(626)290-0107

Jessicadflores@gmail.com

Education
University of Southern California, Annenberg School for Journalism, Los Angeles, CA May 2011
MA Broadcast Journalism; Annenberg Graduate Fellow.
Stanford University, Stanford, CA June 2007 Bachelor of Arts in Communication and Political Science.
Bing Overseas Studies, Stanford University, Santiago, Chile Fall 2005

Work Experience
Carnegie-Knight News21, Fellow, Los Angeles, CA January 2011-July 2011
• Investigate special interest influence in Congress and produce multimedia reports for KCET.

Annenberg Radio News, Executive Producer, USC, Los Angeles, CA September 2009 – Present
• Oversee day-of-air production for award-winning South Los Angeles news program.
• Produce special projects including 2010 live election coverage and President Obama’s USC visit.

Annenberg TV News, Reporter, USC, Los Angeles, CA September 2009 – December 2010
• Worked as one-man-band reporter for nightly newscast in major broadcast market.
• Delivered live on the field and in studio news reports.

CBS News-London Bureau, Graduate Student News Intern, London, UK May 2010 – August 2010
• Field produced for CBS Morning News, Evening News and Newspath affiliate service.
• Wrote copy, created multimedia elements and researched for cbsnews.com.

New York Times Student Journalism Institute, Video Journalist, Tucson, AZ January 2010
• Reported, edited and produced web video on dental tourism from Mexican border.
• Selected among students nation-wide to launch stories on NY Times Institute website.

Google Inc., Account Strategist, Boston, MA September 2007 – June 2009
• Executed online strategies to grow multi-million-dollar book of business.
• Achieved “consistently exceeds expectations” rating on quarterly reviews.
• Founding member of Google Inc.’s first diversity council, established to recruit diverse candidates.

NBC Bay Area, Production Assistant/News Intern, San Jose, CA September 2006 – September 2007
• Pitched stories, found sources and set up interviews.
• Promoted to production assistant, proofread scripts, ran prompter and helped manage studio floor.

CNN Late Edition with Wolf Blitzer, News Intern, Washington D.C. June 2006 – September 2006
• Researched guest and show topic for on-air talent.
• Selected BROLL for editors during live news show.

Skills
• Proficient in iNews, AP ENPS, AP Style, Final Cut Pro, Avid NewsCutter, Adobe Premier Pro, Photoshop, HTML, FTP, WordPress, Microsoft Excel, Google media tools, HD EX Cameras.
• Bilingual: Spanish

Honors
LA Press Club Award, Society of Professional Journalists Award, Google Peer Bonus Award for outstanding work ethic, California Chicano News Media Association scholarship recipient, Stanford El Centro Chicano Highest Honors for Achieving Academic Excellence, 2003-2007.