Evie B Allen (Barton)
902 West Concord, 
Marion, IL 62959, 
(618) 922-7217, evieb20@hotmail.com

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY/About Me
I am an award-winning reporter, winning Best Reporter for the 2021 Illinois Broadcasters Association Silver Dome Awards. I have been in broadcast news professionally for over 13 years. I have worked my way from the bottom up as an Associate Producer, to Reporter, MMJ, to the position I hold now as a Morning News Anchor. I have worked at WSIL all of my professional career, starting out as an intern in 2009 while still attending university. I have established myself as a newsroom leader with my loyalty, dedication to the job, respect for others, and postive attitude. I have been in most of the positions up and coming journalists will be in so I can give advice and help guide future journalists to be good, well-versed, and accurate story-tellers. I believe I have also broken boundaries while at WSIL., being the first black full-time Morning News Anchor in the station's over 30 year history. 

SKILLS
 ·	Editing
 2.	Strong Communication Skills
 3.	Deadline Driven
 4.	Voice-overs
 5.	Strong Writer
 6.	Public Speaker
 7.	Singing 
 8.	Self Motivated
 9.	Broadcast knowledge of local news topics and beyond
 10.	 One (wo)man band, shoot, edit and write on deadline

EXPERIENCE
Morning News Anchor                                                         NOVEMBER 2017 - CURRENT
WSIL NEWS 3 CARTERVILLE, IL.

Duties include: Leading the Live AM Newscast (News 3 This Morning) from 5 a.m. to 7 a.m. plus three Live cut-ins for 1 one minute each from 7 a.m. to - 9 a.m, This is Monday-Friday.
Set up, write, and conduct Live Interviews in the studio with guests.
Produce weekly segments including Brick & Mortar, Unsung Hero, Pets of the Week, and Job Squad.
Bring fresh content to the newscast every morning including weekly events put on by local people, organizations, and other groups and breaking news.
Producing content for the website and social media pages.
Write daily promos to promote the following days' newscast and special projects.

Multimedia Journalist                                                    September 2009 - October 2017
WSIL TV 3

Duties included: Gathering stories of the day.
Pitch story ideas, set up interviews, write, shoot, and edit, PKG's VO's, VOSOT's, OSR's and go Live for the Newscast.
I covered a wide range of topics from politics, to crime, to education.
Produced and fronted a weekly feature segment called Unsung Hero where we feature a local doing something good throughout the communities.

Associate Producer                                                        September 2009 - January 2011
WSIL TV 3
Cut and edit video for Live newscasts

EDUCATION
Bachelors Degree of Arts - Radio-Television                                                   May 2010
Southern Illinois University
Carbondle, IL

Associates in Arts                                                                                             May 2008
John A. Logan College, Carterville, IL.                       

REFERENCES 
References available upon request

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
 11.	SIU 2010 "Reporter of the Year" Award recipient.
 12.	Finer Womanhood award recipient 2017
 13.	JALC 2016 induction of the National Society of Leadership and Success, John A. Logan College chapter. Also known as Sigma Alpha Pi

COMMUNITY SERVICE
Over my time at WSIL I have been a Pregnancy Matters in Carbondale and Williamson County (IL) Habitat for Humanity of Williamson County Board member. 
I am currently a board member of the Franklin-Williamson Child Advocacy Center.
Lead Praise and Worship every Sunday, along with deliver sermons once a month at Good Fight of Faith International Ministries in Marion IL.

You can find more my work on the below platforms.
WSIL TV 3 https://wsiltv.com/news-3-this-morning/
Evie B TV: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLClVDWJRO7L93vf6zc0RxFpknJmzNdZLJ
YouTube: “Evie B Allen (News)” https://www.youtube.com/user/80evieallen
Facebook: (20+) Evie Allen | Facebook 
Twitter: https://twitter.com/EvieBNewsTV