Rebecca Toews

3701 Foss Rd Minneapolis, MN 55421 612.567.1982 r.toews11@gmail.com http://www.youtube.com/user/galina11?eature=mhee

Education:
University of Oregon Eugene, OR Southwest Minnesota State University Marshall, MN Master of Science: Communication & Society, Graduate Teaching Fellow: media production emphasis. Bachelor of Science: Speech Communication: TV/Radio Production; SMSU Spur Editor-in-chief; Graduated Cum Laude

Communications Experience:
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON Eugene, OR Adjunct Faculty 01.13 04.13 SUCCESS FACTORS Marketing and Communications Intern 01.13 - 4.13 BETA PRODUCTIONS Freelance Videographer/Producer/ Editor 06.12 - Present Instruct undergraduate students in documentary and digital video production, assisted instructors in Advanced TV news courses. Graded assignments for cinema studies and journalism-related coursework. Copyedited and wrote content for Success Factors (SAP) learning branch: Success Academy. Created e-newsletters, InDesign datasheets, and social media marketing strategy for learning and cloud-based business execution software. Consult, interview, and record videos for personalized video scrapbooks and memoirs for families. Consult, interview and record videos for local business owners Edit photos and video for online distribution and business website Set up social media channels for local businesses. Clients include TaylorCat Productions, FancyPans Steel Drums; MIUSA: Mobility International, USA Hook it and Book it: Real Life Repo (Producer/Narrator) o http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=29abj8a6Sa4&feature=plcp Knife Butler Knows Best o http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iat0OEBuXDY Steel Pan Redemption (production in process) o http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FZIxkfTRf_k Assisted instructors in Digital Video Production and Advanced TV courses Instructed and mentored undergraduate students pursuing broadcast journalism-related careers. Graded assignments for broadcast journalism-related coursework. Prioritized content by relevance to the NBC 15 market to create an informative, engaging news program. Uncovered story concepts and sources and write copy for the program. Wrote and edited reporters copy for 6pm and 10pm news programs. Organized program based on content, relevance and market research. Fluently used wide variety of software and applications (see below). Assisted in grant-writing, research and development for Documentary production. Produced, organized and provided an accessible research-oriented presentation to the public regarding roller derby and identity production. Final Cut Pro, Adobe Premiere, Avid non-linear editing suites, Avid Instinct Soundtrack Pro, Photoshop, Quark, InDesign, iNews, News King, CNN Pathre, AP newswires PC OS: Microsoft Ofce, Excel/ Mac OS: Pages, Numbers Facebook, Twitter, WordPress, Tumblr, Pinterest, Instagram

Selected Work Samples

UNIVERSITY OF OREGON Eugene, OR Graduate Teaching Fellow 09.09 03.12 WMTV-NBC15 Madison, WI News Producer, 6 pm 08.06 08.09 KTTC-TV Rochester, MN News Producer, 10 pm 05.05 07.06 Research Assistant: Dancing Salmon Home Moving Image Productions UO Center for the Study of Women inSociety Road Scholar

Software/ Social Media Fluency: