Kate Thornton
EDUCATION:
University at Albany, Class of 09'
BA Broadcast Meteorology
Minors in Geography, Business
GIS Certificate
The New School of Radio and Television, Class of Spring 10'
Completed Broadcast Journalism Program with Top Honors
FIELD EXPERIENCE:
WICZ-TV Fox40, July 2010-Present
Weekend Meteorologist/Multi-Media Journalist
Vestal, NY
YNN-Albany, May 2009-January 2010
Weather Intern
WORK RELATED SKILLS:
Experience with real-time forecasting for the northeast and the Capital district since 2007. Works well with computers: competent using Weather Central, WSI and Galileo for forecasting and producing weather segments for live newscasts. Very skillful with Final Cut Pro and non-linear editing systems. More than three years experience one-man-banding news stories from a wide range of topics using P2 cameras, studio cameras, audio board, and writing scripts. Worked with Q-Series as a news manager including Fox News Edge.
REFERENCES:
Suh Neubauer, News Director, Fox40 WICZ-TV
Kate is currently not under contract. She can be reached at [email protected] for further discussion on possible employment.
University at Albany, Class of 09'
BA Broadcast Meteorology
Minors in Geography, Business
GIS Certificate
The New School of Radio and Television, Class of Spring 10'
Completed Broadcast Journalism Program with Top Honors
FIELD EXPERIENCE:
WICZ-TV Fox40, July 2010-Present
Weekend Meteorologist/Multi-Media Journalist
Vestal, NY
- Produce and anchor weather forecasts for the live weekend 10p.m. newscasts and fill-in as needed during the week for Fox affiliate. Use Weather Central Fusion and 3D:Live to create eye catching weather graphics for the day's forecasts. Have used Accuweather’s Galileo weather graphics system too.
- Produced and anchored special live cut-ins during severe weather and special weather-reports from the field and multiple posts daily on social media including Facebook and Twitter.
- Anchored and produced a 30 minute special of the one year anniversary of record flooding caused by Tropical Storm Lee.
- One-man-band report on the news three days a week; responsible for enterprising story ideas which includes writing, shooting, and editing VOSOTs and packages for the 6p.m. and 10p.m. newscasts.
YNN-Albany, May 2009-January 2010
Weather Intern
- Created graphics relevant to my forecast and assembled shows using WSI ShowFX, TrueView, and Skytracker NEXRAD and NRAD radars.
- Responsible for the Capital Region’s weekly newspaper, “The Spotlight’s” weather page that included local weekly almanac data and historical weather facts.
- Assisted the meteorologists with their camera shots during live “Weather on the 9’s” hits.
WORK RELATED SKILLS:
Experience with real-time forecasting for the northeast and the Capital district since 2007. Works well with computers: competent using Weather Central, WSI and Galileo for forecasting and producing weather segments for live newscasts. Very skillful with Final Cut Pro and non-linear editing systems. More than three years experience one-man-banding news stories from a wide range of topics using P2 cameras, studio cameras, audio board, and writing scripts. Worked with Q-Series as a news manager including Fox News Edge.
REFERENCES:
Suh Neubauer, News Director, Fox40 WICZ-TV
- (607)798-0070
- (607)621-3391
- (607)798-0070
- (518) 641-7392
- (518) 641-7395
Kate is currently not under contract. She can be reached at [email protected] for further discussion on possible employment.