Ashley K. Graham
Investigative Reporter
ashg4906@gmail.com www.ashleygrahamtv.com (215)-900-4936
WORK EXPERIENCE
WBBH-TV NBC2 Fort Myers, FL
Investigative Reporter/Fill-in Anchor Oct. 2020-present
- Pitched and covered 8-10 in-depth, investigative and feature stories during Nielsen ratings periods
- Led coverage of the COVID-19 pandemic and vaccine rollout while working as City of Fort Myers beat reporter
- Pitched, wrote, shot and edited 2-3 stories per day as a general assignment reporter before joining the Special Projects Unit in November 2021
- Anchored weekend and weekday coverage, including breaking news cut-ins
WLNS-TV 6 News Lansing, MI
Reporter/Fill-in Anchor Oct. 2018-Sept. 2020
- Covered breaking developments in the Michigan State University-Larry Nassar scandal
- Worked as the only weekend dayside and nightside reporter from Dec. 2018-March 2019
- Pitched, shot and edited multiple enterprise stories each day
- Collected multiple VO-SOTS for weekend shows, in addition to a package each day
- Anchored weekend and weekday morning and evening newscasts
Medill Justice Project Chicago, IL
Reporter April-June 2018
- Worked with a team of reporters and an investigative editor from the Chicago Tribune
- Published a long-form piece in the Detroit Free Press on a 2005 arson-homicide conviction that led to an exoneration in 2021
- Studied thousands of pages of court records and FOIA requests to help write the story
- Traveled to Michigan to find witnesses and family members, collect statements and identify crime scenes
WSB-TV Atlanta, GA
Investigative Intern May 2017-Aug. 2017
- Conducted research for use in stories for the special projects team
- Filed open records and FOIA requests to further investigations for broadcast packages
- Interviewed subjects and shot footage for reporter packages
Georgia News Lab Atlanta, GA
Investigative Reporter Aug. 2016-May 2017
- Covered gaps in government compliance with open records requests for the AJC and WSB-TV
- Duties included looking into financial records of Georgia judges, legislators and local government, and following any leads to an investigative report and story by the AJC and WSB-TV.
EDUCATION
Northwestern University, Medill School of Journalism Chicago, IL
Master of Science (M.S.), Journalism June 2018
Emory University, College of Arts and Sciences Atlanta, GA
Bachelor of Arts, English and Creative Writing May 2017
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Skills: AVID, Adobe Premiere, BitCentral, Edius, ENPS, FOIA requests, data visualization, Excel, content management systems (WordPress, Lakana)
Memberships: National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ), Investigative Reporters and Editors (IRE), Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ)
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