Anders Keitz

(561) 350-1321

http://anderskeitz.wordpress.com

anderskeitz@gmail.com

Education
Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism
New York, NY
Degree expected May 2016
Master of Arts, Business and Economics Journalism
Coursework in economic theory and application, financial accounting, data comprehension and utilization, and
investigative journalism
Reporting assignments included a comparison of commodity-producing nations long-term economic growth;
analysis of macroeconomic data to study the strength of the U.S. economic recovery
Now working on a 10,000-word story on the failed criminal prosecutions of individuals on Wall Street for
their role in the financial crisis. The reporting focuses on the 2008-09 federal prosecution of two
former Bear Stearns hedge fund investors who were acquitted of criminal charges.
S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications Syracuse University Syracuse, NY
May 2013
B.S. in broadcast journalism, minor in management studies, magna cum laude
Coursework focused on video journalism and newscast production
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Journalism Experience
Producer, WWLP-22News (NBC affiliate)
Springfield, MA
Summer 2013-2015
Wrote breaking news anchor copy and selected video; responsible for all live and taped segments for
morning and evening local newscasts
Worked overnight for eight months as sole assignment desk editor and producer responsible for an hour and
half of the live morning newscasts
Selected newscast content and graphics, generated a lineup, wrote headlines, teases, V/Os, lead ins and
anchor copy
Back-timed live shows, communicated with anchors and production staff and coordinated live elements in the
control room
Wrote stories for the stations website and updated news content
Led research, oversaw reporting and co-wrote three-part investigative series on a multimillion-dollar
highway renovation project for May 2014 sweeps
Coverage highlights include: Boston Marathon Bombing sentencing, Holyoke Public Schools state takeover,
Berkshire triple murder trial and Supreme Court gay marriage ruling
Producing Intern, WBNG Action 12 News (CBS affiliate)
Binghamton, NY
Spring 2013
Responsible for the live Friday 6 p.m. local newscast
Attended morning meetings to decide what stories to cover
Generated newscast lineup
Wrote headlines, teases, V/Os and V/O/SOTs and used graphics for event and crime details
Production Intern, ESPN
Los Angeles, CA
Summer 2012
Cut game highlights and the opening tease for SportsCenter, a daily sports news television program
Cut video clips using Quantel for V/Os, SOTs and teases; operated TelePrompTer for live shows and sidebar
crawl highlighting what segment is coming up next
Attended daily production meetings
News Intern, NBC Miami
Miramar, FL
Summer 2011
Wrote four to 15 V/Os and V/O SOTs per day. Logged and wrote news packages.
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Skills
Multimedia: Adobe InDesign, Adobe Premiere, AP ENPS, Audacity, Avid NewsCutter, CMS Clickability, Hootsuite,
iNews, Precis, Quantel, Soundslides, Syndicaster ,WordPress
Languages: Conversational Spanish
Data Analysis: Bloomberg Terminal, Microsoft Excel
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References
Sylvia Nasar Professor, Columbia Journalism School szn1@columbia.edu (212) 854-6184
Kara Walsh Senior Producer, WWLP-22News Kara.Dominick@wwlp.com (413) 377-1183
Suzanne Proulx Former Producer, WBNG Action 12 News Suzanne.Proulx@outlook.com