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Ricky Irving
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Profile/Career Highlights
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Experience in producing live TV broadcasts. Create high-quality TV programming.

Select and produce content for broadcasts with strong visual elements. Able to work
in a fast-paced environment and under tight deadlines. Respond quickly and
aggressively to breaking news. Then able to get information on the air.
Best Newscast Award, Press Club of Southeast Texas (2014)

Skills
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Broadcast Writing, Researching, Content Development, Project Management

ENPS, iNews, Edius Stratus, Final Cut Pro, Microsoft Office

Experience
NBCUniversal NBC 5/KXAS-TV, Fort Worth, TX
Producer/Writer, December 2014-Present
o Producer Associate in NBCs Producer Development Program
o Fill-in weekend producer
o Write news content with a sense of urgency, energy and pacing
o Visually enhance and showcase stories with graphics & video
o Assist Special Projects/Consumer Investigative Unit
Gannett KBMT-TV, Beaumont, TX
Producer, December 2012-December 2014
o Developed daily 5pm & 10pm newscasts
o Wrote news content
o Visually enhanced and showcased stories with graphics & video
o Maintained or updated stories on website and social media sites
o Created viewer interaction during newscasts
o Managed a night-side team of reporters, photographers, and editor.
NBCUniversal NBC 5/KXAS-TV, Fort Worth, TX
News Production Assistant, December 2011-December 2012
o Assisted News Producers with daily news gathering, script writing and research for
news stories.
o Operated Teleprompter and logged video footage.
o Produced Community Affairs talk show, Five Talk Street

Education & Affiliations

University of Texas at Arlington, Bachelor of Arts, Media Management: Finance &
Communications, 2011.
Member, National Association of Black Journalists, Member, Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc.

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