Kendall Harris

Profile I am a freelance writer currently working full-time at a law firm. I have experiencewriting for print, broadcast, or online news. My strongest skills are writing, archiving,filing, and social media. I have a wide range of interests including photography,environmentalism, volunteering, non-profit organizations, technology, music, booksand art. I’m currently working on getting a P.I. license. I would love to continueexpanding my skills since I have a variety of interests, and I’m open to relocating.

Experience Guest Writer October 2014 - presentGeek Rex (Atlanta, Georgia )

• I’ve been writing weekly reviews of American Horror Story: Freak Show.

E-Filing Processor August 2014 - presentAldridge Connors, LLP (Buckhead, Georgia)

• As the most seasoned e-filer on the e-filing team, I communicate daily withparalegals and other Aldridge Connors, LLP to ensure our deadlines are metand all of the team’s work is being divided evenly so we can efficiently e-fileand e-serve 100-300 files per day. I complete a daily report to ensure wefiled everything correctly the day before. I serve as a liaison in between FirmSolutions and the Florida Foreclosures Department and between my team andour boss.

E-Filing Temp Processor February 2014 - presentAldridge Connors, LLP

•• I e-filed and e-served 50 or more pleadings per day. I worked hard enough to

get promoted to a full-time e-filing processor at Aldridge Connors.

Freelance Writer June 2013 - December 2013Examiner.com

• I wrote articles about new apps and new technology, finding a way to tie thosetechnologies and apps to the Atlanta area.

Freelance Archives Coordinator December 2012 - June 2013CNN Newsource (Atlanta, Georgia)

• I researched video footage at the request of over one thousand news affiliatesworldwide. I processed requests using MIRA, MediaSource, iNews, and BitCentral. I edited footage. I searched for VHS tapes in the CNN library. Idownloaded/published Barter Spots using Hula/Javelin and iNews. I transcribedcountless broadcast news segments for Newsource assignment editors.

Freelance Writer September 2012 - presentCNN

• I examined print stories and turned them into short, concise broadcast scripts,researched stories, worked with other writers and editors to improve my skills,and I worked in the newsroom during the presidential election.

• I pitched several stories that landed on CNN Newsource’s Top 20 Downloads.

Education Bachelor Of Arts-Communications/Journalism August 2009 - May 2013Georgia State University

• I majored in Communications/Journalism and minored in English. I was a staffwriter for The Signal, Georgia State University’s student-run newspaper from2010 to 2012. I conducted interviews, researched stories, took photos for manyof my published article, and was chosen as "most outstanding writer" for theEntertainment/Living Section in 2011.

Skills • Experience with programs and social media platforms including but not limitedto iNews, MIRA, VizPilot, MediaSource, ProLaw, Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint,HootSuite, Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, FinalCut Pro, Oasis and AdobePremiere Proxy Edit.