Experience
ABC 4 News (KTVX), 09/2020 – Present
Salt Lake City, UT
7 p.m. Anchor/Producer
- Anchor the 7 p.m. CW30 newscast Monday through Fridays
- Newscast is market’s only show that dives deeper into our community’s top issues and topics daily with live guests and multiple interview segments through “In Focus” discussions
- Help with booking guests and co-producing the show
ABC 4 News (KTVX), 01/2018 – 09/2020
Salt Lake City, UT
MMJ/Fill-in Anchor
- Report dayside Monday through Friday (Shoot and edit my own reports)
- Fill in on the desk for morning female anchor
KEZI 9 News, 04/2016 – 01/2018
Eugene, OR
Weekend Morning Anchor/MMJ
- Anchored, produced, and edited the 8 a.m. weekend morning show
- Reported from the field during the week (Shot and edited my own reports)
Awards
• August 2021: Rocky Mountain Emmy 2021 Nomination for Breaking/Spot News
• August 2021: 1st Place in Breaking News & 1st Place in General News Reporting (Utah Society of Professional Journalists Awards 2021)
• July 2020: 1st Place in Minority Issues Reporting (Utah Society of Professional Journalists Awards 2020)
• June 2019: 1st Place in Criminal Justice Reporting (Utah Society of Professional Journalists Awards 2019)
Education
University of Utah – Salt Lake City, UT
• Communication M.A., graduated March 2016
• Produced documentary for Master’s Project: “How the Internet and Social Media has changed the viewership of TV News”
• GPA in Communication major: 3.743
University of Utah – Salt Lake City, UT
• Mass Communication B.A. & Spanish B.A., graduated May 2012
• GPA in Mass Communication major: 3.509, GPA in Spanish major: 3.682
Skills
• Producing in ENPS 6 and 10
• Editing in Adobe Premiere Pro and Edius
• Shooting on JVC camera
Languages
• Can speak fluently in Vietnamese with some ability to read and write.
