Resume-November24,2014
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Kendall Harris Profile I am a freelance writer currently working full-time at a law firm. I have experience writing 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, books and art. I’m currently working on getting a P.I. license. I would love to continue expanding my skills since I have a variety of interests, and I’m open to relocating. Experience Guest Writer October 2014 - present Geek Rex (Atlanta, Georgia ) • I’ve been writing weekly reviews of American Horror Story: Freak Show. E-Filing Processor August 2014 - present Aldridge Connors, LLP (Buckhead, Georgia) • As the most seasoned e-filer on the e-filing team, I communicate daily with paralegals and other Aldridge Connors, LLP to ensure our deadlines are met and all of the team’s work is being divided evenly so we can efficiently e-file and e-serve 100-300 files per day. I complete a daily report to ensure we filed everything correctly the day before. I serve as a liaison in between Firm Solutions and the Florida Foreclosures Department and between my team and our boss. E-Filing Temp Processor February 2014 - present Aldridge 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 2013 Examiner.com • I wrote articles about new apps and new technology, finding a way to tie those technologies and apps to the Atlanta area. Freelance Archives Coordinator December 2012 - June 2013 CNN Newsource (Atlanta, Georgia) • I researched video footage at the request of over one thousand news affiliates worldwide. I processed requests using MIRA, MediaSource, iNews, and Bit Central. I edited footage. I searched for VHS tapes in the CNN library. I downloaded/published Barter Spots using Hula/Javelin and iNews. I transcribed countless broadcast news segments for Newsource assignment editors. Freelance Writer September 2012 - present CNN • 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.
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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.
