Kelly R. Gilbert

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102I Shadowood Drive	4610 Crystal Street
Chapel Hill, NC 27514	Claremont, NC 28610
kgilbert@email.unc.edu
(919) 968-4302	(704) 459-9739

Summary

I hope to work in sports broadcasting or management.  I am 21 years old and a native of Claremont, NC, I am a journalism major at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, from which I will graduate in the spring of 1999. I'm on the electronic communications track and I would like to work in a major metropolitan area with a professional sports team or television station.

 

Education

Major and Track: Journalism and Mass Communications:  Electronic Communication, May 1999, G.P.A. 2.8
 

 

Professional Experience

WUNC-TV, Fall 1997        Chapel Hill, NC
Production Intern
 
• Assisted in editing stories for air
• Researched stories for production
• Accompanied reporters on filming assignments
• Logged tape for production
• Interviewed individuals for on-air stories
 

1997 AAU Junior Olympic Games, 8/97-9/97        Charlotte, NC
Sports Information Director
 

• Reported scores from events to the media
• Interviewed athletes for stories in local newspapers
• Researched story ideas for local newspapers
• Worked in media center as a liaison between athletic events and local media
The Daily Tar Heel, Fall 1996        Chapel Hill, NC
City Desk Staff Writer
 
• Researched stories on Chapel Hill-Carrboro city events
• Interviewed individuals for use in articles
• Wrote stories for publication in student newspaper
 
 

Personal Background

Family: I am from Claremont and I have two families because my parents are remarried.  Mary and Doug are my parents and they are married to Jeff and Tammy respectively.  I have three younger sisters.  They are Jessica, 16; Amber, 10; and Chelsey, 7.

Hobbies: I love all kinds of sports which is shown in my career choice.  I also played basketball and ran track in high school.
 

          I have also been involved in a lot of different activities since starting college.  Here are a few of them:

• Public Address Announcer for UNC Gymnastics Team
• Member of the UNC Sports Marketing Committee
• Junior Varsity Men's Basketball Manager
• Member of Carolina Fever, UNC Spirit Organization

 

 

Skills

Computer:  Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Word Processing, Basic Internet Usage
 
 

 

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