Kristina Stull

SKILLS:

• Highly skilled and experienced in public speaking, researching and writing, audio and visual editing.

• Experience using programs such as iNews, Avid, Bitcentral, Dalet Galaxy, Xpression Graphics, Axis Graphics, Chyron, Adobe Premier, Microsoft, Windows, Mac, ENPS, and other various network television production systems.

 

EDUCATION:

Bachelor Of Arts in Communications, Salisbury University; May 2017

Major: Media Studies

Minor: Political Science

 

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY:

Spectrum News 1 Upstate NY: (August 2022-Present)

 

    Position: Senior News Producer: Weekday and Weekend Evenings

• Gather, organize, and produce content and for the 9pm show that airs across New York State.

• Oversee, Copyedit, and mentor a team of nightside producers.

• Copyedit reporter package scripts and provide feedback or guidance for their story.

• Extensively covered a major November snowstorm and December blizzard that hit Western New York.

• Prepare content to jump start our morning producing teams.

• Track when stories hit air and how they are presented.

• Coordinate nightly meetings to discuss content with producers that will be used in the evening and morning shows.

 

WIVB NEWS 4 Buffalo, NY. (August 2021-August 2022)

    

     Position: Weekday Evening News Producer/Morning News Producer

• Create, write, and report a news lineup for the 6pm and 11pm shows.

• Subsequently moved to the morning “Wake Up” team and covered the 4:30am and 6am shows.

• Write scripts from press releases, various legal documents, interview feeds, press conferences and emails gathered from local officials.

• Planned  and pitched  relevant and original story ideas for reporters.

• Covered the Tops Mass Shooting in Buffalo and produced a live special report show, cutting into the network.

• Organized a “Your Local Elections” show for the Buffalo Mayoral Race that garnered national attention.

Spectrum News 1 Buffalo, NY. (June 2019-August 2021)

    

     Position: Weekday Evening News Producer

• Create, write and report a news lineup for taped shows from 9pm-11pm.

  • Cut in live for “A” block stories.

• Covered major stories throughout 2020 and 2021-- including coronavirus developments, various national news events such as protests/riots, severe weather and the presidential election.

• Assisted in coordinating statewide election coverage with our “Capital Tonight” team in Albany.

  • Coordinating anchor/reporter Casey Bortnick’s live interviews with local Republican leaders

• Break in with live coverage of national events from pool feeds such as press conferences, debates, the Democratic National Convention and Republican National Convention while continuing to time out the show.

• Conduct phone and zoom interviews when needed for VOs and VOSOTs

• Cut/edit video for VOs and VOSOTs.

 

47 ABC WMDT Salisbury, MD. (Jan 2017-May 2019)           

 

Position(s): Intern, Evening News Producer, Morning Show Producer, Weekend Fill-In Producer.

Producer:

• Create, write, and report news lineup for 10 and 11 PM Newscasts, 5 AM Good Morning Delmarva Show on ABC and The CW as well as supervise reporters and editors.

• Write web articles from press release, information gathered from officials, and interviews.

• Investigate and select footage to air for stories in the show.

• Time out show and give cues to talent.

• Coordinated the planning and production of live shots with reporters.

Example: Coverage of the

• Handle dozens of closings and delays on air and online across the Delmarva Peninsula during inclement weather

• Coordinating split second breaking news, bringing the latest news information to air.

• Coordinated with producers from affiliate stations around the region to cover regional news in the evening shows.

• Schedule Live interviews for Good Morning Delmarva.