Anchor & Producer Resume
Laura Wells
website: www.laurawells.com/latestdemoreel.htm
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Professional Experience
ISNN
Anchor & Producer June to Present
• Researching, writing, & delivering daily news
The Inside Look (MN Network)
Producer & Reporter March to June
• Booking guests & events for New York City Entertainment show; interviewing guests such as the cast of “The Sopranos”, film stars Chris Klein & Ryan Gosling, & musical stars Ashanti, Steve Winwood, Macy Gray, & The Black-Eyed Peas
Business World Review (www.businessworldreview.com)
Host June to February
• Writing scripts & interviewing CEOs
Wall St. Reporter Television (www.wallstreetreporter.com)
Anchor/Reporter January to June
• Booking guests, doing research, editing, & interviewing financial guests
CNBC
Reporter, CNBC World March to August
• Researched, wrote & presented “Global Update”, a daily global geo-political & market news wrap-up
News Associate June to October
• Produced segments for “Special Report with Maria Bartiromo”; entailed booking guests (such as George Soros, Benjamin Netanyahu, Andrea Bocelli, & Queen Noor), researching, pre-interviewing guests, interviewing related experts, writing scripts, & editing for voice-overs & packages
• Assisted reporters at the NYSE in their coverage of the open market
Cyberscenetv.com (affiliated with thecyberscene.com & cocktailswithcourtney.com)
Director of Business Development February to January
• Created a business plan to support a weekly show including: researching & choosing an advertising network for the sites, forming relationships with networks, portals, & headline aggregators to distribute our content
• Field Producing & Editing streaming video (technology news)
Merrill Lynch & Company
Marketing Analyst, Specialty Technology Research Sales January to June
• Researched Investment Banks’ Technology Client Services, specifically, Institutional Sales, Research, & Investment Banking as a special project for Management to allocate resources to the new Specialty Technology Desk
• Presented reports periodically to Sales & Research management
Personal Information
• English & French Double Major, University of Virginia , cum laude, Echol’s Scholar, Dean’s List
• Merit Scholarship to attend Columbia University’s Reid Hall Program in Paris
• Involved in Phi Mu Sorority, “.” Literary Magazine, & “Virginia Literary Review”
• Charity Involvement: Co-founder of the “Rebuilding Afghanistan Foundation”, Volunteer at Mother Theresa’s Delhi Orphanage, Fundraiser for the “Children of War”, “Tanzanian Children’s Fund”, “East Side House”, “Grosvenor House”, “Love Heals” & “World Wildlife Foundation”
