WDRB-TV FOX 41 News Anchor/Reporter fluent in 4 languages
Louisville, Kentucky Area
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- Anchor/Reporter at WDRB-TV FOX 41
- Past
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- News Reporter at KLTV-TV ABC 7 (Tyler, TX)
- News/Special Projects Producer at News 24 Houston - TV
- News Intern at KHWB-TV WB 39 Houston
- Producer/Host/Reporter at KUHT-TV PBS 8 Houston
- News Intern at KTRK-TV ABC 13 Houston
- Education
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- University of Houston
- Rice University
- Second Baptist School
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Julie Tam’s Summary
To work as a TV anchor/reporter – award-winning, multi-talented, multilingual world traveler, 7+ years of professional TV news experience, well-rounded education, active volunteer.
Julie Tam’s Specialties:
·Languages: Fluent in English, Spanish, Mandarin, Cantonese Chinese.
·Travel: 16 countries on 4 continents.
·Talents: award-winning classical singer; ballerina (Houston Ballet Academy)
·Volunteering: Webmaster, Asian American Journalists Association (AAJA) Texas Chapter; Mentor, AAJA; KY Captain, Rice Alumni Volunteers for Admission; Class of 2003 Recorder, Rice University Owlmanac publication; Nominations Committee, Assn. of Rice Alumni; Outreach Committee, Crane House: The Asia Institute
Julie Tam’s Experience
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Anchor/Reporter
WDRB-TV FOX 41
(Broadcast Media industry)
September 2005 — Present (3 years 11 months)
Write general assignment, enterprise, and investigative stories that have led to government policy changes. Anchor and report for weekend 10pm newscasts. Report live for weeknight and weekday newscasts.
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News Reporter
KLTV-TV ABC 7 (Tyler, TX)
(Broadcast Media industry)
October 2003 — September 2005 (2 years)
Wrote general assignment, enterprise, and investigative stories on weekdays. Live, breaking news reports and packages on multiple stories a day for multiple newscasts. Produced and anchored episodes of Inside East Texas, a weekly 30-min. community affairs show.
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News/Special Projects Producer
News 24 Houston - TV
(Broadcast Media industry)
October 2002 — October 2003 (1 year 1 month)
Enterprised, researched, wrote, and edited video for news and feature segments. Field produced for special projects (features). Reported on stories that aired.
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News Intern
KHWB-TV WB 39 Houston
(Public Company; 51-200 employees; Broadcast Media industry)
January 2002 — September 2002 (9 months)
Interviewed sources for packages that aired.Wrote anchor stories for nightly newscast.
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Producer/Host/Reporter
KUHT-TV PBS 8 Houston
(Broadcast Media industry)
August 2001 — May 2002 (10 months)
Hosted, conducted studio interviews, and filed reports for two seasons of weekly news magazine series, Video Workshop.
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News Intern
KTRK-TV ABC 13 Houston
(Public Company; 51-200 employees; Broadcast Media industry)
May 2001 — August 2001 (4 months)
Reported, wrote, tracked, and edited resume tape packages. Worked at Assignments Desk. Researched stories and mediated problems for Consumer Investigations. TelePrompTer operator for "Live at Five" and "Viva Houston."
Julie Tam’s Education
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University of Houston
N/A , Communications , 2000 — 2003
8 semester-courses in journalism with credit transferred to Rice University (where I got my degree)
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Rice University
B.A. , Economics , 1999 — 2003
- Activities and Societies:
- Who's Who Among Students in American Colleges & Universities, National Society of Collegiate Scholars, Rice Broadcast TV, KTRU-91.7 FM Radio, The Rice Thresher (newspaper), Rice Ambassadors, Rice Dance Theatre, Rice Chorale, Baptist Student Ministry, Chinese Students Association, Jones College Room Draw Coordinator
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Second Baptist School
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Julie Tam’s Interests:
Talents: Rice University Shepherd School of Music (during high school, college: 1995-99) – opera state competition winner. Houston Ballet Academy (1989-2003) – completed pre-professional program, paid dancer for Nutcracker (2 years).
Julie Tam’s Groups:
Asian American Journalists Association, Rice Alumni Volunteers for Admission, Association of Rice Alumni nominations committee, Rice University Chinese Alumni Association, Crane House: The Asia Institute outreach committee
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YPAL - Young Professionals Association of Louisville -
Association of Rice Alumni -
Asian American Journalists Association (AAJA) -
UNITY: Journalists of Color, Inc.
Julie Tam’s Honors:
· Nominated (awards ceremony to come), Emmy, 2009
· 1st place, General News, Society of Professional Journalists - Louisville, 2008
· 1st place, Sports Reporting, Society of Professional Journalists - Louisville, 2008
· 3rd place, Investigative Reporting, Society of Professional Journalists - Louisville, 2008
· 2nd place, General News, Society of Professional Journalists - Louisville, 2007
· Honorable Mention, Best Reporter, Texas Associated Press Broadcasters Awards, 2004
· Texas Association of Broadcasters Scholarship Winner, 2002
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