And you won't either.
I've got a straight-forward attitude you can only find in the Northeast. My six-year experience with the circus has taken me from coast to coast, stopping at every state in between. I've lived at least a week at a time in 46 states.
This is what makes me a great journalist.
I'm used to different platforms, different situations. I was in a different city every week, a different state every month, and I loved it. Education? For four of those six years, I was the teacher. I created the classroom.
I've got the drive and the skills to teach myself. I can become an instant expert on any topic.
I've settled down in Tampa for college, but I'm eager and willing to move anywhere. Most likely, I'll be a bit familiar with your town. I've probably already been there.
Amy Mariani was born Jan. 5, 1989 in Bronx, NY. Her parents divorced when she was a baby and she moved to Red Hook, NY when she was three with her mother and her mothers fiancée. They married when she was 4 years old and at 5, Amy had a baby sister named Caitlin.
At 7 years old, Amy's family ran away and joined the circus. For the next six years, Amy traveled with her family across the country and Canada. Her mother and stepfather worked as clowns. During her time on the road, she starred in an elephant act and toured with Ringling Bros. & Barnum and Bailey.
In 2002, her parents took off their clown shoes and settled in Orlando. Amy graduated from Celebration High School with Advanced Placement credits and a 3.92 cumulative GPA. While in high school, Amy placed in dozens of tournaments with the CHS Speech and Debate team, advanced to State competition two years in a row with the local chapter of the International Thespian Society and held various leadership positions in the CHS Theatre Department.
Amy now lives in Tampa where she attends the University of South Florida. She is studying broadcast journalism. She held different editor positions at The Oracle throughout 2007 and 2008 and was an Editorial Assistant for the St. Petersburg times during 2009. She interned with the Orlando Sentinel in spring 2009 and with 10 Connects News in spring 2010. She is now a multimedia intern with USF Health and a traffic reporter for Clear Channel Radio.
• Proficient news reporter and writer, including breaking news, complicated government issues and in-depth subjects
• Highly skilled in different styles of writing and reporting including broadcast, radio and print
• Can shoot video on manual and automatic cameras and edit video on multiple non-linear editing systems
• Proven leader in the newsroom as section editor and senior editor
• Award-winning written and communication skills
• Extensive knowledge of nonlinear editing systems, such as Final Cut Pro, Adobe Premier and Avid. I am also very familiar with the Adobe software family, NexGen and RCS News Feed. Some experience with HTML.
• Best College Daily in the Southeast, The Oracle, 2007
• Placed in various high school speech and debate tournaments and theater competitions
• Earning a Bachelor of Arts degree double major in Political Science and Mass Communication with a concentration in Broadcast News, University of South Florida. Cumulative GPA = 3.53
• Member of the Honors College and the National Society of Collegiate Scholars
Print
Experience
Video
Radio
• Produced and anchored a news program about the past, present and future of Tampas oldest news source
• Shows on WUSF
• Spring 2010
• Produced segments for 30-minute documentary about todays efforts to preserve stories of the Holocaust in Tampa Bay
• Fall 2009
• Produces video for different projects and initiatives within USF Health. Assists with graphic design.
• May 2010 to present
• Shot, edited and wrote packages, VOs and VOSOTs for on-air newscasts
• January 2010 to April 2010
• General assignment reporter, covered central Florida (mainly Lake County), produced stories on deadline for the paper and the Web site and shot breaking news videos and photos for the Web site
• January 2009 to April 2009
• Wrote stories and pitches ideas for various sections, wrote breaking-news stories out of Hillsborough County, on the Epilogues beat, wrote VOs for online video
• April 2009 to November 2009
• Responsible for the content of the news and opinion sections, covered many different beats, wrote, edited and voiced the daily podcast
• February 2007 to December 2008
• Produced and voiced traffic reports for Tampa, Orlando, Jacksonville and Brevard County every 10 to 20 minutes, gathered and organized traffic information and entered it into Clear Channels online database and prepared traffic information for GPS navigational system
• May 2007 to present
Dozens of neglected cats found in Valrico home of ailing senior
Follow up: Authorities investigate how Valrico woman found among cats, clutter came to live that way
Victoria's Secret's Pink Collegiate Collection will feature University of South Florida's logo
Beware the blood suckers, mosquito season is near
EPILOGUES
I am part of the Epilogue rotation and contribute at least one in-depth obituary per month on average. Here are a few of the pieces I've done:
James Ray Cooper helped set golf cart world record at Sun City Center Christmas Parade
An Air Force officer's wife, Mary Young was finally able to put down some deep roots in Seminole
From building cars to hunting supper, Paul Albert Grantham did it himself
Marie Antoinette Valenti of Tampa was known for nurturing her family and making Italian dishes
USF bars buying beer between classes
Fans' favorite song comes with legal legacy
USF announces academic restructuring aimed at cutting costs and consolidating resources
An angel among students
