We are so happy for Julie. She came to
American Broadcast Talent for assistance with her reporter resume tape.
She is now reporting in Indiana at WLFI-TV.
Steve sought out American
Broadcast Talent and one of our resume tape sessions.
After finishing his tape, Steve got a call from a television
station in the northwest. Catch Steve on the NBC
station, KNDO-TV in wonderful Yakima, Washington.
Nisha G. came to
American Talent to get a high quality news tape finished. When
completed she found a
job working at KPVI-TV in Pocatello, ID as a general assignment reporter.
Nice job Nisha!
Eddie S. came to American Talent to get a
professional weather tape together. In no time, Eddie got a
position at WGXA-TV in Columbus, GA. He is now the Chief Meteorologist.
Great job Eddie!
Lauren has obtained a position as a
television reporter at KEZI-TV in Eugene, OR. Lauren came to a
session and put together a great resume tape. The station is
perfect for Lauren since it is close to her hometown. Lauren has
since moved on to another station.
. Noelle G. is such a hard
worker. She came to American Broadcast Talent for a great Reporter
resume tape. At the time, Noelle was producing news in South
Florida.
Noelle got a job in KIEM-TV in California. Since then, she got a
new job at KLFY in Texas.
Carl L. attended
an
American Broadcast
Talent session and got his tape together.
Carl took a job in Vermont as an on-air
reporter. Since then, Carl has moved to Virginia and
works as a television reporter at WVEC-TV, ABC in Norfolk,
VA
Natalee attended American Talent, got her tape together
and was offered a position as a reporter at WVNS-TV in Beckley, WV.
Natalee is now a guest attorney on the Nancy Grace show when needed.
She also hosts her own radio show on WAOK-Radio. We are big fans
of Natalee.
Julia just got a new position
with WDTV as a
on air television reporter. This is a wonderful CBS station.
We are very proud of Julia. She is very talented and
will do well in the industry.
Royce has taken a job at FCTV otherwise know
at Forgotten Coast Television. Each week Royce hosts a program on
local events and happenings in the area. He also edits his own
segments. Great job Royce.
Carla Bosacki came to American Talent from
Canada. She is a talented and personable on-air individual.
We created a anchor/reporting tape for Carla. She was the former
host of Toronto Living for the past 10 years. Now she is the host
of the new Daytime Toronto. We love Carla and Canada. Way to
go!
Joey got his weather
tape done at American Talent. Joey has always dreamed
of doing the weather full time. He quickly found an offer in West Virginia. You can watch Joey every
weekend on this NBC station.
What
we provide to individuals is very unique.We assist broadcast talent in constructing a resume tape.We will help you from start to finish to complete a professional
tape that can obtain you a position with a broadcast television station.
You go out and cover real news stories, weather events,
entertainment, and sports all for your resume tape..
We
assist both inexperienced and experienced broadcasters. Most clients
that attend have some previous formal education or some introduction to
the broadcasting industry. American Broadcast Talent does not consider
itself a college or higher learning institution.
Our
only goal is to help each individual create a professional resume tape
that can help secure employment. This is done with a combination of
classroom, studio and field work. Those currently working on-air in the
television industry instruct your training.
Depending
on your specialization, (news, weather, sports and entertainment) you will be instructed
by those that carefully know what you need on your resume tape to help
secure future broadcast employment.
We
understand that choosing someone to create your resume tape is a big
investment in your future. Please look at our sample resume tapes. We
go to great lengths to create the best possible resume tape for our
clients. We use professional equipment, digital cameras and wireless
microphones. We change our studios and our backgrounds often to keep
our tapes looking fresh and new.
Clients
that participate arrive in St. Petersburg Florida for a resume session.
We are located in the heart of West Central Florida near the sunny gulf
coast. Your recorded work is edited into a professional resume tape that
can be used to obtain work in the industry.
Jeremy has always wanted to work
in Sports. So he came to American Talent to get a
winning tape together. Jeremy worked in Lima, OH and
now is the Sports Director at WDNN-TV in Dalton, Georgia.
Jeremy is a winning sports journalist.
Great job Brittany! She
landed a position as a reporter with WMFE-TV in Orlando,
Florida. Brittany gets the unique opportunity to
report on a weekly 30 minute news program doing in-depth
stories. She came to American Talent and we assisted
her with a professional reporter tape.
Alexis attended one of our small
group sessions. She put together a reporter tape that
included everything from packages to a look live.
Alexis is now working for WWLP-TV, NBC station in
Springfield, Mass as a television reporter.
Becky B. sought out
American Broadcast
Talent, got her tape together
and found a unique hosting job in beautiful San
Diego.
Becky hosts a show called San Diego's Best and
Brightest with Beck and Bob. Catch it on Fox 6 XETV.
Congratulations to Michael.
He is now working at CBS 19 (Azteca America) in Tyler, Texas
as a television Reporter. Michael is excited to be
reporting in both Spanish and English. Before
that he worked in Waco and at WGXA-TV in Macon, GA.
American Talent helped Michael create a great reporter tape and he did the rest.
Joey M. attended
an
American Broadcast
Talent session and got his tape together.
Joey loves Texas and found a job quickly in the
lone star state. Catch Joey as a television reporter
on KXII-TV in the Sherman market.
Danielle has such a great personality and is so talented.
She came to us some years back to jump into television.
So she got a tape with American Broadcast Talent and got a
job in beautiful Charleston, SC. Since then she worked
in Milwaukee and now works in Pittsburgh, PA as a News
Anchor. Keep up the great work.
Ray has joined the News 12
interactive team in New York. He has been hired as a
general assignment reporter. Ray interned at WNYW-TV
in New York and then came to American Broadcast Talent to
complete a reporter resume tape. We are proud of Ray
and we wish him good luck with his career.
Tessa S. is working as a
Reporter at the NBC station in Mobile. Tessa came to
American Talent while working for a couple of radio stations
in Louisiana. She put a great tape together and is
such a talented person with plenty of drive. Tessa
worked off air at WPMI-TV for awhile and then got her big
break on-air as a television Reporter at the station.
Julie
graduated from Ringling
School of Art and Design in Sarasota, Florida. She
came to American Talent to put together a solid resume tape.
Julie was offered a Reporter job at the ABC station.
She is is now the Morning News Anchor at WENY-TV in New
York.
Thomas came to American Talent, got his tape together and
went right to
Ft. Myers, FL.
Then quickly got a job as the primary Sports Director at WOFL in
Orlando.
Thomas is currently working at another station.
Congratulations to Maura
Kennedy. The Boston College graduate came to American
Broadcast Talent for a great resume tape. Maura shot a
private reporter session and got a job offer within two
weeks after uploading her resume tape online. Maura is
working at CBS which is WREX-TV in beautiful Grand Junction,
Colorado.
Shanisty is now working in Birmingham, AL as a
television reporter. She visited American Talent to
put together a reporter resume tape. She first landed
a job as a reporter/anchor at WTAP-TV.
Dave M. has a great
personality. He is also a talented Reporter.
Dave found American Talent and we worked on some stand-ups,
anchoring and packages. He got a winning tape together
with some real news stories and then got a job with WITN-TV
in Washington, North Carolina. Dave is a Reporter.
Tracy Malone.
counted on American Talent to get her resume
tape done. Tracy has always wanted to work in
television. Tracy sent her tape to Uniontown, PA and
now works as a reporter/anchor. Catch Tracy on HSTV
News 19. Tracy has since moved on to another station.
Lisa attended American Talent, got her tape together and quickly got
offered a position as a reporter in Charlottesville, VA. Lisa is a
general assignment reporter and does solid investigative
stories.
Stefanie T. came to American
Talent for a resume tape session. Here she did some
real news reporting, anchoring, writing and look live
reports. She put together a wonderful tape. Stefanie
has just gotten a job with NBC WLTZ in Columbus Georgia.
Way to go Stefanie and WLTZ-TV
Alicia is a
graduate of the University of California San Diego.
She came to American Talent for a reporter
tape session.
Alicia began sending her tape out and got a call
from a news director in Arizona. Alicia was hired as a
Anchor/Reporter at KYMA-TV in Yuma, AZ.
James is a real vibrant talent. He
came to American Talent from Chicago looking for a great
resume tape. James loves perfection. So we made
himself a wonderful tape. James is now working as a
Reporter at WTVM-TV in Columbus, GA
Jacqueline is one talented woman. She
attended a session at American Talent. Of course she
got a great resume tape together along with some training. While looking
for a position, she worked with MTV in Illinois as part
of their "Street Team" reporting on political news.
Since then, Jacqueline landed a position as a television
reporter at WXTV-TV in Valdosta/Tallahassee market. We
expect great things from Jacqueline in the future.
Todd has joined WSAW-TV
in Wausau, Wisconsin as a television anchor. Todd is
very, very talented. He came to one of our group
reporter sessions and put together a great anchor/reporter tape.
He also worked in Alexandria, Minnesota.
We are very proud of his talents.
What can we say about Sherri. She attended one of our
reporter sessions and continues to do such wonderful work.
She is the host and producer of her show titled the "Latin
View."
She has held reporting and editing positions with the Rocky
Mountain News, the Coloradoan and the Boulder Courant. She
has also won several awards over the years.
Sherri keep up the great work.
Some things to consider about a
resume tape:
Your
resume tape is essential in finding a reporter job, anchor job,
weather job, entertainment job or sports job. Journalism is a
very competitive field. And getting that first TV job can be
tough.
But
broadcast journalism has always been difficult to get into unless your
understand the industry. There are hundreds of people with
demo tapes searching for the same jobs in journalism. Just
being a great journalist is not enough in finding media jobs.
You must have a great news resume tape or entertainment resume tape
depending on you area of specialization.
Remember,
the hiring source does not know you, they only know what they see on
the resume tape. Broadcast jobs in broadcast journalism
require a solid anchor resume tape, news tape, weather resume tape,
news resume tape, media resume tape, reporting resume tape, media
file or whatever you want to call a tape or DVD that represents your
on-air talents. It is very unlikely you will just be able to
"talk your way" into a real on-air position with out a resume tape.
And
you must think about your area of specialization. Reporter
jobs requires a reporter resume tape. A sports job calls for a
sports resume tape. A weather job you need a weather resume
tape or a meteorologist resume tape. A on air anchor job
requires a anchor resume tape. And an entertainment job calls
for that special entertainment resume tape. So knowing what
you want to do for a career is just as important as the news tape
itself. Putting a "little bit of everything" on you demo tape
will actually hurt your chances of landing a job.
Not
everyone has the opportunity to go to a top journalism school or
broadcasting school in order to get on-air television job.
And attending elite broadcasting schools is no guarantee of a on-air
tv job. TV jobs require more than just "book smarts."
TV positions require the "hands on skills" to do it all. This
means knowing how to write, edit, shoot, report, produce in
television journalism. If you have these skills, and have a
great resume tape, journalism jobs and other related communications
jobs will be much easier to find.
Best regards,
Randy Rauch
Kathleen Overchuck
Sara Jane Harris is working in
Columbia, South Carolina as a Reporter/Producer at WACH-TV,
the Fox station in that market.
Sara Jane came to American Talent to put together a strong
reporter news tape and polish up her on air skills.
Sara is full of life and energy and very talented. We expect
Sara to go far in the business. Congratulations to WACH-TV.
The talented Robin Jedlicka is a
graduate of Berry College. She even interned at WESH-TV
in Orlando. Robin is a journalist who came to American
Broadcast Talent for training and a winning resume tape.
Robin did some real news packages, look live shots and some
anchoring. Robin landed a Bureau Reporter job with
WALB-TV. That is the NBC station in Albany, Georgia.
Megan came to
American Broadcast
Talent to get a professional tape together and
polish her on-air skills. Megan is now working for
Inside Edition. Way to go Megan! We love Inside
Edition!
Adam is a meteorologist who could not get a
news directors attention with his college resume tape. Adam came
to American Talent to get a better tape. In less than a month with
the new tape, Adam got an offer at CBS, KBZK in Bozeman, MT.
Valerie Town has accepted a
Reporter position at KTKA-TV in Topeka, KS. The
station is an ABC affiliate. Valerie came to American
Broadcast Talent to produce a winning resume tape and to
perfect her broadcasting skills. Valerie was working
behind the scenes at CNN when she came to us for help.
Great job Valerie and congratulations to KTKA-TV
Paul S. counted on American
Talent to get his sports resume
tape done. Paul sent his tape out and landed a great
position at wonderful KPVI-TV in Pocatello, ID. Paul
is working as a weekend sports anchor and weekday sports
reporter. Way to go Paul and KPVI-TV!
Raphael is now
working with NBC Weather Plus in New York. Raphael
came to American Broadcast Talent to get a weather tape
completed. Raphael can be seen doing the weather
around the country. Raphael will go far in the
business! Watch for him in the years to come.
Trisha is now working in wonderful Madison Wisconsin at a
Sports Anchor/Reporter.
Trisha came to American
Broadcast Talent to put
together a sports tape.
Within one week, Trisha
got a call and was hired at KDLT-TV in South Dakota. She was hired within a month. Congratulations Trisha!
Melissa S. landed a TV
job at WDNN-TV in Dalton, Georgia. She got a position
as an Anchor/Reporter at the station. Melissa worked
with American Talent and got a great resume tape together.
Good job Melissa.
Shani has always dreamed of
being a television reporter. She attended American
Talent and put together a reporter resume tape. She
was hired at the ABC station in Gainesville, Florida WCJB-TV.
Shani is a reporter/fill-in anchor. Congratulations to
Shani and WCJB-TV
Michelle Roberts is one talented lady. She came to us for a
resume tape and for some training. With in one
month of sending out her tape, she landed a wonderful
position as a Weekend Anchor/Reporter at KGWN-TV. This
is the CBS station in beautiful Wyoming.
Alyssa Massetti came to
American Broadcast
Talent, got her tape together
and quickly joined the
Channel Five News Team.
Alyssa is anchoring the
weekday evening news at
5,
5:30, 6 and producing
and
anchoring the 11:00
News.
Joy recently landed her first
Anchor/Reporter position with KQDS-TV in Duluth, MN. Joy attended
American Broadcast Talent and we assisted her with a reporter tape.
Nice job Joy!
Liz
counted on American Talent to get her resume
tape done. Liz quickly got several offers
within a month after finishing her tape. Liz took a
position with the ABC station in Sioux City, IA.
Christy
came to one of our group reporter sessions and put together
a high quality tape. Christy sent out the tape and was
hired at WAGM-TV in Presque Isle, Maine.
Nice work Christy.
Sara enrolled in American Talent
to find her first job in television. After shooting
some real news, stand-ups, packages, and look live, she
quickly landed a job at KXXV-TV in
Waco, Texas. This is the ABC station in that market. Sara is a general assignment
reporter.
Kipp K. came to American Broadcast Talent for a Weather Tape.
After finishing his tape, Kipp got four different job offers within two
weeks. Way to go Kipp! Kipp decided to work as a
morning/noon weathercaster at KTVL-TV in Medford, OR. Kipp has
since moved back into television and radio voiceovers.
