Natalie Discenza
Graduate Student at Sacred Heart University
Bridgeport, Connecticut USAExperience
Production Trainee Graduate Assistant
Aug 2021 - Present
Responsibilities include writing readers, cut and copies and wraps for on-air talent, recording interviews and editing sound using Adobe Audition and the studio's audio board, and writing web copies for the station's website, WSHU.org.
Sports Intern (Football)
Oct 2020 - Nov 2020
As a Sports Intern, I attended football practices and shot b-roll. I used Adobe Premiere to create videos for the football team's Instagram. I also attended media day and shot b-roll of the athletes for game day. The internship was suspended due to COVID-19.
Sports Intern
May 2018 - Dec 2019
As a sports intern, I edited videos using AVID & wrote scripts using iNEWS to air in sportscasts, assisted staff at major sporting events, wrote, edited & posted articles daily for the station's website, trained to operate cameras for news stories, shot live shots, & established and maintained healthy relationships with interviewees.
Sports Journalist Intern (Lacrosse)
Feb 2017 - Apr 2017
As a Sports Journalist Intern, I attended lacrosse games and wrote articles for the Lazer Athletics' website.
Education
Journalism & Media Productions
- Masters
Aug 2021 - Present
The Master of Arts in journalism & media production in the School of Communication, Media & the Arts takes an intensive, hands-on approach to learning in journalism, photography, videography, documentary filmmaking and television production.
Sports Communication & Media
- Masters
Jan 2020 - Dec 2020
Master of Arts.
The program is designed to produce successful media professionals with well-developed critical thinking skills focused on the issues surrounding sports, culture and the media. It uses a combination of sports media history and theory, single camera production, editing, live-event broadcasting and television studio production.
Broadcasting and Mass Media
- Bachelors
Aug 2017 - May 2019
Major: Broadcasting & Mass Communication. Minor: Sports Studies. The major provides students with an understanding of the mass media industries, including radio, television, cable, the Internet, multimedia & mobile platforms. Also, students learn about the creation and production of media and the interrelated nature of media industries.
Communication Studies
- Associates
Aug 2015 - May 2017
Major: Communication Studies.
Minor: Journalism.
This degree allows students to fulfill such requirements as Introduction to Communication, Public Speaking, Introduction to Mass Media, Introduction to Public Relations, Interpersonal Communication, and Intercultural Communication.
