HAYLEY SPITLER

 

Experience

MIDDAY ANCHOR, REPORTER & EXECUTIVE PRODUCER • FOX CAROLINA (WHNS) • AUG 2022-PRESENT

ANCHOR & MULTIMEDIA JOURNALIST • WEAU 13 NEWS • OCT 2020- AUG 2022 Moved to the main newsroom in Eau Claire to anchor and produce First News At Nine every week night. In October 2021, was promoted to co-anchor the 10pm newscast as well. Create graphics for broadcast. Write scripts and edit reporter scripts. Continue to report by finding and telling feature stories as well as covering breaking news and other stories the station needs. Have won three Wisconsin Broadcasting Awards including a 1st place win in the Best News Writing category for my story ‘Vaccine 180’

MULTIMEDIA JOURNALIST • WEAU 13 NEWS • AUG 2019- OCT 2020 Worked independently at the station’s bureau in La Crosse. Found stories, scheduled and conducted interviews, filmed b-roll and standups, wrote and edited packages and vosots. Went live on-scene for breaking news and nightside pieces. Interviewed the Vice President twice one-on-one during the 2020 election year.

NEWS INTERN • NBC SPORTS CHICAGO • JAN 2019- JUNE 2019
Assist producers in getting content ready for pre- and post-game shows. Operate the teleprompter for in-studio productions. Transcribe interviews. Edit and write scripts for highlights. Log footage of games (basketball, baseball, football, hockey, etc.) Assist in making fonts for intermission and post-game shows. Go on location for coverage of Bulls, Blackhawks, White Sox and Cubs games/ practices. Represent NBC Sports Chicago at SoxFest and Authentic Fan nights at the United Center.

PRODUCTION INTERN • WTTW/CHICAGO TONIGHT • AUG 2018- DEC 2018
Complete research for producers and pitch story ideas for nightly broadcasts. Greet, escort and manage guests for studio segments and create guest seating charts. Print and arrange scripts for distribution to cast and crew efficiently. Transcribe interviews, log videos, assist with editing packages. Compile and organize program content and information into show database accurately.

MARCH MADNESS • LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO • MAR 2018
NCAA Final Four Manager and Multimedia Journalist. Led team coverage of Loyola-Chicago in their Cinderella trip to the NCAA Final Four. The team produced content for professional news organizations including television, radio, newspapers, online and social media outlets. Organized airline, hotel and rental cars. In charge of equipment transportation. Led daily editorial meetings. Worked with Loyola and NCAA officials. Assured professional presence by all journalists. Set deadlines. Shot, wrote and edited sports and news packages.

EXECUTIVE PRODUCER/ANCHOR• RAMBLER SPORTS LOCKER • AUG 2016- MAY 2019
Rambler Sports Locker is a weekly student-run production at Loyola University Chicago that focuses on all things Loyola sports. Lead fellow students and recruit and maintain members.  Regularly anchor, write and edit scripts, VOs, film and edit packages, write and present in-house reports. Operate the camera, teleprompter, audio, switcher, and lights during filming. Direct the set. Attend games and press conferences to interview athletes and coaches and obtain soundbites. Excel in a fast- paced, high pressure environment.

PRODUCER AND REPORTER • LOYOLA NEWS CHICAGO • JAN 2018- MAY 2018
Loyola News Chicago is a weekly broadcast focusing on Chicago and Loyola news. Regularly write scripts, produce packages and VO/SOTs. Weekly roles have included producing, directing, anchoring, reporting, floor-directing, audio, operating cameras. Have created same-day reports for the telecast. Always make deadline individually and as part of a team.

CONTRIBUTOR AND WRITER • LOYOLA PHOENIX • FEB 2018- MAY 2018
The Loyola Phoenix is the student-run newspaper at Loyola University Chicago. Develop ideas for stories, research story, conduct appropriate interviews for piece, write, edit and publish accordingly. 

Skills

  • · Broadcast writing and AP style print writing
    · Filming/Videography with experience using
    · Sony NX5U, Sony PMW200, GoPro, iPhone
    · Proficient with editing in Adobe Premiere Pro
    · Create graphics using Photoshop, VIZ
    · On camera work includes live reporting,
    anchoring, and recorded packages.
    · Proficient with Microsoft Office, Instagram, Twitter, Facebook and Social News Desk
    · Proficient in Ross Inception, INews, and ENPS

Education

BROADCAST JOURNALISM• MARKETING MINOR • LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO • GRADUATED CUM LAUDE IN 2019
Relevant Coursework includes: Sports Broadcasting, Reporting and Writing, Broadcast News, Video Production, Introduction to Communication, Ethics and communication, Communication and New Media, Media Law, Technology for Journalists, and Newscasting and Producing. GPA: 3.7


JOURNALISM •PALM BEACH ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY • FALL SEMESTER 2015
Honors program student. Wrote for the school newspaper: The Beacon. Member of improv group Alice, Monday Night Live sketch comedy troupe. GPA: 3.9