Zach Weiss
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Zach Weiss

Zachary Weiss
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Education: Endicott College; Beverly, Massachusetts Major: Communications, Class of 2018

BROADCASTING EXPERIENCE/PRESENTATIONS
• Play-by-Play Announcer (Post-Graduation, September 2018-Present) Sports include basketball, volleyball, field hockey, soccer, and lacrosse for New York University, Long Island University, Columbia University, Hunter College, John Jay College, Stevens Institute of Technology, Mercy College, Saint Peters University, Manhattan College, Farleigh Dickenson University.
• Play-by-Play Announcer (College, February 2015-May 2018) Sports included soccer, baseball, basketball, field hockey, volleyball, and lacrosse. Broadcast five championship games for three sports.
• Public Address Announcer (Post-Graduation, September 2018-Present) Sports include soccer, basketball, volleyball, and baseball for Berkeley College, Rutgers-University Newark, Columbia University, New York University, Queens College and Pratt Institute (at the Barclays Center).
• Cleveland Cavaliers podcaster (‘Across The Cavs’) (Post-Graduation, October, 2019-present)
• SportITood Radio (September 2014-Present): Host my own sports talk radio show (starting at Endicott College) primarily spanning the NBA, NFL and MLB. Guests included players and coaches.
• Featured Presenter (Spring 2018): Selected to present my thesis to a group of over 200 students and faculty on “The Importance of Connectivity: Sports Broadcasters’ Impact on Fan Engagement”.

SPORTS WRITING EXPERIENCE:
• Knup Solutions (March 2018-present): Write daily game previews and news stories for Vegas Odds, game previews for SportingPedia, and betting odds for 4Flush and DenverSportsBetting.
• D3Football Magazine (July 2018 & August 2019): Wrote team previews for Commonwealth Coast Conference football teams; interviewed players and coaches.
• Endicott Observer (Sep. 2015-May 2018): Write bi-weekly sports articles spanning all Endicott sports; interviewed players, coaches, and students.
• Endicott Women’s Basketball Blog (January 2018-May 2018): Blogged about women’s basketball team for journalism class. Wrote a weekly team article, and had weekly meetings with the head coach.

UNIQUE EXPERIENCES:
• Broadcaster Shadowing (January 2018) – Invited to tour the New Orleans Pelicans facility, meet with head coach Alvin Gentry, and sit in the booth with radio announcer Sean Kelley during a broadcast.
• NBA Announcers Project (November 2016-September 2017): Interviewed all 30 TV play-by-play NBA announcers for a communications project on multiple broadcasting topics. Stay in touch with many.

Skills
• Perform extensive statistical and historical research and thorough broadcast preparation.
• Insightful and engaging broadcaster and interviewer across multiple sports.
• Writing, audience engagement, Voice-Over.
• Proficient at using social media platforms including Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, and Tumblr.