Cassondra Strande

480-745-5036 | cstrande@gmail.com | CassondraStrande.com Media Experience: Producer Trainee at KPNX in Phoenix Jan. 2013-Present - Stack rundowns, write scripts, edit video and create graphics for daily newscasts. Breaking News Intern/Supervising Intern at The Arizona Republic Jan. 2012- Dec. 2012 - Wrote accurate and concise breaking news articles for AZCentral.com and The Arizona Republic. Regularly interviewed law enforcement officials and reviewed court documents. Video Department Intern at USA Today in McLean, Va. Oct. 2011-Dec. 2011 - Edited daily videos for USAToday.com. Edited videos for the award-winning Ghost Factories project. Assisted in production of live segments for the web. Good Morning Arizona Intern at KTVK in Phoenix May 2011-Aug. 2011 - Wrote scripts, edited video, planned and pitched stories. Field produced packages. Assisted with live special coverage leading up to the 2011 MLB All-Star Game. Reporter at Arizona Capitol Television Jan. 2011-May 2011 - Planned and pitched stories for a monthly cable program. Shot, edited and wrote packages. Operated robotic cameras and computer graphics for live legislative broadcasts. Videographer/Weekend Floor Director at KXMC in Minot, N.D. Oct. 2008-Aug. 2009 - Filmed local sporting and news events on deadline. Floor directed weekend newscasts. University Experience: On-air Reporter at Cronkite NewsWatch Aug. 2012- Dec. 2012 - Planned and pitched story ideas. Shot, edited, wrote and presented multiple day-turn packages. Produced four packages from the 2012 Republican National Convention in Tampa. Reported live from the Arizona Republican Party 2012 Election Headquarters during a 2.5 hour election special. Washington D.C. Correspondent at Cronkite NewsWatch Aug. 2011-Dec. 2011 - Pitched and wrote print stories distributed and published across the country. Shot, edited, wrote and presented packages. Regularly interviewed Arizonas congressional representatives. Line Producer at Cronkite NewsWatch Jan. 2011- May 2011 - Stacked rundowns, wrote scripts and edited video. Coordinated live shots and boothed live 30-minute newscasts with several live reporters in each show. Assignment Editor at Cronkite NewsWatch Aug. 2009- Dec. 2010 - Coordinated a dozen reporters. Answered phones, monitored emails and sent out night notes. Multimedia News Director at The State Press Aug. 2009-May 2011 - Supervised an award-winning team of reporters, managed daily content for the web. Taught introduction to videography and editing sessions. Education: B.A. Journalism and Mass Communication; Minor in Political Science Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication at Arizona State University Skills: Stacking rundowns with ENPS and iNews. Video editing with Edius, Final Cut Pro and Avid. Awards: Included in team recognition for the Ghost Factories Project at USA Today; Alfred I. DuPontColumbia Journalism Silver Baton, Editor and Publishers best enterprise/ investigative video, Bartlett & Steele Silver Award for Investigative Journalism