LAUREN HUNT  

(623) 694-5392 | LKH82@nau.edu

 

SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS 
● Started as Sports Anchor with NAZ Today, advanced to Assistant Sports Director and now 
hold the position as Sports Director, which includes responsibilities such as leading team of 
student broadcasters and producing several news segments.  
● One of three undergraduate students chosen to cover the 2017 NCAA Final Four.  
● Experience working with Adobe Premiere/Audition/InDesign, Microsoft Office Suite, ROSS 
Inception and LiveText. 

EDUCATION 
Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ  ​AUGUST 2015 – DECEMBER 2018  
● Journalism Major, Public Relations Minor 
EXPERIENCE 
Arizona Public Service, Phoenix, AZ​ – ​Community Affairs Intern AUGUST 2018-PRESENT 
Internal Communications Intern MAY 2018-AUGUST 2018 
● Wrote and published articles on internal communications portal.  
● Record, edit and publish podcast for internal mobile app. 
● Update and document company procedures for business use. 
● Synergize with other departments to create newsletters.  
 
NAZ Today, Flagstaff, AZ​ ​—​ ​Sports Director/Sports Anchor 2016-PRESENT 
● Lead coordinator and producer of ​The Overtime Sports Show​, Northern Arizona University’s 
public sports broadcast.  
● Lead of a team of six student broadcasters and featured as main sports anchor, covering both 
men’s and women’s college sports, as well as local high school sports. 
● On-air sports anchor for Northern Arizona University’s public nightly news broadcast, ​NAZ 
Today. 
● Produced and edit weekly segments including field-reporting, voiceover and graphic 
productions. 

NCAA Final Four Championship, Phoenix, AZ​ ​—​ ​Student Reporter ​APRIL 2017  
● Won first place in Broadcast Education Association Best Newscast (4 days/week)  
● One of three undergraduate students chosen from Northern Arizona University to cover the 
2017 NCAA Final Four Championship; including being responsible for all real-time social media 
posts as well as conducting post-game player and coach interviews.   
● Produce Final Four segment for ​The NAZ Today​ nightly newscast.  

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AZ Daily Sun, Flagstaff, AZ​ — ​ igh School Volleyball Beat Reporter ​SEPTEMBER-OCTOBER 2016  
● Independently interview players and coaches. 
● Use information gathered in interviews to complete feature story.  
● Cover games in order to publish local stories.