Kalil’s Experience in Broadcast News

Kalil Conway is a University of Alabama graduate with a B.A. in broadcast news. With the experience of several intense broadcast television internships under her belt, Kalil is currently pursuing a full-time position in sports broadcasting.

Kalil’s experience in broadcast news began when she returned to her  hometown of Tallahassee, FL in the summer of 2006 and was hired as an intern for WFSU, a local television news station. There, she created package ideas, wrotescripts, made contacts for stories and designed shots for videographers. She also managed the “Did You Know” segment, a program sharing interesting facts about Florida
State University with its viewers.

In 2008, Fox Sports hired Kalil as one of four interns in Sunrise, FL. She worked side-by-side with the producer every Marlin’s game, assisted the crew on the “Billy’s Bunch” children’s show, did promo shoots for The Florida Panther’s Summer Sizzle TV show and was an on-air assistant for the Marlin’s 2008 Fantasy Auction.

In April 2009, Kalil received her most recent experience when ESPN hired her to carry out pre-production and production day work for the Alabama A-Day Game. Aside from running errands and setting up camera shots, Kalil was right hand woman to sports reporter Wendi Nix, answering questions about the Alabama football program and the players...

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