Andy Burrell
2104 Forest Park Blvd. #9
Fort Worth, TX
76110

(817) 881-8393
w.a.burrell@tcu.edu | admin@andyburrell.com

Seeking an opportunity to work and excel as a sports anchor or reporter within the entertainment industry.

• Personal assistant to NFL Hall of Fame wide receiver Michael Irvin.

• Internship with CBS sports, channel 11 and channel 21 in DFW.

• Experience with writing for the TCU Daily Skiff and working for TCU News Now.

• Delivered news and sports to students and community through KTCU-FM 88.7.

• Proficient with Avid, Final Cut 2, MS Office, Lotus Notes, Windows XP and the Internet.

EDUCATION:

Texas Christian University 2005 -2009
Schieffer School of Journalism
Bachelor of Broadcast Journalism and Minor in Communications

                                    Relevant Courses taken included:

Advanced Web Design                                  Advertising and Public Relations
Race and Gender in Media                             Reporting
Advanced Broadcast                                      Computer Assisted Information Gathering
Radio, TV News writing                                  Advanced Public Speaking
Issues in Broadcast News

EXPERIENCE:
January 2009 to May 2009

Reporter Internship
 CBS Sports, Channel 11 CBS and Channel 21 TXA

• Researched information for stories.

• Verified facts and data for all news releases with potential to be story material.

• Worked in all aspects of production, including finding cut ups for the 6, 7, 9 and 10 p.m. sports segments of the CBS 11 news and the TXA 21 news.

• Met every daily deadline successfully, with 100% completion of all assigned reports.

• Can operate Avid News and Final Cut Pro computer programs and familiar with directing.

• Knowledgeable and proficient in photography.

• Reported on the Dallas Stars, Dallas Mavericks, Texas Rangers, Doak Walker Awards ’09, Davey O’Brien Awards, helped get Babe Laufenberg ready for his Emmy winning show, The Score each Sunday.

• Worked on Mavericks pre-game show along with Gina Miller and Derrick Harper.

• Interviews include- Joe Theismann, Sam Bradford, Michael Young, Ian Kinsler, Dirk Nowitzki, Josh Howard, Baltimore Raven Jason Phillips and Dave Barnett.

ACTIVITIES:

• College football anaylst for the Michael Irvin Show on 103.3 ESPN radio in Dallas Texas.

• Anaylst on "The Show" with Tamara Jolee.

• Played 5 years of football for Gary Patterson and the TCU Horned Frogs.

• 2008 Leadership Council for the football team.

• 2006 Defensive Scout Team MVP for the team.

• Helped lead a senior class to the best 4 year record in TCU history.