WCYB-TV
WCYB is the number one news operation in the Tri-Cities region of Northeast Tennessee and Southwest Virginia, DMA 101.
Weekend Evening Anchor
October 2022 - Present
I lead a small team to anchor and produce weekend editions of News 5 at 6 and 11 and Fox 39 News at 10.Weekend Morning Anchor
March 2022 - October 2022
As anchor and producer of News 5 This Weekend, I've added new creativity and energy, with the goal of sharing the most important stories people need to know at the start of their day.Johnson City Bureau Chief
April 2020 - Present
I lead coverage and coordinate assignments for myself and a videographer for three counties surrounding our market's largest city.Multimedia Journalist
June 2018 - Present
My reporting has covered a variety of stories that impact the region from providing vital and context amid the COVID-19 pandemic to a controversial government bonus to the crash landing of Dale Earnhardt, Jr.'s private plane.Associate Producer (Part Time)
July 2016 - June 2018
For two years during college, I reported and wrote stories for WCYB's early evening newscasts and website during summers and holidays.Intern
June 2016 - July 2016
StampedeTV
The Stampede is Milligan College's student-operated news service with a newscast every two weeks, a monthly newspaper and at milliganstampede.com.
Producer
August 2015 - May 2018
I led a small team of reporters in enterprise reporting, encouraging them to look beyond campus events to find stories few people know about. My job involved assigning stories, writing, directing and video editing.Reporter
January 2015 - May 2018
My stories highlighted important issues including mold in the cafeteria, security cameras that didn't work and staff who left with no explanation.Webmaster
January 2016 - May 2016
I managed day-to-day posting of stories on the Stampede website. In early 2017, I led the transition to a new WordPress-based site that I coded.WUMC-FM
Station Manager
August 2014 - May 2018
WUMC is Milligan College's student-operated radio station. I managed both programming and the technical operations of the station including music selection, web streaming, promo production, social media promotion, updating the website, automation using SAM Broadcaster and recruiting show hosts. During my time as station manager, I brought many improvements to the station including the addition of very successful live sports broadcasts, a new music rotation built from scratch, several audio wiring changes that allow for a better quality signal and the addition of live music.WBEJ-AM
Disc Jockey
May 2011 - April 2017
WBEJ is the community radio station for Elizabethton, TN. At WBEJ, I was the Saturday morning show host from 6 a.m. until noon and provided voice overs for advertising. I did some work editing WBEJ's website until 2012 when the station switched from FTP- to CMS-based editing, enabling all employees to update the site. In addition to my radio show, I also filled in during the week from time to time and have been the host of special broadcasts such as the annual Christmas tree lighting, the Covered Bridge Festival, Kiwanis Club fundraiser day and various remote broadcasts. My radio work was featured in a full page article in the local newspaper, the Elizabethton Star, in 2014. I was also among the five nominees chosen for the Star's 2013 Reader's Choice Award for best DJ.WKID 6
Creator
July 2006 - August 2014
I produced a newscast series from home called WKID 6 from July 1, 2006 until August 9, 2014. Each of the nearly 150 newscasts were about five to 10 minutes long and consisted of a three- or four-story news block and a weather segment. The newscasts were distributed by email to nearly 40 people. WKID 6 began using a black-and-white security camera and VHS tapes but grew into a digital program with motion graphics, chroma key and eventually high definition. Its website, wkidnews.com, was started in 2008 and featured a mobile version beginning in 2010. WKID 6 also periodically featured full news packages with original reporting on local events and topics. WKID 6 was featured twice on WCYB-TV in reports by the late Jim Conrad in 2010 and 2014.Warrior News
