David Riggs

Location: Westfield, NJ
To reach client call STAA:
(949) 215-6713
 

Bloomfield College Department of Athletics, Bloomfield, NJ
Play-by-play announcer for men's and women's basketball home games in 2009-2010 season. December 2009 - Present

Patch Media, New York, NY
Sports writer (hockey, football, soccer) for web-based, deep local news platform Patch.com in Summit and Westfield, NJ.
November 2009 - Present

Geneva Red Wings, NY Collegiate Baseball League, Minnesota Twins affiliate, Geneva, NY
Play-by-play announcer on WHWS for 2009 home games. Wrote for team web site, supervised interns, and reported stats
to league office. Sports reporter for the Finger Lakes Times daily newspaper. June - August 2009

North Jersey Media Group, Hackensack, NJ
Sports editor, reporter and photographer for the Nutley Sun, Bloomfield Life, Glen Ridge Voice and Belleville Times.
Determined content and layout. March - May 2009

WTBU-FM, Boston University
Division I women's basketball announcer for all games of 2006-07 and 2007-08 seasons.
Co-host and producer of Friday Night Sports Block radio show. Fall 2006 - Spring 2008

WEEI Sports Radio, Boston, MA
The Dale and Holley Show. Recorded, archived and cut interview tape on deadline, screened phone calls and conducted
general research. Spring 2008

BUTV, Boston University
Sports reporter for Terrier Nation. Shot and edited packages, and presented them on air. Fall 2007 - Spring 2008

NBC Universal London Bureau
Verbated interview tapes on deadline, created rundowns and wrote summaries of local newscasts. Helped camera crews
on shoots and in-studio interviews. Summer 2007

The Daily Free Press, Boston University
Women's ice hockey and women's lacrosse beat reporter. Also covered baseball, track and swimming.
Fall 2004 - Spring 2006

The Westfield Leader/Scotch Plains-Fanwood Times, Westfield, NJ
News and sports reporting, copyediting and photography. Summer 2004, 2005

Other experience:
•  Sales/Marketing - Phone banking and canvassing for congressional campaign. Wrote and edited press releases and
   letters to the editor.

Technical Skills
•  Master control board operator, air live call-in's and remote broadcasts, audio and video editor
•  Proficient in ProTools, NewsBoss, Audacity, DreamWeaver, Adobe Premiere, Photoshop, Final Cut Pro, MS Windows, Word,
   WordPerfect, PowerPoint, Adobe PageMaker

Education
B.S. Broadcast Journalism, Cum Laude, Boston University 2008


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