Kyle Brennankyle@kylebrennan.net | @kylebrennan1

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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE9/2012 – present WATR-AM Waterbury, CT

Play-by-play high school football broadcaster watr.com Provide enthusiastic, fast-paced, detail-minded play-by-play of local high school football Interact with coaches, players, fans to learn and integrate useful insight into broadcasts Rely upon strong knowledge of football strategy and history to describe plays and trends Develop camaraderie with analysts and coaches to craft narratives throughout broadcasts

9/2010 – present Republican-American Waterbury, CTSports reporter, copy editor, blogger rep-am.com/sports Sports writer, columnist and blogger for fourth-largest daily newspaper in Conn. (43,000+) Focus on intriguing angles for several beats (HS sports, college hockey, local baseball) Develop relationships with important figures in area to cultivate sources for news/features Leader in web content production, including infographics, video packages and web shows

7/2012 – 8/2012 NBC Olympics Stamford, CTWeb producer nbcolympics.com Managed NBC’s web and social media coverage of volleyball at the 2012 London Olympics Posted live streams/videos/photos, wrote recaps/headlines, managed dynamic home page Built video and photo galleries, focused on hyperlinking within stories to increase pageviews Worked with management/talent to post relevant stories for continuing TV coverage to web

8/2008 – 7/2014 Citizen’s News Naugatuck, CTLead sports correspondent, news correspondent, intern mycitizensnews.com Wrote stories, columns, features on local sports/news for weekly newspaper Shot and edited photographs and shot, edited, and narrated videos to accompany stories Managed other sports correspondents; assigned and edited stories for each weekly edition Ten-time Connecticut Society of Professional Journalists award winner for sports writing

RELATED EXPERIENCE5/2012 – 8/2012 WFSB-TV Rocky Hill, CT

Sports intern wfsb.com Conducted interviews at events, with questions geared toward producing pithy TV responses Gave input toward structure of rundown, edited video and wrote voiceovers for sportscasts

9/2011 – 5/2012 Quinnipiac News Network Hamden, CTNews anchor, sports anchor, reporter, writer, editor Anchored multiple newscasts and sportscasts as part of senior news production course Reported, shot, and edited news, sports and feature packages, and wrote and edited stories

5/ 2011 – 8/2011 Newport Gulls Newport, RIBroadcast and print media intern newportgulls.com Play-by play broadcaster and analyst for summer collegiate baseball team Wrote and sent detailed press releases following home games and important news events

11/2009 – present Naugatuck Valley League Football Blog Beacon Falls, CTCo-owner, administrator, sales manager, designer, writer, moderator nvlfootballblog.com Produce and manage all content for high school football blog (500,000 pageviews per year) Write posts; produce videos; sell advertising; edit HTML design; interact/manage comments

9/2009 – 5/2012 Quinnipiac Bobcats Sports Network Hamden, CT

Kyle Brennankyle@kylebrennan.net | @kylebrennan1

kylebrennan.net | linkedin.com/in/kylebrennan1Play-by-play broadcaster, analyst, writer, producer theqbsn.com Multi-sport play-by-play broadcaster and analyst for school’s online streaming network Experience broadcasting basketball, ice hockey, baseball, softball, volleyball, field hockey Troubleshot issues with broadcasting hardware and connectivity

SKILLS Social media: Experience managing media pages on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube, WordPress, Blogger; familiar with Pinterest, Google+, Foursquare, Tumblr, MySpace, LinkedInComputer: Windows, Mac, Microsoft Office, Final Cut Pro/Motion, AP ENPS, Google cache, CNN NewSource, Adobe InDesign/Premiere Pro/Photoshop, QuarkXPress, Audacity, Scribd, easel.ly, SoundCloud, Tableau PublicOther: Panasonic AG-HMC70P and other cameras, three-point lighting, basic HTML/CSS, basic web design, AP and broadcast writing/editing styles, interviewing, meeting deadlines, flexibility

EDUCATION Quinnipiac University | School of Communications Hamden, CTBachelor of Arts, magna cum laude, Broadcast Journalism, October 2012Concentrations: Sports Studies, History; limited Spanish proficiencyMajor GPA: 3.90/4.0; Cumulative GPA: 3.86/4.0; Dean’s List; University Honors Program

ACTIVITIES Woodland Regional High School Alumni Association: Founder, presidentWoodland Regional High School Hall of Fame: Founding committee chairmanBeacon Hose Co. No. 1: Social media committee member, event public address announcer