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Biography: Clarisa Melendez

Clarisa Melendez is an undergraduate student seeking a Bachelor of Science in Telecommunication degree at the University of Florida. She works as a local news reporter for the PBS affiliated WUFT News in Gainesville.  Through her experience she executes strong professional communication skills, a creative mindset and strategy planning skills. Clarisa has anchored the News in 90 TV segment broadcasting to 3 million people in 50 cities and towns in Northern Florida. For this segment she’s written, filmed and edited stories on programs like Adobe Premiere Pro, AP ENPS news production system and NBC News Source.

Apart from television reporting, her work also includes radio covering stories for NPR affiliated 89.1 WUFT-FM on local news. As a proud Peruvian American she has served her Hispanic community by writing for the radio Spanish program called Noticias on local, national and international news.  Her past work includes an hour-long radio reading service where she produced and co-hosted News Print Today for about 800 blind and visually impaired persons.

Operation Airdrop: Donations help victims of Hurricane Michael- From WUFT News 

Clarisa has interned for Telemundon51/NBC6 during summer 2017 where she worked alongside an outstanding team of journalists in T51. There she pitched news tips and contacted sources. When Trump arrived in Miami to speak on U.S. and Cuba relations, she served as part of the White House Press Pool. When guests arrived for the show Accesso Total, Clarisa greeted them and helped run teleprompter for the live show. She also wrote stories published for web for the NBC6 digital team.

Penalty for Bee Colony Thefts Increase- From WUFT News

With her ability to quickly organize and gather factual information, she is able to effectively produce stories on deadline to keep an audience informed and engaged. She has efficiently collaborated with her colleagues of reporters and writers to ensure on-time delivery. With excellent multimedia storytelling skills for editing, writing and reporting, Clarisa now serves as WUFT’s News anchor on Mondays.

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  1. Kate VenezioNovember 15, 2018 at 8:51 PM

    I had no idea that News in 90 reached 3 million people in 50 cities. That is a lot more than I initially thought. Thank you for informing me. I think it is really cool that you can report in both English and Spanish. It's not easy for me to report in just English. Your stories are phenomenal, and I can't wait to hear more about your time working for NBC!

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