Aaron Philip Groff

4705 Norwich Road, College Park, Md. 20740 Cell: 305-801-3972 | Agroff1@terpmail.umd.edu

Education:
University of Maryland, Philip Merrill College of Journalism, College Park, Md. College Park Scholars: Media, Self, and Society graduate B.A. in broadcast journalism anticipated in May 2014; GPA: 3.48

Journalism Experience:
Freelance Production Assistant/Intern, Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic, Bethesda, Md. (2013 - Present) - Practice anchoring Comcasts Geico SportsNet Central show in the studio during station downtime - Write scripts for highlights broadcasted live on the air - Log sporting events and interviews for station shows and archival footage. - Operate the teleprompter - Performed statistician duties for the afternoon show - Captured sound from NBA Players, including, John Wall, Bradley Beal and Rudy Gay - Assisted with live production for the Washington Capitals at the Verizon Center Executive Staff Member/Broadcaster, WMUC Sports College Park, Md. (2010-Present) - Director of Internal Affairs: Assist with station programming and broadcast crews. - Host talk show, Fumblerooski, where my co-host and I discuss all things NFL related. - Perform football, and formerly, soccer, baseball and softball play-by-play and color commentary duties - Formerly on Mens and Womens basketball news crews: Performed interviews with players and coaches. Created audio packages and article for the WMUC website Intern, SportsNet New York, New York, Ny. (2012) - Interviewed Cleveland Cavaliers guard, Dion Waiters and Miami Marlins shortstop, Jose Reyes - Captured sound from top draft prospects at the 2012 NBA Draft Media Availability Event, including Anthony Davis and Michael Kidd-Gilchrist - Logged sporting events, highlight packages and transcribed interviews. - Shadowed producers, editors and talent Intern, WBAL Radio 1090AM, Baltimore, Md. (2012) - Created video and text multimedia package on local event, published on the WBAL websites homepage - Performed research for Sportsline host Brett Hollander for his 6 p.m. - 9 p.m. sports show by gathering information on studio guests, local teams and daily sports news - Pitched story ideas to be broadcast on air or for the stations website Freelance Writer/Intern, The Miami Herald, - Wrote articles and event briefs for the semi-weekly Neighbors section - Wrote freelance article profiling a local high school athlete. Miami, Fla. (2009- 2010)

Technical Skills:
- Experience with Audacity, Final Cut Pro, Avid Interplay Assist logging software, Avid NewsCutter Video Editor, Avid Media Composer, iNews, Adobe Dreamweaver, Adobe Premier Pro and Velocity Video Editing.

Organizations/Clubs:
The Kappa Sigma Fraternity - Intramural Chair: Represented the fraternity at the intramurals office. Signed up members for sports, ranging from flag football to racquetball. Sent frequent email reminders concerning games and signups. (2011-2012) - Rush Committee: I helped plan rush events in the local community and within the fraternity to attract prospective members. I also greeted / interviewed a majority of the 50-plus students at our rush events. (2012)