Chelsea Rae Ybanez 2035 Garraux Rd NW

Atlanta, GA 30327
(909) 557-7597
MULTIMEDIA JOURNALIST chelsea.ybanez@gmail.com

EXPERIENCE PROFESSIONAL SKILLS

Cronkite News, Phoenix, AZ — Weather and Investigative Reporter Adobe Premiere, Photoshop,
AUGUST 2017 - DECEMBER 2017 Audition, Lightroom

- Researched, interviewed, edited and produced written and broadcast DSLR, NXCAM
investigative reports aired on a 30 minute live show. AP Style Writing
- Produced a Cronkite News special investigative series, The Racial Divide,
Social Media Content
utilizing data analysis, research and non-narrative video elements. Production
- Provided a live, on-air presence as a weather reporter and anchor on
ENPS
Arizona PBS once a week.

News21 Investigative Reporting Fellowship, Phoenix, AZ — HONORS AND RECOGNITION

Photojournalist, Investigative Reporter
Student Edward R. Murrow Co-
JANUARY 2017 - AUGUST 2017
Recipient, Excellence in Digital
- Produced photos and videos published on Troubledwater.news21.com, a Reporting, ‘Troubled Water’, 2017
national investigative report on water contamination in America.
- Extensively researched nationwide water contamination studies to Hearst Journalism Fellow, 2017

directly link statistics to local community members affected by water

First Place Co-Recipient, Best
contamination in order to pitch stories that were used in the project. Commented [1]: Im struggling with this sentence. I
News Series California College
- Filmed and produced video segments of U.S. communities plagued by Media Awards, 2015 cant quite articulate that I used heavy research studies
‘Tackling the Unspeakable’, El across the nation to find stories about water
contaminated water featured on the Troubled Water documentary.
contamination, then connected to community members
Don Newspaper, 2014
directly involved and pitched the stories that were used
in the documentary.
PSE Investigative Project, Tirana, Albania — Photojournalist
First Place, Best Feature,
MARCH 2017 Commented [2]: _Marked as resolved_
California Newspaper Publishers
Association, 2015 Commented [3]: _Re-opened_
-Led the production of visual elements for an online report published on
‘Tackling the Unspeakable’, El Commented [4]: What do you think? Is that what you
Pse2017.com, a project created in collaboration with Albanian investigative
Don Newspaper, 2014 meant?
journalists.
Lambda Pi Eta, Communication
- Shot, edited and produced photos and non-narrative videos in English
Honor Society, 2015
and Albanian.

Aiden Taylor Marketing, Phoenix, AZ — Content Writer EDUCATION

AUGUST 2016 - MARCH 2017
Arizona State University, Walter
-Interviewed, wrote, edited and blogged about various topics and
Cronkite School of Mass
professionals in the community. Commented [5]: This was a temporary job, I dont
Communication and Journalism,
know if its necessary to keep this in there
December 2017
El Don Newspaper, Santa Ana, CA — Editor, Staff Writer Masters of Mass Communication
Commented [6]: All experience related to journalism is
good. Keep it.
AUGUST 2013- DECEMBER 2014 and Journalism
-Reported multiple series on human trafficking, animal captivity and
domestic abuse online and in print platforms. Arizona State University, New
-Awarded Best News Series in California College Media Awards and Best College of Interdisciplinary Arts
Feature for California Newspaper Publishers Association in 2015. and Science, May 2016
Bachelor of Arts in Communication