Jennifer Meckles: Professional Experience
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jcmecks2388JENNIFER MECKLES
Email: jennifer.meckles@gmail.com
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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
KOMU – NBC: Columbia, Missouri
August 2007 - Present
Reporter-Anchor
• Write, shoot, and edit packages, VO’s and VOSOT’s for 5, 6, and 10pm newscasts
• Generate original ideas for and perform live-shots and onsets for stories
• Anchor on a substitute basis
• Develop story ideas for daily general assignment reporting shifts
• Post and edit stories and additional news material for online viewers
Newsy.com: Columbia, Missouri
February 2010 - Present
Anchor
• Deliver national and international headlines through online medium using company’s philosophy of the
“news with more views”
NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams: New York, New York
June 2010 – August 2010
Intern
• Collected data and created spreadsheets for Gulf of Mexico oil spill statistics, used by Nightly News to
monitor spill developments and cleanup
• Assisted Nightly producers, correspondents, and editors in New York City newsroom and on local
shoots
• Contributed to company-wide NBC and MSNBC diversity review
• Managed desk phones, logged video, and distributed show rundowns and scripts
Missouri Digital News: Jefferson City, MO
January 2009 – May 2009
Reporter
• Generated, reported, edited and voiced stories from the capitol for KMOX, a CBS radio affiliate
• Performed in-person interviews with legislators about proposed laws and legislative policy
KEZK/KYKY and Y98 – CBS Radio: St. Louis, MO
May 2007 – May 2008
Promotions Intern
• Created and distributed radio advertising for station events
• Promoted “Top 40” concerts and in-studio sessions for artists including John Mayer, The Fray, and
Mandy Moore
• Assisted Programming Director with annual Radio-Thon fundraising for Children’s Miracle Network in
St. Louis
SKILLS
• Broadcast: iNEWS, Avid Newscutter XP, NBC News Channel, CNN Pathfire, Avid Media Manager, Cool
Edit, Final Cut Pro, shooting with Sony PMWEX-1 HD Cam and DVCPRO
• Other: MS Office, PowerPoint, DreamWeaver, Photoshop
EDUCATION
University of Missouri School of Journalism
Expected Graduation: May 2011
Expected Degree: Bachelor of Journalism: Radio-Television News
Bachelor of Arts: Political Science
REFERENCES
Stacey Woelfel Tracey Lyons Randy Reeves
Chairman, RTDNF Senior Producer, NBC Nightly News Executive Producer, KOMU
News Director, KOMU tracey.lyons@nbcuni.com reevesr@missouri.edu
woelfels@missouri.edu (212) 664-4971 (573) 884-6397, ext. 216
(573) 884-6397, ext. 214
LEADERSHIP AND AWARDS
Recipient, Missouri School of Journalism Edward R. Murrow Scholarship
• 2010
Recipient, Liberty Bank Scholarship
• 2007 - 2010
RTDNA, University of Missouri Chapter
August 2009 - Present
Vice President
Confluence Wheelchair Sports Foundation
June 2005 – January 2009
• Volunteered as a coach’s assistant in athletic training for disabled children and mentored student
athletes