Lillian Donahue
Reporter, MMJ, MSJ
[email protected] I www.LillianDonahue.com I @LillianDonahue
Experience
Bilingual English / Spanish | Video and audio editing / Social media analytics and website production – Advanced in Adobe Premiere Pro, Audition, Prelude, Photoshop, Final Cut, 360-degree camera editing on 360 fly.
Awards and honors
Multimedia Journalist of the Year finalist: Radio Television Digital News Association of the Carolinas (2020)
Hearst Competition national first place in TV News: Prestigious award for investigative reporting in the Grand Canyon and along the southern border. (2018)
Hearst Competition national top 10 in TV Features: For reporting in Washington D.C. and North Carolina Hurricane Florence recovery coverage. (2019)
Two Rocky Mountain Emmys: Student Production Awards for an exposé on the border patrol and a feature of a Native American Hoop Dancing family. (2019)
National first place in TV Features and second place in TV News - BEA Awards: For a Veteran’s Day special on Korean War veterans and coverage of the Havasupai Native Tribe. (2019)
National Korva Coleman Excellence Award: Award for videography in a story on Mexico’s middle class in Queretaro. (2018)
Education
Walter Cronkite School of Journalism, Arizona State University: B.A. Journalism and Mass Communication, Spanish Minor
Experience
- WCSC, Live 5 News (2019-present) - Award winning on-air reporting. Producing stories picked up nationally from hurricanes,COVID-19 front lines, watchdog investigations and lead political reporting of 2020 election and primaries.
- Full Court Press with Greta Van Susteren (2019-2020) - Guest correspondent and repeat contributor to nationally-syndicated political show.
- KAET, Arizona PBS in Phoenix and Washington D.C. (2018-2019) - Correspondent for Arizona PBS conducting live shots from D.C. on national stories. In Phoenix, covering breaking news in both English and Spanish along the border for air on Arizona PBS and Univision Arizona through Cronkite News.
- CNN Investigative Unit, New York (2018) - Intern, pitched a winning digital format idea to top executives that now shapes how the network uses Instagram stories. Conducted investigative research beyond the breaking news, Spanish Translation, sourcing and story assistance for correspondent Drew Griffin.
- Phoenix NPR, KJZZ Radio (2017) - Produced daily on-air radio stories for local Morning Edition.
- KGMB, Hawaii News Now (2017) - Full time Dow Jones News Fund fellow producing web stories.
- KPHO, CBS 5 (2017) - News-reporting Intern, night show writer, online digital story writer.
Bilingual English / Spanish | Video and audio editing / Social media analytics and website production – Advanced in Adobe Premiere Pro, Audition, Prelude, Photoshop, Final Cut, 360-degree camera editing on 360 fly.
Awards and honors
Multimedia Journalist of the Year finalist: Radio Television Digital News Association of the Carolinas (2020)
Hearst Competition national first place in TV News: Prestigious award for investigative reporting in the Grand Canyon and along the southern border. (2018)
Hearst Competition national top 10 in TV Features: For reporting in Washington D.C. and North Carolina Hurricane Florence recovery coverage. (2019)
Two Rocky Mountain Emmys: Student Production Awards for an exposé on the border patrol and a feature of a Native American Hoop Dancing family. (2019)
National first place in TV Features and second place in TV News - BEA Awards: For a Veteran’s Day special on Korean War veterans and coverage of the Havasupai Native Tribe. (2019)
National Korva Coleman Excellence Award: Award for videography in a story on Mexico’s middle class in Queretaro. (2018)
Education
Walter Cronkite School of Journalism, Arizona State University: B.A. Journalism and Mass Communication, Spanish Minor
