JESSICA BENSON jjbenson@usc.edu

303-929-2240

EDUCATION: University of Southern California- Cumulative GPA: 3.95 Major: Broadcast and Digital Journalism / Minors: Sports Media and Popular Music

EXPERIENCE:Sunbelt Sports Network- Sideline Reporter Spring 2014

Reported live from New Orleans at Sun Belt men and women’s basketball tournament. Host of half-hour, live show between games throughout tournament play.

USCfootball.com- Rivals Affiliate- On-Air Reporter and Videographer March 2013- Present Report for and produce video for USC football beat and recruiting process. Sideline report for all home and away football games. Cover breaking news using social media and live message boards.

Annenberg TV News -USC - Executive Producer, Sports Anchor, Reporter August 2010-Present Supervise more than 200 students for USC’s award winning, live, nightly newscast. Report, shoot, write and edit sports and news packages as a one-man-band. Produce and contribute stories for LA Press Club’s ‘Best Student Website for Publication.”

Rose Bowl Media Relations- Pasadena, CA- Production and Media Operations January 2012-2014 Interviewed players and coaches for social media pieces that ran during game week. Created, wrote and edited original video packages for the Rose Bowl’s 2014 “Brick Campaign.”

ESPN- Los Angeles, CA- SportsNation Intern June-August 2013 Edited and wrote to video for show’s daily, “Cheers, Jeers and Tears,” segment. Associate produced for “2014 ESPY Special” and “Red, White and Boo’s Countdown.”

NBC News- Burbank, CA- Network News Intern January- May 2013 Researched and pitched content for Nightly News and Today Show. Set up and conducted interviews for day-of-air and feature pieces. Covered the Boston Marathon Bombing and Christopher Dorner manhunt. Wrote copy and supervised editing for web segments.

NBC Olympics - London, England- Production Intern July- August 2012 Prepared reporters at events including swimming, handball and field hockey. Field produced from production truck during the Opening and Closing Ceremonies.

ADDITIONAL HONORS: Phi Beta Kappa National Honor Society- USC, January 2013- Present Annenberg Ambassador- USC, March 2011- Present Member of Delta Delta Delta Sorority- USC, August 2011- Present Yale University Summer Conservatory for Actors- New Haven, Summer 2009 NCAA Men’s Final Four Volunteer, 2001-2005

SKILLS:Avid, Final Cut Pro, Quantel, Adobe Photoshop, Audacity, Soundslides, iNews, ENPG, Drupal, Streambox, Microsoft Office, Dreamweaver, WordPress Twitter, Facebook,Tumblr, Instagram, Pinterest, French