Elaina Tovar - Resume
Elaina Tovar - Resume

SKILLS
? Adobe Premiere & Adobe Auditions
? WordPress
? Camayak
? Using social media platforms
? Excel and PowerPoint
? Excellent research skills
? Fluent in Spanish and English
? Organization and prioritization


EXPERIENCE:

February 2018 - Present
MULTIMEDIA JOURNALIST / Valley View News and Cougar News / Northridge, CA

-Produce newscasts including international, national, and local news
-Log and edit video from the CNN satellite news feed
-Write to VOs and SOTs
- Write block out scripts and edit news packages to be aired
on TV, YouTube, and social media.
-? Partook roles as director, floor director, video-switcher,
audio, teleprompter, and camera operator

February – May 2019
ASSISTANT EDITOR / The Sundial / Northridge, CA

? Produced AP style stories for the arts and cultures section of the newspaper
? Wrote about school and local events, art galleries, and profiles of artists
? Communicate and pitch story ideas to editors

August 2018 – May2019
ANCHOR & WRITER / KCSN Radio Station / Northridge, CA

- Writing, producing and anchoring radio newscasts once a week
-? Operate professional recording equipment (Marantz PMD 661 MK
11)
-? Interview sources for news stories
-? Select and edit soundbites using Adobe Auditions
-? Record voice-overs for written stories
-? Transcribe wire stories and press releases into broadcast stories

January – May 2019
REPORTER / En Otras Palabras / Northridge, CA

-? Produced 3 videos dedicated to serving the Latino community
Video #1:
-? Collaborated with a social media campaign to shed light on
the importance of bilingual education programs for young
students
Video #2:
-? Interviewed the founder, the producer, and an actor who are part of Nirvana, a Spanish-Language theater in Hollywood
Video #3:
?. - Focused on the annual LA Times Festival of books, but
more specifically on the Spanish section. Interviewed the director of Hoy LA