Karen Carlson UPDATED resume’ 2011
GENERAL SYNOPSIS: Emmy-Award winning Anchor & News Reporter, Episodic Show Producer, Episodic Show Writer, CEO & Managing Director, Television Host. In addition, minor movie roles, editing fluency in Final Cut Pro 6 and Sony XDCAM HD camera operation and workflow.
Produced and hosted shows through company Pet Bird Entertainment, LLC, that have aired in over 50 countries and domestically on the Travel Channel paid programming block. AFTRA member and SAG-eligible.
TELEVISION NEWS:
- Primary News Anchor, KTVX-TV ABC 4, Salt Lake City, UT
- Weekend Morning News Anchor, Weekday Reporter, KABC-TV ABC7 Los Angeles, CA
- Weekend Evening News Anchor, Nightside Weekday Reporter, WWL-TV Channel 4, New Orleans, LA
- Weekend Evening News Anchor, Nightside Weekday Reporter & Primary Backup Anchor, WREG-TV, Memphis, TN
- Morning Business Reporter, Newswriter, KOMO-TV, Seattle, WA
OTHER ON-CAMERA/VOICE:
- Principle cast member “Announcer,” 127 Hours, Director Danny Boyle (uncredited)
- Voiceover for Norweigan Cruise Line 30-second commercial, Jon Stevenson, producer
- Forever New Orleans TV: Pilot “Symbols,” Episodes 1-12
EPISODIC PRODUCING & WRITING:
- Forever New Orleans TV: Episode One, “Ages 3 & Up”
- Forever New Orleans TV: Episode Two, “Guys & Dolls” GUEST HOST: John Besh
- Forever New Orleans TV: Episode Three, “Streetcar Named Desire”
- Forever New Orleans TV: Episode Four, “Back In Time”
- Forever New Orleans TV: Episode Five, “Voluntourism”
- Forever New Orleans TV: Episode Six, “Sportsman’s Paradise”
- Forever New Orleans TV: Episode Seven, “La Nouvelle Orleans”
- Forever New Orleans TV: Episode Eight, “Sugar & Spice” GUEST: Paul Prodhomme
- Forever New Orleans TV: Episode Nine, “Arts In Motion”
- Forever New Orleans TV: Episode Ten, “Generations”
- Forever New Orleans TV: Episode Eleven, “If It Crawls, You Can Eat It!”
- Forever New Orleans TV: Episode Twelve, “Music in the Air”
MANAGEMENT: PET BIRD ENTERTAINMENT, LLC
- Executive Producer, manager of staff of up to 65 workers depending on the shoot.
- Scheduled, approved timecards and ordered payments to vendors.
- Managed a budget of $1.2 million dollars
- Experience in working both in the private sector and the public (government) sector and understand differing ways jobs get done.
PUBLIC SPEAKING:
HONORS/AWARDS/RECOGNITION/COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT:
- Suncoast Regional Emmy Award: ”Teens Killing Teens” WWL-TV, New Orleans
- Red Cross Award for Saving A Human Life, Mid-South Chapter
- D.A.R.E. Volunteer, Memphis City Schools (Drug Abuse Resistance Education)
- Named one of Utah’s “Finest Under 40″ by the Utah Cystic Fibrosis Foundation
- Winner of the Spirit Award for Cystic Fibrosis Foundation
- Board Member, Los Angeles Commission on Assaults Against Women
- Emcee, Los Angeles Denim Day rally
- Emcee for Gourmet Gala fundraiser for the Utah Chapter of the American Red Cross
- Award, “Best New Media Personality,” City Weekly magazine
- Award, “Best Color Coordination,” for on-air talent, City Weekly magazine.
- Named one of the “People to Watch,” New Orleans Magazine
- UCLA Extension speaker on media in Los Angeles area
- Guest lecturer, University of La Verne, On covering Hurricane Katrina and other natural disasters
- Panelist for National Association of Hispanic Journalists on diversity in the newsroom.
EDUCATION
- B.A. Communications, Edward R. Murrow School of Communication. Emphasis on Broadcast Journalism
- Georgetown University, Washington D.C, economics and ethics study