist in Virginia and New York. He currently works as a reporter for WAVY-TV/WVBT-TV/WAVY.com in Portsmouth, Virginia where he breaks news, facilitates interviews, and produces digital and broadcast content. Prior to his current role, Hall worked as a multimedia journalist in Syracuse, New York and held reporting roles in Baltimore, Maryland. He has received recognition for his reporting and serves on the board for the Society of Professional Journalists Virginia Pro Chapter.

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Multimedia Journalist (July 2015

Brett Hall has over 5 years of experience as a reporter and multimedia journalist in Virginia and New York. He currently works as a reporter for WAVY-TV/WVBT-TV/WAVY.com in Portsmouth, Virginia where he breaks news, facilitates interviews, and produces digital and broadcast content. Prior to his current role, Hall worked as a multimedia journalist in Syracuse, New York and held reporting roles in Baltimore, Maryland. He has received recognition for his reporting and serves on the board for the Society of Professional Journalists Virginia Pro Chapter.

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Brett.hall93@gmail.

com
bretthhall.wordpress.com |Twitter @BrettHNews

WORK EXPERIENCE

WAVY-TV/WVBT-TV/WAVY.com, Portsmouth, Virginia


Reporter (March 2018 – Present)
• Regularly break and provide exclusive context to issues critical to viewers in highly competitive market
• Gather facts and facilitate on-camera interviews in order to write and edit compelling broadcast stories on
WAVY-TV and WVBT-TV.
• Research, plan and cover politically oriented content for the late-night newscasts.
• Develop and communicate with contacts in order to complete enterprise journalism
• Collaborate with fellow reporters and producers to achieve smooth transitions, shift to shift
• Compose digital exclusive content for WAVY.com, expanding our platforms local footprint
• Fill-in Anchor as needed

WSTM-TV/WSTQ-TV/WTVH-TV, Syracuse, New York


Multimedia Journalist (July 2015 – March 2018)
• Enterprise, film, write, voice and edit visual stories engaging viewers of Central New York.
• Launched a franchise investigating community “eyesores.” Digital stories garnered 55,000+ page views.
• Cover breaking news via station website, Facebook and Twitter accounts.
• Produce exclusive content in the market utilizing contacts and sources within the community.
• Applying freedom of information laws in order to move stories forward.
• Fill-in anchor, as needed.

WNEW-FM, Baltimore, Maryland


Reporter, (January 2015 - June 2015)
Associate Journalist, (June 2013 - December 2015)
• Worked to enterprise diverse and audibly compelling 35 second stories for air.
• Contributed to on-going coverage of the Baltimore unrest in April 2015.
• Monitored and updated station and personal social media platforms in addition to contributing to
WNEW.com
• Responsible for monitoring the wires and police scanners and making calls to public information officers to
confirm tips in order to conduct phone interviews for air.
• Produced and hosted weekend morning feature highlighting community events.

WWMX-FM, Baltimore, Maryland


On Air Personality, (November 2014 - June 2015)
• Hosted and produced a live weekend broadcast featuring contests and factoids mixed with Top 40 music.

AWARDS:
• Nominated as “Best Local Reporter,” in Syracuse Newtimes “Best of Syracuse” edition.

ORGANIZATIONS:
• Society of Professional Journalists Virginia Pro Chapter, Board Member, 2019-Present
• Society of Professional Journalists, National Board Student Representative, 2014 - 2015

TECH SKILLS:
• Adobe Premiere Elements, Adobe Audition, Avid, iNews, Audacity, Burli, ENPS, iMediaTouch Suite,
Hootsuite.

EDUCATION:
B.A. Broadcast Journalism,
Philip Merrill College of Journalism, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland

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