Resume

JOURNALISM & PRODUCTION EXPERIENCE

National Public Radio (NPR), Washington, DC

Assistant Producer – Morning Edition & Up First | December 2025–Present

Report, write, and produce live national news coverage for NPR’s flagship programs, reaching 13 million daily listeners.
Produce interviews weekly across studio, remote, and field setups using MTE software.
Write digital sports and news for NPR.org.
Pitch original story ideas.
Develop daily sports coverage spanning professional leagues like the NFL, NBA, and MLB, the NCAA, and sports-related public policy.
Write scripts covering national and international news.
Book and pre-interview guests and experts for live interviews.
Coordinate how remote guests will connect with NPR’s studios for interviews using the Report-It Enterprise App, Face Time, Whats App, and Zoom.
Collaborate with reporters, editors, and hosts across multiple teams.
Produce broadcast-quality audio.

Production Assistant – Morning Edition & Up First | May 2023–November 2025

Coordinated live and taped interviews.
Edit and mix pieces from national and international reporters on tight deadlines using MTE.
Edit 20-30-minute long taped interviews down to a range of three to seven minutes for the radio show using MTE.
Helped produce news coverage of major events, including the 2024 Presidential Election Night, and breaking news of Pope Francis’ death.
Collaborated with reporters, editors, engineers, and other producers during live broadcasts.
Reported on sports news intersecting with education, business, and public policy.

News Assistant – Morning Edition & Up First | April 2022–April 2023

Supported breaking news coverage with research, fact-checking, and producing media for live coverage within windows ranging from one hour to ten minutes.
Assisted reporters and editors with interviews and editorial preparation.
Helped create scripts for the radio show’s live elements.
Collaborated in creating digital content.
Wrote digital sports coverage for NPR’s website.

Intern – Morning Edition & Up First | January 2022–April 2022

Produced and wrote tape & copy stories
Produced and mixed 2-way interviews for the show using MTE.
Communicated with NPR member stations about any upcoming changes to show while it was on-air.
Created and sent daily briefs to colleagues detailing future important events happening in the U.S. and around the world.

Intern – Content Operations | October 2021–January 2022

Produced, wrote, and edited the orientation training video for the Content Operations desk using Canva and Adobe Premiere Rush.
Became proficient using programs like NewsFlex, Presentation Planner, and the Report-It Enteprise App to virtual report on news stories, organize sources, and navigate the editorial process.
Helped facilitate raw audio recordings of various news events worldwide for NPR’s shows and news desks.
Helped reporters at NPR’s member stations track the demographic information of their guests and sources more accurately.
Helped at least four NPR shows migrate their claims to cover the releases of almost 240 books in 2022 onto a virtual planner board that organized the claims by month and fiction or non-fiction.
Reviewed and updated training guides that helped NPR journalists and producers virtually organize their sources, and publish their stories by the deadline.

EDUCATION

Georgia State University — Bachelor of Arts – Journalism

August 2018 – July 2021, Atlanta, Georgia

Georgia State University Perimeter College — Associate of Arts – Journalism

May 2014 – May 2017, Clarkston, Georgia

SKILLS

Reporting & Writing

Storytelling

Software

Ben Abrams