Kerry Barrett

EXPERIENCE

Reporter- WTXF, Philadelphia, PA- Sept 2008- present:
 Report and field produce, live breaking stories multiple times a day.
 Responsible for up to eight live shots and teases during four hour morning show.
 Coordinate with producers, assignment managers, photographers, writers and anchors.
 Report for all newscasts
 Package and follow up on morning stories for evening.
 Enterprise story ideas and developed new angles.
 Establish community contacts.

Anchor/Reporter- KSL, Salt Lake City, UT- Oct 2003 to July 2008:
 Morning and Noon anchor.
 Deliver hours-long live, on-scene, breaking news stories.
 Enterprise stories and report franchise pieces for sweeps periods.
 Produce and anchor live cut-ins and updates.
 Fill-in newsreader on radio stations FM100 and 102.7.

Reporter/Fill-in Anchor/Fill-in Co-host- KNXV, Phoenix, AZ- Feb 2003 to Oct 2003:
 Reported and field produced, live breaking stories multiple times a day.
 Responsible for at least 10 live shots and teases during 2 and a half hour morning show.
 Anchored and reported live cut-ins and updates for morning newscasts.
 Reported for the 10pm newscast.
 Coordinated with producers, assignment managers, photographers and anchors.
 Packaged and followed up on morning stories for evening.
 Enterprised story ideas and developed new angles.
 Filled in as co-host for “Sonoran Living”, a live, daily, lifestyles show.

Anchor/Producer- KFDX, Wichita Falls, TX- Sept 2000 to Jan 2003:
 After only 7 months on the job, promoted to anchor the 5pm, 6pm, and 10pm weekday
    newscasts for the dominant number one station in the market.
 Produced the 10pm newscast.
 Covered live, breaking news.
 Developed, produced, wrote and edited weekly health franchise.
 Experienced in hosting telethons and remote live newscasts.
 Produced and cut live and taped daily updates.
 Wrote and cut radio updates.

Weekday Reporter/Weekend Anchor and Producer- KFDX, Wichita Falls, TX- Jan 2000 to Sept 2000:
 Generated and enterprised stories for health and education beats daily.
 Developed, shot, wrote, edited and reported several stories a day and presented them
,   live on air for three, daily live newscasts.
 Anchored and produced the highest rated weekend newscasts.
 Wrote and voiced daily radio cut-ins.
 Produce, anchor and report live breaking news.

Reporter- WSKY-FM, Gainesville, FL- Sept 1999 to Jan 2000:
 Wrote and voiced news stories for air.
 Conducted interviews.

News Writer- WUFT-FM and WRUF-AM, Gainesville, FL- Sept 1999 to Jan 2000:
 Wrote and voiced news stories for air.
 Conducted interviews.

EDUCATION

University of Florida, Gainesville, FL: MA in Telecommunications with an emphasis in Broadcast Journalism.

Clemson University, Clemson, SC: BA in Speech and Communication Studies with a minor in Journalism. Deans List

Internships- WFTS, Tampa, FL; VH-1, New York, NY; WYFF, Greenville, SC

AWARDS

 Utah Broadcaster Association’s “Best A.M. Newscast”- 2005, 2007
 Radio-Television News Directors Association’s regional Edward R. Murrow Awards in
   “Overall Excellence”- 2005
 Society of Professional Journalists
o First Place - Military Reporting 2007
o Third Place – Series 2007

Kerry Barrett

Philadelphia, PA

(801) 842-3782

scoopemklh@earthlink.net