EXPERIENCE

ETV Media                                                                                       New York, NY
On-Air Reporter                                                                       January 2004-Present
•           Deliver webcasts for financial and business news
•           Conduct live interviews with business analysts and traders
•           Write, develop and produce segments for air
•           Set-up studio tapings

ABC News                                                                                        New York, NY
Desk Assistant/Researcher                                               December 2004-May 2005
•          Researched and fact checked news stories for executive producers at "World
           News Tonight”
•          Assist Assignment Editors at national and foreign Desks

CNN Networks                                                                                  New York, NY
Production Associate                                                       June 2003-December 2004
•           Wrote and pitched news stories for broadcast
•           Field produced shoots and assisted in editing sessions
•           Screened and interviewed guests for programs
•           Selected video and created graphics for shows

CNN                                                                                                 New York, NY
Marketing Coordinator                                                           August 2002-May 2003
•           Developed and wrote business analysis on network advertisers, examined
            client spending and researched business’ corporate structure
•           Copyedited and fact checked materials such as press quotes, program
            guides, CNN program descriptions and marketing collateral (brochures, media
            kits)
•           Responsible for selecting and publishing daily press clips for the National
            Turner Broadcasting offices from over 70+ newspapers, magazines and
            business trades
•           Familiar with .eps/.jpeg format logos that need to be distributed to vendors
            and/or clients

Marketing Assistant                                                            February 2000-July 2002
•          Worked directly with management to help design PowerPoint presentations
           and marketing collateral using PowerPoint, Photoshop, Illustrator and
           QuarkXPress

EDUCATION

Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism                      New York, NY
Master of Science in Broadcast Journalism                                                May 2005

Boston University College of Arts and Sciences                                  Boston, MA
Bachelor or Art in Economics; Minor in Theatre Arts                                    May 1999

SKILLS

MS Word; MS Excel; MS PowerPoint; MS Outlook; Avid; Final Cut Pro, Adobe Premiere, LexisNexis; Factiva; iNews; AutoTrack; Mediasource; HTML; Lotus Notes; Adobe Photoshop; Illustrator; QuarkXPress; Dreamweaver; Type 65 wpm

Nicole Israel

New York, NY
(646) 456 - 8505

nicole_israel@yahoo.com