Jeanette Abrahamsen

from : 08/13/09
Until : 01/01/20

Born in Norway. Graduated high school in both Norway and America. Lived in Tampa, FL for the past 4 years and will be moving to San Diego, CA in August 2009. Interested in producing television and film. Specialize in TV news and documentary films.

1/2009-5/2009 Executive Producer
/Writer/Videographer/Editor- Against All Odds, 30-minute show about non-traditional relationships set to air on WUSF-TV and online in summer, Tampa.

11/2008-2/2009 Production Assistant- 3 Plies Music Videos air on MTV, BET and online.

8/2008-1/2009 Executive Producer
/Writer/Videographer/Editor/Graphics Designer- Talk of the Town: The Gardasil Debate, 30-minute Tampa Bay Video Award winning magazine show aired 1/5/09 and 1/8/09 WUSF-TV, Tampa. Round table discussion about HPV vaccine. Interviews include Dr. Drew Pinsky, hosted by Daytime Host Dave Nemeth.

8/2008-2/2009 News Producer
/Writer/Reporter/Videographer/Editor/Studio Camera Operator- Florida Focus, 90-second newsbreak aired nightly WUSF-TV, Tampa. Also, producer of two 90-second packages aired in the newsbreak. Co-creator of lengthening the newsbreak from :90 sec to 2:30.

8/2008-present Video Lab Assistant at the University of South Florida, Tampa- responsible for teaching JVC GY-5100, Panasonic DVC7, non-linear editing on Media 100 and Lowel ProDV 3 Pro-lighting.

8/2008-1/2009 Segment Producer/Videographer/Editor- 30-minute Telly Award winning documentary An Ale of a Tale Aired 01/08/09 and 01/09/09 WUSF-TV, Tampa.

11/2008-2/2009 Producer/Videographer- CNNU: 3-minute package presented online 2/16/08.

1/2008-12/2008 Executive Producer
/Writer/Videographer/Editor/Researcher- University of South Florida College of Anthropology Recruitment Video. Used as a method to recruit local high school and community college students in Florida.

8/2007-8/2008 Intern/Production Assistant- WEDU-TV Washington Week, And Thou Shalt Honour, A Gulf Coast Journal, Florida This Week, Shanna Banana, Suncoast Business Forum, and Up Close, Tampa. Responsible for shooting live uplinks, studio camera, set design, lighting design, teleprompter.

1/2008 Production Assistant- NBC Meet the Press.

1/2007 Production Assistant- Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa. HPV testing video for doctors in USA, Mexico, Brazil.

Producer, Writer, Videographer, Editor, Researcher.

Telly Award- Segment Producer for An Ale of a Tale 2009

Communicator Award of Excellence- Segment Producer for An Ale of a Tale 2009

Campus Movie Fest: Best Picture- Production Assistant for Rhapsody 2009

Communicator Award of Distinction- Executive Producer for The Gardasil Debate 2008

Tampa Bay Video Award- Executive Producer for The Gardasil Debate 2008

48 Hour Film Fest: Best Use of Character, Best Sound Design- Program Coordinator/Writer for Food for Love 2008

Garner Rose O'Brien Scholarship for Outstanding Academic Achievement 2008

National Society for Collegiate Scholars 2005

I graduate from the University of South Florida in the summer of 2009 with a degree in Broadcast News.

Media 100, Final Cut Pro, Pinnacle Studio Plus, Adobe Photoshop, JVC GY-250 ProHD, JVC GY-DV500, Sony DV DSR 390, Echolab NOVA 1700 digital switcher, Lowel ProDV 3 Pro-lighting kit, Sony DSR-DR 1000 Deck and Behringer Eurotrack UB4224 FX-Pro Audio Board. Encoding and decoding .wmv video files via FTP using Xilisoft and FileZilla software, Microsoft Word, Excel, Power Point. Research skills include Lexis/Nexis, Access World and public records.

California - Southern

Norwegian: F
Norwegian: C

Basic Driving (PLG)