Sample: Adele Jenkins
Sample: Adele Jenkins
Sample: Adele Jenkins
Highly experienced Morning Show Anchor and Reporter with a proven track record for handling live interviews with ease
Summary of Qualifications
More than seven years experience gained in commercial television news combined with a college degree. Popular with viewers and accessible; well-traveled with a genuine interest in a variety of subjects. Able to quickly gain the trust of sources and enterprise exclusive story ideas. Strong ability to stay calm and think on feet during equipment malfunctions. Compelling storyteller, fast typist with speed exceeding 60 WPM. Professional demeanor in the newsroom and the community. Highly knowledgeable about Colorado news, geography, and politics. Adele always brings great story ideas to the morning meeting and is genuinely nice to work with. Shes always been helpful, gracious, and generous. Susan Geary, KRDO News Producer
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Experience
Reporter Host Assignment Editor
Career Achievements
KRDO-TV/News 13 Colorado Springs, CO 1999 Present Morning News Anchor / Co-host / Reporter for an ABC affiliate. [2000 Present] Write and help produce Good Morning Colorado, a two-hour program of live interviews, news, and cooking segments, along with cut-ins during ABCs Good Morning America. Anchor GMC On the Road several times per year throughout southern Colorado. Maintain excellent working relationships with production crews and producers to keep show on pace and seamlessly meet network programming. Report on a variety of topics for 5PM and 6PM newscasts, including Parenting, the Spirit of Colorado Springs, Health Beat, and hard news. Serve as a station representative within the community at fundraisers, auctions, and telethons, helping to break revenue records for Hospice and St. Jude. Weekend News Anchor [1999 2000]
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Voted Best Anchor The Independent 2004 Helped Weekend News team win an Associated Press Award for Breaking News 2002 Handled live coverage of the 2002 Blizzard which was entirely unscripted for four hours Recognized for Commitment to Donation by COPA for series reporting on Organ Donations
Work History
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Adele Jenkins
KOAA-TV/Eyewitness News Colorado Springs, CO 1994 1996 Reporter / Anchor / Producer / Assignment Editor at an NBC affiliate. Handled the weekend newscast, from planning and assigning coverage, to producing and anchoring show. Produced and hosted Concern, a taped public affairs program that aired daily. Wrote and edited multiple packages daily and reported live from planned events and breaking news. Served as fill-in Producer of the 5, 6 and 10PM newscasts. KMGH-TV/7News Denver, CO 1993 1994 Associate Producer of Daybreak at a CBS affiliate (now ABC.) Monitored feeds and viewed overnight video; edited PKGs to VO/SOTS; helped research background information, track sources, and write scripts.
Sports Intern
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Technical Skills Education
Resume Contributed for Sample Purposes Only
KUSA-TV/9News Denver, CO PT Associate Producer of the midday and evening newscasts at an ABC affiliate. Logged network feeds; wrote, separated, and distributed scripts; operated TelePrompTer.
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1993
[Spring 1993]
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St. Jude Dream Home Telethon Colorado Springs, CO 2001 Present Hospice Telethon Colorado Springs, CO 2001 Present
Community Involvement
Pikes Peak Humane Society Girl Scouts of America/Pikes Peak Troop Team Captain Bowl for Kids Sake