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Focused and results oriented broadcasting professional with over 15 years of
award winning experience as Anchor / Reporter who excels in live breaking
news situations from the anchor desk or in the field. Skilled and insightful
interviewer who thrives in writing both hard news and featured stories. A
proven ratings winner who immerses herself in community service is seeking a
position to further build and enhance all of these skills.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
News 14 Carolina ▪ Primary Weekday News Anchor ▪ Charlotte, NC 2002 - 2010
▪ Anchors Extended Live Breaking News Events and Nightly Primetime News for
24 hour Statewide News Channel
▪ Responsible for Exclusive In-depth Interviews
▪ Responsible for Developing Sources to Break Major Stories First
▪ Enterprises Stories, Writes and Reviews Scripts, Competent and
Knowledgeable on
Multiple Editing Formats
Key Accomplishments:
▪ Anchored 14 Hours of Wall to Wall Live Coverage of Worst Ice Storm in NC
History
▪ Five Hours of Wall to Wall Live Coverage of Fatal Plane Crash
▪Five Hours of Live Field Anchoring on NASCAR Hall Of Fame
▪ Presented Live Coverage of a River Rescue, Snow Storms, a Chemical Plant
Fire,
Hurricanes, the War on Terror, and Anniversary of 9/11
▪ Developed, Produced and Edited local health reports using Dalet and Vortex
systems
▪ Scheduled, Organized and Volunteered for 3 Community Service/ Public
Appearances per
month
WLOS-TV ▪ Weekend Evening Anchor/Weekday Reporter ▪ Asheville, NC
1999-2002
▪ In charge of Anchoring 6 and 11pm Weekend evening newscasts and Reporting
Live
Breaking News Events from the Field
▪ Accountable for weekly education reports
▪ Responsible for Enterprising, Producing and Delivering both Daily and
Special Reports
▪ Responsible for Enterprising Stories that get Life Changing Results
Key Accomplishments:
▪ Delivered extensive live reports following the projected path and
resulting damage of
Hurricane Floyd for several consecutive days of coverage for both
morning and evening
newscasts
▪ Developed and Implemented a "Thanks To Teachers" Segment highlighting one
nominated teacher per week
▪ Enterprised and Reported on a child with a rare skin disorder, story
resulted in the child
getting a life saving suit from NASA
▪ Enterprised and Reported on a child left as a paraplegic, story resulted
in the child getting
a new customized wheelchair
WFXL-TV ▪ News Director/Primary Weekday Anchor ▪ Albany, GA 1995-1999
▪ Responsible for Anchoring and Producing M-F 5 and 10 pm Newscasts
▪ Supervised and Assigned both News and Production Teams composed 32 people
▪ Developed News Strategy, Resolved Employee Conflicts, Determined Budgets
and
Salaries
▪ Shot and Edited Video
▪ Increased Ratings and became the 18th Highest Rated Fox Affiliate Newscast
in the
country
Advancement History:
Promoted and given the additional responsibilities of News Director within
one year
Promoted to Weekday Anchor from Weekends in two months
WCNC-TV ▪ Producer/Reporter ▪ Charlotte, NC 1992 - 1995
▪ Responsible for Anchoring Cut-Ins ▪ Produced 3 Daily Segments ▪ Reported
General
News Assignments
AWARDS
National Academy of Television Journalists, Best Female News Anchor
National Academy of Television Journalists, Best Documentary
Readers Choice Award, Best News Anchor and Best Newscast, The Albany Herald
Miss Charlotte Mecklenburg
Miss North Carolina Preliminary Winner
EDUCATIONAL
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Bachelor of Arts in English
BACKGROUND ACTIVITIES
Volunteer, "A Time To Read" Literacy campaign
Leukemia Lymphoma Society Spokesperson/ Event emcee
Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation Volunteer/ Emcee
MDA Telethon Host 1999-2002
Minor in Mass Media Communications Dore Academy
Graduate Courses in English Board Member, First Book-Charlotte
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Heather Childers
Charlotte, NC
Represented by:
David Brunner
DB & Associates
(610) 767 - 6183
DBandAssociates@msn.com
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