Good Things Utah Lifestyle Producer KTVX, ABC4

MEDIA SPECIALIST

Experienced producer of award-winning daily lifestyle and live news shows for ABC4. I managed guests, field reports, and full production needs for two-hour live broadcasts. I work with the public, answering questions and supporting local events and businesses. Looking to build upon these experiences in a corporate environment supporting communications and media needs. Core competencies include:

Adobe Premiere Pro · Adobe Illustrator · Adobe InDesign · News Ethics · Photographer · Videographer · Statistical Analysis · Multi-lingual (English-Spanish fluency)

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

·       Produce “Daily Dish” and “Good Things Utah” shows
·       Won “City Weekly’s Best Lifestyle Show 2023” award for Good Things Utah
·       ABC4 Employee of the Month, Jan 2022
·       Promoted to 10pm producer within first year
·       Broadcast Education Association, 3rd Place in national collegiate competition for Television Hard News Reporting
·       Reporter for the BYU McKay School of Education, helped us move up 11 spots in national ranking

Produce live daily shows, decide the order in which stories will be told, write teases and other content, time programs and approve videos and scripts. Occasionally fill in for hosts and guest segments.

·       Produce various news times slots, and all lifestyle shows, both half hour and full hour live programs
·       Set up both live in-studio and satellite interviews, including contacting, prepping, escorting guests and writing on-line articles for guest segments
·       Decide the order in which stories will be told, write teases and other content, time news program and approve videos and scripts
·       Produce fill shows and cut in regular programming
·       Social media content creator

Lifestyle Producer

Produce 10pm newscast, decide the order in which stories will be told, write teases and other content, time news program and approve videos and scripts. 

•	Experience producing all afternoon and evening newscasts, both half hour and full hour programs
•	Set up live in-studio interviews
•	Write and order news stories
•	Produce fill shows and cut in regular programming
•	Translate interviews (Spanish to English)

News Producer

Identify, interview, and author articles for various alumni publications (viewership of over 10,000)

• Research to identify alumni with experience in an educational setting and with alluring success stories
• Write articles about alumni success – including establishing questions, making contacts, interviewing and publishing content 


Public Relations Specialist

Weather Anchor
• Wrote and presented weather reports for the live newscast once a week
• Ad-libbed before going to commercials and when tossing to other anchors
• Cut video and chroma radars for the weather report
Reporter
• Fronted live packages and VOSOTVOs
• Pitched story ideas and presented them weekly
• Shot VO, stand-ups, interviews and edited using Adobe Premiere
• Wrote stories using ENPS
Producer
• Decided the show rundown and programmed it into ENPS
• Assigned stories to writers and reporters
• Wrote cold opens, bumps, and teases throughout the show
• Directed talent on live shots and in-studio from the booth
• Managed time of newscast by dropping and adding content at the last minute
TikTok Creator
• Told news stories in 60 seconds or less 
• Edited 3 TikTok videos and uploaded each video in under 5 hours 
• Added captions, music and relevant hashtags to each post to gain visibility 


News Anchor/ Reporter/ Producer/TikTok Creator

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Sariah Farmer: Good Things Utah Lifestyle Producer KTVX, ABC4 in Salt Lake City Metropolitan Area

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