Updated: October 25, 2003
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C. Lei |
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722 1/2 Maryland Ave.
Butte, MT, 59701
818-590-6534
olei@onasteek.com
Butte,
MT
Aug.
2003 -
Butte Bureau Chief (One Man Band), Anchor
- Covering news and sports in Butte region for Bozeman station.
Washington,
DC
Jan.-April
2003
Reporter/Editor/Photographer (part of Medill D.C. News Service)
- Washington correspondent for Channel 3 News; localized Capitol Hill and D.C.-area matters for Vermont audiences.
Hong
Kong, China
Sept.-Dec.
2002
Resident (part of Medill’s Global Journalism Program)
- Asst. producer on nightly Star News Asia, wrote feed packages, localized FOX/SKY scripts, segment-produced live interviews.
Chicago,
IL
Jan.-Sept.
2002
Reporter/Producer/Anchor/Editor/Photographer (part of Northwestern News Network)
- Reported/produced weekly newscast on national/city issues.
- Covered transportation beat in Chicago region. Published articles in the Daily Southtown, Daily Herald and the Illinois Times.
Houston,
TX
June-Oct.
2001
Intern
- Worked with consumer reporter on undercover assignments; wrote for evening newscasts
Chicago,
IL/Evanston, IL
1997-2003
- M.S., Broadcast Journalism; June 2003; 3.7 GPA. (finalist for Robert Wieder Award honoring “integrity, leadership, wit, character and journalistic promise”)
- B.A.’s in Psychology and Biology; June 2001; 3.2 GPA
Dallas,
TX
Aug.
6-10, 2002
- Received 2003 Minoru Yasui Scholarship for promising Asian American male broadcasters.
- Chosen to be an anchor/reporter for 2002 student TV project, AAJA News Now, at the Dallas convention.
- Languages: fluent in Mandarin Chinese, conversant in Spanish.
- Advanced Skill in computer graphics/web design (Photoshop, HTML, JavaScript, ASP).
- Proficient in AVID Newscutter, Pinnacle Studio, Adobe Premiere and AfterEffects software.
- Other Skills: photography/editing in Beta SP/SX, DVC Pro, DVCam, S-VHS; patient, but aggressive; quick learner.