Kateri Wozny Resume

⁜ Freelance Reporter

2004 - Present

Develop story ideas, interview sources, research and write news, business and feature stories.

Publications have included U.S. News & World Report, Associated Press, Pasadena Weekly, LA Downtown News, VC Reporter, Conejo Valley Lifestyle, Malibu Coast Lifestyle, Pasadena Magazine, Pepperdine University, University of California - Santa Barbara, GoDaddy, Prevention Magazine, Elite Daily, Bustle, Chicago Sun-Times, Business Insider, Newsmax, Acorn Newspapers, Santa Clarita Valley Signal, Santa Barbara Sentinel, Destinations Magazine, Bring Me The News, Internet Broadcasting Systems, Coastal View News, Topanga Messenger, Malibu Surfside News, Snooth Media, CBS LA, KEYT-TV, KSTP-TV and WAAY-TV.

⁜ KEYT-3 | Assignment Desk Manager, Web Producer

2011 - 2012

Facilitated news gathering efforts for on-air content, monitored emergency scanners, coordinated interviews and logistics for field crews, wrote for newscasts and performed research for the 5:00, 6:00 and 11:00 PM shows. Wrote and posted news stories on the KEYT.com Web site using Clickability. Increased Web traffic by 20%.

⁜ NAVTEQ Traffic | Traffic Editor, Producer

2008 - 2012, 2005 - 2007

Received and entered traffic updates from the DOT (Minneapolis) and CHP (Los Angeles) websites and interviewed public authorities regarding traffic-related news.

Selected specific traffic-related data for on air computer-generated traffic maps during live broadcasts for the KSTP-TV Morning Show and KSTP-AM 1500 Morning Show (Minneapolis) and CBS2 Morning Show (Los Angeles).

⁜ KSTP-TV | Assignment Desk Editor

2007 - 2008

Facilitated news gathering efforts for on air content, monitored police, fire and emergency scanners, coordinated interviews and logistics for field crew, occasionally wrote for newscasts, and researched stories for the 4:30, 5:00, 6:00, 6:30 and 10:00 PM shows.

The KSTP-TV Newsroom was awarded the 2009 National Emmy Award for "Outstanding Regional News Story – Spot News" for coverage of the I-35W Bridge Collapse in 2007.

⁜ KVSC-FM | Assistant News Director

2002 - 2003

Wrote, produced and reported local, national and international stories for the on-air news.
2002 Minnesota Broadcasters Associated Press Award, Wellstone Memorial.

⁜ Journalism Workshops / Seminars

2019 - present

National Press Club Journalism Institute

Faster than FOIA: Public Records You Can Find Online, Reframing Firearms Violence: How Journalists Can Use Research in Their Reporting, Why We Believe: Framing the Disinformation Crisis for Journalists, Ethics, Trust & The News: How Journalists Can Build and Support a Culture of Credibility, Disinformation & the Public: How Journalists Can Champion News Literacy and Empower Their Communities

Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas: Moody College of Communication

Information and Elections in the Digital Era, Mental Health and Journalism, Newsletter Strategies for Journalists, How to Use ChatGPT and Other Generative AI Tools in Your Newsroom, Data Journalism for Citizen Security, A Better Way to Cover Elections: Campaign Reporting that Centers Communities and Solutions

Institute for Journalism and Natural Resources

Fire on the Land

University of Southern California's Center for Health Journalism

Rethinking Public Safety Three Years After George Floyd, Collateral Damage | How the Opioid Crisis Devastates Families, The Youth Mental Health Crisis, Is Social Media Fueling the Youth Mental Health Crisis?, What Comes After Roe v. Wade?, Covering the COVID-19 Crisis, Strategies and Skills for Reporting on the U.S. Census, Can the Child Welfare System Be Saved?

Solutions Journalism Network

Solutions Journalism 101

⁜ Arizona State University | Master’s Degree, Communication

2020 - 2022

Courses focused on Organizational Communication: Theories and Models, Research Methods, Conducting Research, Global Communication, Gender Communication, Training and Development, Crisis Management, Social Influence and Persuasion, Workplace Communication and the Capstone

⁜ University of California, Irvine | Certificate, Social Media Marketing

2012 - 2013

Courses focused on: Social Media Strategy, Marketing for Content/Storytelling, Blogging, Internet Profiling, Branding, and Measurement and Evaluation

⁜ Minneapolis Community College | Certificate, Web Design

2009 - 2010

Courses focused on: Adobe Creative Suite (Flash, InDesign, Dreamweaver, Photoshop and Illustrator), basic HTML and Color Theory

⁜ St. Cloud State University | Bachelor's Degree, Journalism

1999 - 2003

Activities included: Vice-president of the SCSU SPJ Chapter, Reporter and Assistant News Editor for University Chronicle, Assistant News Director for KVSC-FM 88.1 and Public Relations Specialist of the Pre-Law Society

⁜ STYLE BOOKS

Associated Press
APA

⁜ ADOBE

FrameMaker (Basic)
Pro/PDF (Intermediate)
Experience Manager (Advanced)

⁜ GRAPHIC DESIGN

Creative Suite 4,5 and 6
In Design (Basic)
Illustrator (Basic)
Photoshop (Basic)
Figma (Intermediate)
Lucid (Intermediate)

⁜ SOCIAL MEDIA

Instagram (Advanced)
Facebook (Advanced)
Twitter (Advanced)
Pinterest (Intermediate)
LinkedIn (Advanced)
TikTok (Intermediate)
Instagram Reels (Intermediate)

⁜ WEB DESIGN

HTML (Basic)
CSS (Basic)
Java (Basic)

⁜ COMPUTER

OS (Advanced)
iOS (Advanced)
PC (Advanced)

⁜ MICROSOFT OFFICE

Excel (Intermediate)
Outlook (Advanced)
PowerPoint (Advanced)
Word (Advanced)
Publisher (Intermediate)
Visio (Intermediate)
SharePoint (Advanced)

⁜ EMAIL / BLOG / COMMUNICATION PLATFORMS

MailChimp (Advanced)
Constant Contact (Intermediate)
Word Press (Advanced)
SurveyMonkey (Advanced)
Slack (Advanced)
Microsoft Teams (Advanced)
Skype (Advanced)
Zoom (Advanced)
WebEx (Advanced)
Google Analytics (Basic)
Hootsuite (Basic)

* Experience highlights news media work only. For full resume, please inquire here.

Kateri Wozny