Litsa Pappas

 

 

 

 

 

EXPERIENCE

 

GENERAL ASSIGNMENT REPORTER

Boston 25 News/FOX 25 in Boston, MA

May 2017-present

• Enterprise stories daily, covering breaking news with live shots at any hour

• Engage and grow audience on social media

​

MULTIMEDIA REPORTER/FILL-IN ANCHOR

Time Warner Cable News in Charlotte, NC

August 2013-April 2017

• Enterprise stories daily, covering breaking news with live shots at any hour

• Shoot video, conduct interviews, edit, write and present stories live on air

• Engage and grow audience on social media

• Responsible for education beat, stories airing statewide

 

BROADCAST JOURNALISM INSTRUCTOR

Carolina School of Broadcasting in Charlotte, NC

August 2015-April 2016

• Teach classes in news writing, reporting, camera use, announcing, newcast production 

• Help students develop skills for jobs in radio and television news

MULTIMEDIA REPORTER/ FILL-IN PRODUCER/ANCHOR      

WHSV-TV3  in Harrisonburg, VA

June 2011-August 2013

• Enterprise and put together two to three stories a day

• Shoot video, conduct interviews, edit, write and present stories live on air

• Responsible for training all new reporters

• Primary 6PM producer fill-in

 

NEWS INTERN

9WSYR/ NewsChannel 9 in Syracuse, NY

Fall 2010

• Shadowed and assisted morning reporter on live hits and packages, helped with interviews

• Wrote packages, VO’s, and practiced stand-ups out on the scene with reporter

 

ASSIGNMENT DESK/ CYBER DESK INTERN

7NEWS/WHDH-TV in Boston, MA

Summer 2010

• Assisted assignment editors with gathering information on story tips, calling local officials

• Wrote local stories from reporters’ packages and VO’s for website at Cyber Desk

• Cut newscast video to post with stories, added pictures, hyperlinks, updated top stories on website

 

DIGITAL REPORTER ASSISTANT INTERN

WPRI-12/FOX Providence in East Providence, RI

Summer 2010

• Wrote entertainment and local news stories for website (wpri.com) while assisting digital reporter

• Updated website with AP wire stories from iNews or AP Exchange with pictures and hyperlinks

 

ENGLISH REPORTER/INTERN

Florence TV in Florence, Italy

Spring 2010

• Researched and translated press releases from Italian to English for weekly online broadcasts

• Reported on-camera weekly updates on events going on in Florence for tourists on the English version of the website (www.florence.tv)

 

 

EDUCATION

 

S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications

Syracuse University
B.S., Broadcast and Digital Journalism, May 2011

Minor: French

 

Syracuse University in Florence

Florence, Italy, Spring 2010