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Lydia Birt

 

Current: St. Paul, Minnesota / Hometown: Hastings, Minnesota / Cell: (651) 800-5009 / Email: lydiabirtjournalist@gmail.com

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Skills

 Offering a positive attitude and excruciating attention to detail. Practiced in AP Style, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Premiere Pro,   Adobe Audition, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe InDesign, Wix, WordPress, Highcharts, Tableau, Lakana, Vyond, Tegna One, Graphic Design, TweetDeck, Social Media, NewsGate, Presto, Hootsuite and Wochit.  Currently preparing to take the FAA Commercial Drone Pilot License exam in 2020. 

 

Work History

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Web Content Specialist, June 2019 - Current

   FindLaw (part of Thomson Reuters) - Eagan, Minn.

  Team Lead Heidi Larson heidilarson2@gmail.com

  • Wrote and promoted blog posts and video scripts, consistently 'far exceeding' company performance goals. 

  • Was chosen to participate in three special projects (accounts and spending).
  • Produced more than 900 18-second long videos for Facebook promotion.
  • Consistently had the highest work output per hour (ECH).  

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Sunrise Digital Content Producer, Sep. 2018 - May 2019

   KARE 11 (NBC affiliate) - Golden Valley, Minn.

  • Monitored news overnight, posted to social media and organized website. 

  • Created and curated content for the Sunrise morning team.
  • Clipped and posted Sunrise videos to YouTube. 

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Graphic Design Intern, May 2018 - Aug. 2018

   Veterans United Home Loans - Columbia, Mo.

   Quantitative Strategist Brandon Ritzo Brandon.Ritzo@veteransunited.com

  • Worked with the Quantitative Strategy team to design logo and style.

  • Designed graphics pages describing internal processes.

 

Morning/Afternoon News Anchor, Jan. 2018 - May 2018

  KBIA 91.3 FM (NPR member) - Columbia, Mo. 

  News Director Ryan Famuliner FamulinerR@missouri.edu 

  • Filtered through regional stories to create the most informative newscast for our audience.

  • Wrote scripts and recited them live on the air three times a week.

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 Graphics Producer, Jan. 2018 - May 2018 

  Columbia Missourian - Columbia, Mo. 

  • Created graphics for print and interactive graphics for online on a deadline. 

 

 Copy-Editing Intern, May - Aug. 2017 

  The Arizona Republic (USA Today Network) - Phoenix, Ariz.

  Pulliam Journalism Fellowship Program (paid)

  Intern Director John D'Anna johndanna@arizonarepublic.com 

  • Copy-edited the news section of The Republic in a four-person department. Wrote headlines and decks. 

  • Pitched multiple stories for print and online publication. Organized a five-component (video, pictures, graphic, social posts and text) story.

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 Assistant to the Content Editor, March - June 2017

 KOMU 8 News - Columbia, Mo.

 Content Editor Steve Lambson lambsonsw@missouri.edu

  • Helped to find story ideas and to focus ideas brought to the content desk by broadcast students.  

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 Convergence Editor, Jan. - March 2017

 Vox Magazine - Columbia, Mo. 

  Digital Director Sara Shipley Hiles hiless@missouri.edu

  • Pitched and produced videos for Vox Magazine's Facebook page. 

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 Page Designer, Aug. - Dec. 2017

 Columbia Missourian - Columbia, Mo. 

 Professor John Fennell fennellj@missouri.edu

  • Designed news and sports pages 1-2 times a week.

 

 Event Planner, Aug. - Dec. 2017 

 Missouri Health Talks, KBIA 91.3 FM (NPR member) - Columbia, Mo. 

 Lead Reporter Rebecca Smith smithbecky@missouri.edu​​

  •  Coordinated a health festival in Moberly, Mo. with a team of two other reporters. 

  •  Coordinated a community-wide conversation called Breaking It Down: Homelessness in Missouri. Breaking It Down will be a new recurring event theme hosted by Missouri Health Talks with new topics each time. 

 

 Social Media Producer, Aug. - Dec. 2017

 KBIA 91.3 FM (NPR member) - Columbia, Mo. 

 Digital Content Director Nathan Lawrence lawrencen@missouri.edu

  •  Worked with a team to produce Facebook Live events for KBIA 

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 Convergence Project Reporter, Aug. - Dec. 2016 

 Futures Lab, Missouri School of Journalism - Columbia, Mo.

 Professor Judd Slivka juddslivka.com 

  • Pitched and produced stories for multiple media outlets in Columbia, Mo. Worked with a team to produce tv/radio-style scripts and videos, photo galleries, long-form text pieces, social media campaigns and infographics.

  

Summer Reporting Intern, June - Aug. 2014 AND

 Summer Reporter, June - Aug. 2015

  Hastings Star Gazette - Hastings, Minn.

  Minnesota Newspaper Association’s Pohlad Internship Program

  (Former Employer) News Director for RiverTown Multimedia Chad Richardson chadmrichardson@me.com

   Current Editor of Hastings Star Gazette Katrina Styx kstyx@hastingsstargazette.com

  • Researched and compiled a timeline recording the history of the Hastings Star Gazette and a timeline recording the history of the three oldest businesses in Hastings, MN.

 

Education

  Bachelor of Journalism - Emerging Media (May 2018)

  University of Missouri - Columbia, Mo.    

  • Linguistics and Business Minors

  • Received Diversity Award Scholarship

  • Offered Mark Twain Scholarship

  • President for MU chapter of SSDP

 

chadmrichardson@me.com

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