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Ricky Irving
Profile/Career Highlights

o Experience in producing live TV broadcasts. Produce compelling segments & stories

with strong visual elements for programs. Able to work in a fast-paced environment
and under tight deadlines. Experience in segment producing, field producing,
booking, pitching, researching and conceptualizing segments & stories. My goal is to
continue to create high-quality TV programming while always growing as a journalist,
producer and person.
o Best Newscast Award, Press Club of Southeast Texas (2014)

Skills

Broadcast/journalistic writingResearching Desktop editingContent development

Project managementKnowledgeable of control room operationsExperience with: iNews,
ENPS, Edius Stratus, Final Cut Pro, Microsoft Office

Experience

The Weather Channel, Atlanta, GA

Writer-Producer, Live Programming, January 2016-Present
o Writer-producer on Americas Morning headquarters (AMHQ), The Weather Channels
flagship program
o Responsible for producing, developing and writing daily segments
o Produce segments with live remote guests and in-studio guests
o Determine video and sound for segments
o Brief talent on segments
o Produce correspondents live shots
o Fill-in line produce Weather Center Live
o Produced & wrote weekly sponsored content series, "Weather Champion"

NBCUniversal NBC 5/KXAS-TV, Fort Worth, TX

Producer/Writer, December 2014-December 2015
o Field produced, pitched, researched and wrote consumer stories for special
projects/consumer unit
o Gathered visual elements for stories
o Developed and maintained sources for future stories
o Booked guests and produced stories for political program, Lone Star Politics

Tegna KBMT-TV, Beaumont, TX

Producer, December 2012-December 2014
o Produced weekday 5pm & 10pm newscasts
o Built show rundown including script writing
o Visually enhanced and showcased stories with graphics & video
o Coordinated live shots
o Made editorial decisions, guided anchors/on-camera meteorologists from control room
o Created viewer interaction during newscasts

Education & Affiliations

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University of Texas at Arlington, Bachelor of Arts, Media Management: Finance &

Communications, 2011.
National Association of Black Journalists, Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc.

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