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

Good Things Utah Lifestyle Producer KTVX, ABC4
Salt Lake City Metropolitan Area | US
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ABC4 Utah - Utah's CW30 (KTVX/KUCW)
Lifestyle Producer | 09/2022 - Current
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
ABC4 Utah - Utah's CW30 (KTVX/KUCW)
News Producer | 08/2021 - 09/2022
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)
BYU McKay School of Education
Public Relations Specialist | 04/2019 - 05/2021
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
Newsline
News Anchor/ Reporter/ Producer/TikTok Creator | 01/2020 - 04/2021
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