CONTACT: nickimayonews@gmail.com or @nickimayonews
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Mayo Multimedia Samples
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*** BIOGRAPHY: Nicki Mayo: On Air, Online and On Time ***
Multimedia Journalist Nicki Mayo returns to Baltimore after covering hyperlocal community news in Anne Arundel County for Aol.com. She served as the Local Editor for Crofton Patch covering Crofton and Gambrills, Maryland.
Nicki helped launch YNN Buffalo, a 24hour Time Warner Cable news station, in 2009. There she spent two years covering Western New York local and New York State politics, including the 2010 gubernatorial race.
Before Buffalo, Nicki headed to the heart of the Appalachian Mountains in the Tri-Cities (TN/VA) where she covered news on a multimedia platform. The News Channel 11 Morning Reporter and Tricities.com Content Coordinator developed stories for Media General’s WJHL-TV, The Bristol Herald Courier and Tricities.com. Before heading to the Volunteer State, Nicki shined in the Sunshine State at SNN News 6 in Sarasota, FL as a Reporter and Producer. The convergence market also gave her a chance to write for the Sarasota Herald Tribune (a New York Times newspaper).
Nicki began her journalistic career in Central New York reporting for National Public Radio at WAER-FM while attending Syracuse University. A devoted Orangewoman, she earned dual-degrees in Communications and African American Studies while minoring in Spanish.
The Baltimore City native returned home to “Charm City” as an intern for WMAR-TV ABC2 and an associate producer for WJZ-TV 13 (CBS). Mayo soon headed to the nation’s capitol and former internship BET News and Public Affairs. Here she produced segments for BET Nightly News, BET Tonight with Tavis Smiley, Ed Gordon, and Jacque Reid as well as Lead Story with Cheryl Martin. The Marylander stayed close to home reporting for CTV 76 in “gorgeous” Prince George’s County. Within one year Nicki produced award winning Black History and Hispanic Heritage month public service announcements.
Mayo received numerous honors over the years. East Tennessee’s “Fellowship Today” honored Nicki with a 2009 “Distinguished African American Professional” candidate award. Sarasota Healthy Start Coalition named Nicki “2007 Journalist of the Year” for her investigative report into the alarming Fetal Mortality rate among African American women in the 34234 zip code. Mayo also won a 2006 Videographer award for her report “Rolling in the Dough; Uptown Bakery comes to Prince George’s.”
Nicki has also worked for WTTG FOX5 in Washington, D.C. and as an English teacher for Prince George’s County Schools. Nicki is a member of National Association of Black Journalists and Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated.
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Nicki Mayo
nickimayonews@gmail.com | https://www.nickimayonews.com/ | Twitter @nickimayonews
COMMUNICATIONS EXPERIENCE
COMMUNICATIONS EXPERIENCE
Aol/Patch.com
Local Editor | Multimedia Journalist
o Served as a website manager covering Crofton and Gambrills, Md.
o Shot, wrote, edited and posted hyperlocal news coverage.
o Managed 10 freelance journalists and six bloggers.
o Used social media to increase viewer engagement with stories and blogs
o Shot, wrote, edited and posted hyperlocal news coverage.
o Managed 10 freelance journalists and six bloggers.
o Used social media to increase viewer engagement with stories and blogs
YNN Buffalo (24 Hour News) (Buffalo, NY)
Reporter | Multimedia Journalist | Fill-In Anchor
o Shot, wrote, edited stories on-air and online.
o Updated daily professional news blog and Facebook account while using Twitter.
o Covered Buffalo and Niagara City Hall reporter beats.
o Helped launch 24 – hour news station March 25, 2009.
o Updated daily professional news blog and Facebook account while using Twitter.
o Covered Buffalo and Niagara City Hall reporter beats.
o Helped launch 24 – hour news station March 25, 2009.
WJHL Tricities.com – CBS (Tri-Cities TN/VA)
Morning Live Reporter | Website Content Coordinator 11/2007 – 2/2009
o Delivered on location live shots for 5, 5:30, 6, 6:30 and noon newscasts.
o Updated website with mashable material, Computer Assisted Reporting research, and viewer submitted video and photos.
o Reported/produced multimedia “365 Project: Mapping Tri-Cities Black History” using Google Maps to trace Appalachian African American landmarks and milestones.
o Covered NASCAR Bristol Motor Speedway Sharpe and Food City races from the pit and stands.
o Updated website with mashable material, Computer Assisted Reporting research, and viewer submitted video and photos.
o Reported/produced multimedia “365 Project: Mapping Tri-Cities Black History” using Google Maps to trace Appalachian African American landmarks and milestones.
o Covered NASCAR Bristol Motor Speedway Sharpe and Food City races from the pit and stands.
SNN News 6 (24 Hour News) – New York Times (Sarasota, FL)
Reporter | Wheel Producer
o Covered Charlotte County regional beat.
o Delivered on location live shots for 5, 5:30 and 6 newscasts.
o Dayside 24 hour wheel producer with 5, 5:30, 6, 10 and 11 pm live line shows.
o Delivered on location live shots for 5, 5:30 and 6 newscasts.
o Dayside 24 hour wheel producer with 5, 5:30, 6, 10 and 11 pm live line shows.
CTV 76
Reporter | Line Producer
Freelance Reporter
o Line produced 5pm newscasts.
o Covered Maryland Statehouse and Prince George’s County Council reporter beats.
o Covered 2006 Ehrlich/O’Malley Maryland gubernatorial race and Johnson/Baker Prince George’s Co. Executive race.
o Moderated panel and interviewed 40 Prince George’s County 2006 School Board candidates.
o Covered Maryland Statehouse and Prince George’s County Council reporter beats.
o Covered 2006 Ehrlich/O’Malley Maryland gubernatorial race and Johnson/Baker Prince George’s Co. Executive race.
o Moderated panel and interviewed 40 Prince George’s County 2006 School Board candidates.
Prince George’s County Public Schools (Springdale, MD)
Charles Flowers High School English Teacher
Journalism, Speech & Yearbook 4/2004 – 7/2005
Journalism, Speech & Yearbook 4/2004 – 7/2005
o Instructed 120 English elective students in four Speech, one Journalism and Yearbook classes.
o Reestablished The Jaguar Gazette student newspaper and e-newsletter as Faculty Advisor.
o Washington Post “Newspaper in Education Advisor” and “Grant in Education” newspaper publication recipient.
o Reestablished The Jaguar Gazette student newspaper and e-newsletter as Faculty Advisor.
o Washington Post “Newspaper in Education Advisor” and “Grant in Education” newspaper publication recipient.
WTTG FOX 5
Freelance Morning Show Writer
o FOX 5 Morning News overnight writer.
o FOX 5 Morning News overnight writer.
Black Entertainment Television (Washington D.C.)
BET Nightly News w/ Jacque Reid, BET Tonight w/ Ed Gordon, BET Tonight w/ Tavis Smiley, and Lead Story
Washington Bureau Producer
Production Assistant
News Intern
o Special Projects Producer for 2004 “Road to the White House” Bush/Kerry presidential election coverage at Iowa and South Carolina caucuses.
o Assignment editor and Field Producer for BET News Washington Bureau.
o Covered the Congressional Black Caucus reporter beat.
o Assisted with around the clock 9/11 coverage of Pentagon attack and aftermath.
o Assisted with 2000 Bush/Gore Presidential election coverage.
o Answered view emails and call-ins during live nightly national public affairs show.
o Assignment editor and Field Producer for BET News Washington Bureau.
o Covered the Congressional Black Caucus reporter beat.
o Assisted with around the clock 9/11 coverage of Pentagon attack and aftermath.
o Assisted with 2000 Bush/Gore Presidential election coverage.
o Answered view emails and call-ins during live nightly national public affairs show.
WJZ TV 13 CBS
Associate Producer | Writer
o Overnight writer for “Don & Marty” Morning Edition News and Weekend Morning Edition
o Dayside writer for 5, 5:30, 6 & 11pm newscasts
o Dayside writer for 5, 5:30, 6 & 11pm newscasts
WAER 88.9 National Public Radio (Syracuse, NY)
Reporter
o Live and general assignment reporter for National Public Radio member station covering Central New York community affairs and politics.
WTVH 5 CBS
News Intern
o Dayside writer for 5, 5:30, 6 & 11pm newscasts.
o Assisted with consumer investigative unit.
o Assisted with consumer investigative unit.
Syracuse University Union Television (Syracuse, NY) 9/1999 – 5/2001
C7 News Reporter
o Live and general assignment MMJ reporter for campus wide newscasts
WMAR TV ABC 2
News Intern
o Evening writer for 6 and 11pm newscasts
o Assisted with assignment desk.
o Assisted with assignment desk.
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS AND HONORS
“Many Faces of Women Exhibit” Kids Time Group Family Day Care 2010, Buffalo, NY
Fellowship Today Magazine “Distinguished African American Professional” Award 2009, Johnson City, TN
2007 Journalist of the Year, Sarasota Healthy Start Coalition 2007, Sarasota, FL
Fellowship Today Magazine “Distinguished African American Professional” Award 2009, Johnson City, TN
2007 Journalist of the Year, Sarasota Healthy Start Coalition 2007, Sarasota, FL
2006 Videographer Award, News Story “Uptown Bakery” 2006, Largo, MD
NABJ/UNITY Journalists of Color Scholarship Recipient 2000 and 1999
NABJ TV Student Television Project
UNITY Journalists of Color Student Radio Project 1999, Seattle, WA
NABJ TV / Florida A&M Univ. Student Television Project 1999, Tallahassee, FL
National Association of Black Journalists Member 1997, Present
EDUCATION
Syracuse University, Dual Bachelors of Science Speech Communications and African American Studies, Spanish Language and Linguistics Minor
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