CYREIA SANDLIN

cyreia.sandlin@gmail.com 309-660-1657
www.cyreiasandlin.wordpress.com

PROFESSIONAL BROADCAST EXPERIENCE

Anchor/Reporter, NBC KOMU 8, Columbia, MO, October 2010-Present
• Anchor local and national headlines during commercial segments of the Today Show.
• Co-Anchor, Friday 10 pm newscast.
• Fill-In Anchor
• Generate and pitch story ideas for all reporting shifts.
• Write, shoot and edit VO/VOSOT’s and packages
• Write stories for the web with multimedia content
• Report live from the field
Anchor, Newsy.com, November 2010-March 2011
• Anchored national and international news for multi-platform website available on iPhone, iPad,
blackberry and other mobile devices.
Video News Intern/Production Assistant, Thomson Reuters, Brussels, Belgium, January-May 2010
• Helped shoot, write scripts, and edit video
• Covered stories dealing with EU politics and anything of Belgian or international interest for
hundreds of clients across the world.
• Attended all EU Summits and press briefings
• Attended daily EU press conference
• Interviewed dozens of international politicians including Tony Blair, George Papandreou, Cathy
Ashton
• Traveled to the Hague as field producer to cover ICJ trial of former Bosnian warlord Radovan
Karadzic
• Worked alongside cameraman as field producer to cover volcanic ash that disrupted thousands of
European airports
Reporter, KBIA 91.3 Radio, Columbia, MO, September-December 2009
• Pitched ideas, reported and edited local and regional stories.
• Stories included day-turn reader-bites, wraps, features and an audio postcard.
On-Air General Assignment Intern, NBC WEEK25/HOI19 News, Peoria, IL, May-August 2009
• Responsibilities began with shadowing reporters on their daily assignments, minimal interviewing,
running teleprompter, working at the assignment desk, and editing video from feed.
• By mid-summer responsibilities included reporting, editing and voicing VOs, VOSOTs and packages
for the 5, 6, and 10 o’clock news as well as uploading stories to the internet
SKILLS
Multimedia: Wordpress, Blogspot, Avid Content Manager
Editing: iMovie, Avid, Edius, CoolEdit
Scriptwriting: iNews Software, Coyote
Cameras and Sound: Sony XDCAM, Sony DVC Pro, Marantz digital recorder
Social Media: Facebook, Twitter, TweetDeck,

EDUCATION
University of Missouri
Bachelor of Journalism, Radio-TV, May 2011

HONORS AND ACTIVITIES

2011 International Radio Television Society Summer Fellow, May 2011-Present
Griffiths Leadership Society for Women, University of Missouri, January 2010-Present
National Association of Black Journalists, University of Missouri, August 2009-Present
MU Deans List, 2007-2011

REFERENCES
Kent Collins, Chair, Radio-TV Department, Missouri School of Journalism, (573) 882 1957
Stacey Woelfel, News Director, KOMU 8 News, Columbia MO, (573) 884 6397
Gareth Harding, Director, Missouri School of Journalism Brussels Program, +32 495 79 18
Mike Dimmick, Anchor/Producer, WEEK 25, Peoria IL (309) 698 2525