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Emily Welsh

 

E-mail: em.welsh22@gmail.com

 

A little about me...

 

I'm passionate about telling people's stories, traveling, and learning in any and all ways that I can.

Work experience

 

 

Evening Anchor and Producer, WSEE-TV, Erie Pa

Dec. 2013 - present

Anchor and produce the 6, 10 and 11 p.m. Newscasts for SEE News.
Contribute reports to WICU 12 News.

Pitch story ideas daily and help coordinate breaking news coverage.

Write stories on the station website and post to several social media accounts.

Produce, shoot, write and edit special series.

Produce, shoot, write, edit and participate in bi-weekly fitness segments.
Produced and anchored segments for One Caribbean Television (until March 2015).
 

General Assignment Reporter/ Fill-in Anchor, WICU-TV/WSEE-TV, Erie, Pa.

May 2012- Dec. 2013

Produce daily content for newscasts as well as work on long term projects. Weekend reporting experience. Edit and post stories, photos and video to the web. Occasionally shoot and edit my own stories for air.  Anchor daily health segment for One Caribbean Television, and write a weekly physical training blog on the station website. I have reported from Guatemala, Italy and Germany.

 

Multimedia reporter, The Pitt News, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pa.

Aug. 2011- May 2012.

Position included production of news packages for the Pitt News website, conducting interviews, on-camera presentation, video camera operation, video editing and researching.

 

Director/ Producer, The Pitt News on WPTS, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pa.

Oct. 2011- May 2012.

Director and producer of the publication’s weekly radio show. Responsibilities included organizing shows, obtaining guests for on air participation, interviewing, and overseeing the production of each show from start to finish.

 

Intern, ABC News Nightline, New York, New York

June 2011- Aug. 2011.

Responsibilities included transcribing videos, assisting producers on shoots, aiding in story planning and researching, entering database information.

 

Intern, CBS News, London Bureau in London, UK.

Sept. 2010- Dec. 2010.

Responsibilities included assisting on shoots, editing stories for cbsnews.com, writing scripts for broadcast, researching and logging interviews.

 

Intern, WPXI -TV, Pittsburgh, Pa.

June 2010- Aug. 2010.

Responsibilities included working the news desk, updating the database, assisting reporters and photographers on stories in the newsroom and on shoots, interviewing people on camera and writing news stories.

Languages

 

English

Moderate French

 
Skills

 

Final Cut Pro

Adobe Premier

Autocue

Worldnow Web Producer

Vizrt Graphics

FTP

Dropbox

VOD

Newspath

CNN Newsource

Wordpress

Social media

Microsoft Office

Proficient with Sony P2 camera

 

2010 - present

2010 - present

Education

 

University of Pittsburgh

2008-2012

Bachelors, Journalism/ Communications. Minor in French Language and Literature.

 

CAPA International Education

Sept. 2010- Dec. 2010

Studied abroad for Fall semester in London, UK.

 

Mercyhurst Preparatory School

2004-2008

 

Awards

Erie Ambassador, Fall 2014

 

Voted one of Erie's top three "Best News Personalities", Erie Reader Best of Erie 2014 Awards

 

Finalist, Press Club of Western PA Golden Quill Awards, 2014

 

Fulbright scholarship recipient to attend the German Fulbright Commission's Berlin Capital Program in December, 2012.

 

© 2014 by Emily Welsh. 

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