SCIANNA GARCIA
A dedicated professional with a desire for storytelling and reporting local news that matters in all fairness. Communicative and responsible, will learn and adapt quickly, follow direction, and willing to attempt all formats of journalism. Bilingual with solid training and education in reporting, copy editing, and photography. Skilled in covering a variety of beats including education, sustainability, business profiles, legislation, etc. Excels within deadline-driven environments. Motivated and passionate about telling the stories that matter to local audiences through all mediums.
SKILLS
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Writing/Editing
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Basic HTML
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Microsoft Office
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Research/Interviewing
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AP style
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Adobe Creative Cloud
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Basic Newscast Producing
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Basic videography/photography
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Social media
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Spanish language fluency
RELEVANT COURSES
News Writing and Reporting
•Pitch weekly story ideas
•Master Associated Press editing style
•Interview sources
Advanced Bilingual Reporting
•Report on underrepresented communities
•Write/ film stories in Spanish
Introduction to Editing
•Apply AP style to edit errors in stories
•Basic digital production skills
•Creating headlines
Newscast Producing
•Basic knowledge of ENPS & CNN News source
•Writing for broadcast
•Creating rundowns
Multimedia Journalism
•Basic Premiere Pro skills
•Knowledge of shot types
•Short video/photo projects
•Podcast experience
EDUCATION
Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication
Arizona State University, Phoenix, Arizona
2020 - 2022
Spanish Minor
Dean’s List: Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2021
EXPERIENCE
● Times Media Group, May 2022 to August 2022
As an intern with Times Media Group, I primarily wrote digital content for a number of publications such as the West
Valley View, Peoria Times, Downtown LA News, Pasadena Weekly, College Times and the Entertainer magazine. I
wrote plenty of business profiles, along with stories about election coverage, youth, features and hard news.
● Phoenix Magazine, August 2022- December 2022
As an editorial intern with Phoenix Magazine, I write short entertainment culture/food pieces and blogs to be
featured in the magazine as well as Phoenix Magazine’s website.
● Cronkite News, August 2022- December 2022
With Cronkite News, I am a general assignment reporter with an interest in education reporting. I also cover other
beats such as sustainability, politics and business. I have gained experience using and shooting photos with a Canon
80D to go alongside my stories. As well as Cronkite News, I also write content for Cronkite Noticias to serve spanishspeaking
audiences.
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