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TALENT SHOWCASE ::  Andrea Nakano


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Current Market:
Seattle (12)

Preferred Title:
Sports Anchor/Reporter

Experience:
12 Years



Agent:
Napoli Management Group
David Ahrendts
310.385.8224 / davidahrendts@tvtalent.com
CAREER SUMMARY

Emmy Award-winning sports anchor/reporter with an extensive background in daily deadline story development, live sportscast production, and live field coverage, with fifteen years experience.


EDUCATION

San Francisco State University
San Francisco, California
Bachelor of Arts in Broadcast Communication

Stanford University
Palo Alto, California
Mass Media Institute Summer Program

American School in Japan
Tokyo, Japan
Diploma


PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Sports Anchor/Reporter
February 2010 to February 2013
KING-TV/KONG-TV/Northwest Cable News (Belo Corp.), Seattle, Washington
Weekend sports anchor and reporter responsible for managing all weekend sports live programming on three combined Belo stations. Host weekly MLS Sounders FC Weekly Show including writing and editing features for the show. Report weekdays, covering Seahawks, Mariners, and college sports including Pac 12 teams including the University of Washington and Washington State. Contribute and anchor daily 30 minute Northwest Sports Tonight show, which includes highlights, guest sports interviews

Sports Anchor/Reporter
February 2007 to March 2009
XETV-TV, San Diego, California
Anchor/reporter of Friday/Saturday sports segment. Also produced, wrote and edited the segment. Co-host of 30-minute “That Sunday Sports Show”.

General Assignment Reporter
October 2003 to February 2007
KFMB-TV, San Diego, California
Reported live with packages for the noon, 4, 5 and 6:30pm newscasts. Emphasis on breaking news. Extensively covered the 2003 Cedar Fire in San Diego County.

Anchor/Reporter
May 2000 to October 2003
KION-TV, Salinas, California
Produced, edited and anchored newscasts and sportscasts. Reported live for nightly newscasts.

News Anchor/Reporter
June 1999 to May 2000
KRCR-TV, Redding, California
Red Bluff Bureau reporter. Shot, edited and reported packages for nightly newscasts. Fill-in anchor.

News Anchor/Reporter/Producer
May 1997 to May 1999
KIEM-TV, Eureka, California
Weekend anchor/reporter for weekday evening newscasts


PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

Asian American Journalists Association


AWARDS

2009 & 2008 Emmy Awards: Outstanding Achievement Sports Series