danamarie  mcnicholl

 education 

Gonzaga University Graduate  Cum Laude  |  BA Broadcast and Electronic Media    |  President's & Dean's List  

work experience  

Morning News Anchor 

KREM 2 News   |   Anchor & Reporter   |   2019 - Present

- Co-Anchor Up With KREM: four-hour morning show broadcast.  

- Produce and write the "What's Trending" segment for the show daily (e.g. story that has people talking: politics, legislation, pop culture, debated topics online)  

- Social Media coordinator for all station platforms. Helped grow @KREM Instagram by 10 thousand followers in one year. 

- I interact and communicate with viewers through social media during the show.

-Produce and write the "Speed Feed" daily: social media-based, trending, ad-lib, conversational & interactive segment.

- I produce, shoot, edit two packages a week and book live guests 

General Assignment MMJ 

Miss Washington 

KREM 2 News   |   Reporter   |   2017 - 2018

- I produced, shot, edited, and wrote all of my stories. 

- Covered a range of areas (e.g. news, business, education, healthcare,    scams, crime trends, fires, special events, breaking news).

Miss America Organization   |   Public Servant   |   2018-2019

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- Working as Miss Washington was a full-time job of service. 

- I partnered with ESD (Educational Service Districts) 113 and gave 110 presentations to middle and high schoolers across the state about the dangers of drug, alcohol, tobacco marketing. 

- I was an ambassador and a public representative fundraising for charities, representing foundations as a spokesperson, emceeing events, and performing piano.  

- Competed for the title of Miss America 2019 and placed in the Top 15 and was featured on the live ABC Network telecast.  

 for the American Pistachio Growers.

Digital Marketing Intern

Sony Music NYC  |   RCA Records Digital Marketing Intern  |   2015 

- Created and managed social media content calendars. 

- Wrote copy for music artists - Facebook, Twitter, Instagram. 

- Attended meetings to discuss promotional and marketing ideas for album launches 

 Newsroom Intern

CW6 XETV San Diego  |   Summer Intern   |   2016

​- Helped write and edit packages for air.

 Leadership & awards 

Miss Columbia Basin          | Miss Washington Scholarship Organization   |      2018

Miss Eastside                     |  Miss Washington Scholarship Organization  |      2017

        The United States              |  Obama Administration   |                                     2013  

        Presidential Volunteer

        Service Award 

        Student Emmy                   |  Northwest Regional: National                              2017       

        awarded for Newscast          Academy of Television of Arts &  

        and Talent.                           Sciences  |  

service

Media Relations on the Executive Board of ParaSport Spokane, a wheelchair sports
Organization.

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I single-handedly raised money to send 28 athletes to wheelchair summer sports camp.

Member of the task force working to start the first NCAA wheelchair basketball program at Eastern
Washington University.

I am an Ability Ambassador for the Ability App helping Alex Knoll who was featured on
Ellen DeGeneres show!

Executive Producer of Roll With It: a wheelchair basketball documentary.
 

Interesting facts

  I developed 2 Apps that have been downloaded by 24 countries.

 My first 3 years of elementary school were taught in Spanish. 

I am still bilingual and lived with a family in Madrid, Spain while in college.

I had the rare opportunity to fight a house fire while training as a firefighter for the day.

I’ve helped manage social media accounts for Sony RCA artists in NYC
including Hilary Duff and Britney Spears!

My goal is to cover the 2020 Paralympics games in Tokyo, Japan.

Playing a round of golf in every state is #5 on my bucket list.