Taylor Cairns
Broadcast
Experience:
Mult-Media Journalist, WGME CBS13 News, Portland, Me. Summer 2017- Present
* As a morning reporter I led the news show with a liveshot every 30 minutes.
* Awarded for work on breaking news stories and ability to turn a piece quickly.
Mult-Media Journalist, WCAV CBS 19 News, Charlottesville, VA, Summer 2015- Summer 2017
* Shoot, report, and edit all stories solo.
* Was relied on to be a main live shot reporter and photographer when needed
News Editor, WBFF Fox 45 News, Baltimore, MD, Winter 2015- Spring 2015
* Responsible for editing VO's, VOSOTs, and packages to put on live television.* As a morning reporter I led the news show with a liveshot every 30 minutes.
* Awarded for work on breaking news stories and ability to turn a piece quickly.
Mult-Media Journalist, WCAV CBS 19 News, Charlottesville, VA, Summer 2015- Summer 2017
* Shoot, report, and edit all stories solo.
* Was relied on to be a main live shot reporter and photographer when needed
News Editor, WBFF Fox 45 News, Baltimore, MD, Winter 2015- Spring 2015
* On Weekends, the newscasts are all edited solo.
Freelance Assignment Editor, WJLA TV ABC 7 News, Washington D.C. Winter 2013
* Monitored police scanners and
social media for news stories and updates.
* Sent news story ideas and
information to producers and reporters.
* Organized and distributed of WJLA photographers and reporters across D.C.
Contests
and Awards
Winner, Breaking News Story, Maine Association of Broadcasting Summer 2018
Winner, Superior Award for Feature Photography, AP Award of the Virginias Spring 2017
Winner, News Employee of the Year, Charlottesville, Va. Winter 2016
Winner, News Employee of the Year, Charlottesville, Va. Winter 2016
Winner, SPJ Mark of Excellence Awards, College Park, MD, Spring 2015
*Placed in Spot News for my story about a support rally for a pregnant worker.
Winner, SPJ Mark of Excellence Awards, USA, Spring 2014
*Newscast I was a part of won best student newscast in the Nation.
Winner, NATAS Chesepeake Bay Chapter, Washington D.C., Summer 2012
Winner, SPJ Mark of Excellence Awards, USA, Spring 2014
*Newscast I was a part of won best student newscast in the Nation.
Winner, NATAS Chesepeake Bay Chapter, Washington D.C., Summer 2012
*Won the Betty Endicott Student
Scholarship for Outstanding Journalism Performance.
Memberships
and Education
Member, NATAS New England, Portland, Me. Winter 2018- Present
Member, NPPA, Solo Video Journalist Division, Winter 2013- Present
Chapter President, NPPA, University of Maryland, Winter 2013-Summer 2015
* As President, Maryland's student chapter was named National Chapter of the Year in 2015.
Member, NPPA, Solo Video Journalist Division, Winter 2013- Present
Attendee/Participant, NPPA News Video Workshop, Norman, OK, Spring 2015
Chapter President, NPPA, University of Maryland, Winter 2013-Summer 2015
* As President, Maryland's student chapter was named National Chapter of the Year in 2015.
Member, NATAS Chesapeake Bay Chapter, Washington D.C. Spring 2017
Student, Philip Merrill College of Journalism, University
of Maryland, Spring 2012- Spring 2015
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