David Warren Reese
E-mail: dwr0688@yahoo.com
Education
B.S. in Meteorology, April 2010, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL
Work Experience/Internships
WCAV/Newsplex -- Weekday Evening Meteorologist (Charlottesville, VA)
January 2015-Present:
- Forecasts for Central Virginia and the Blue Ridge Mountains every weeknight
- Use Weather Central Fusion Studio to put together an easy to understand forecast
- Created multiple graphics and scenes within Studio for team to use
- Radio forecasts for multiple stations every evening/Saturday morning
- Covered snow storms, an ice event, and tornado warnings within a month of each other
WRBL Weekend -- Morning/Midday Meteorologist (Columbus, GA):
October 2010-January 2015:
- Produced a clear, concise weathercast every morning and midday
- Coproduced online webseries ,"Weather Wisdom," for wrbl.com
- Radio forecasts every day
- Updated website daily with video forecast and outline of forecast
- Wrote stories for the First Alert Weather section of the station's website
- Worked numerous severe/winter weather events including Christmas Night snow in December 2010/April 27, 2011
- Blogged in the local newspaper daily
WWSB Intern (Sarasota, FL):
May 2009-August 2009/August 2010-September 2010:
- Performed interviews on location for daily newscast
- Shoot video for VOSOTs and SOTs for evening news
- Set up live shots for noon, 5 and 6 o'clock newscasts
- Forecasted weather daily
- Updated weather section of website daily
- Operated robotic cameras for morning cut-ins
WFSU Meteorologist (PBS station in Tallahassee, FL):
May 2008-July 2010:
- Multiple platform experience: weather graphics, web, videography
- Two years live weather coverage experience.
- Led a team of eight to ten students during half hour show
- Created schedule for the night
- Ran control room: includes audio and visual
- Anchored desk segments where ad-libbing is necessary
Computer Skills
- WSI TruVu Max Storm, ShowFX, TruVu, and Titan Radar
- Weather Central Fusion Studio
- WorldNow
- Social Media: Facebook, Twitter, Google+
- Non linear editors: Pinnacle Liquid 6 and Final Cut Express
- ENPS
- Microsoft Office 2010
