Kayla Anderson Resume

Kayla Marie Anderson

Sports Anchor/Reporter

andersonkayla77@gmail.com

Education

BA in Liberal Arts- Edward R. Murrow School of Communication May 2005
Washington State University
Major in Broadcast/News
Minor in Sports Management

Work History
Sports Director August 2009-Present
KECI/KCFW/KTVM- NBC 12 Missoula, MT

· In charge of producing and anchoring weekday shows for Missoula and Bozeman

· Report from LIVE sporting events (UofM Football, Minor League Baseball, HS Football)
· Responsible for organization and delegation of sports department
· Beat Reporter for Montana Grizzlies Football & Basketball

Sports Reporter April 2008 – Dec. 2009
KXLY- ABC 4, Spokane, WA
· Covered LIVE events for the AF2, WSU, UW, Seattle Mariners and Seahawks
· Co-Anchored Friday Night Sports Extra- Highlighting local high school football
· Produced weekday and weekend sportscasts
· In charge of weekly Shining Star Reports- Highlighting top student athletes in the area

Sports Anchor/ Reporter/ Photojournalist March 2006 – March 2008
WAKA- CBS 8, Montgomery, AL
· Anchor weekend sports/fill-in during the week
· Producer of weekday and weekend shows
· Producer/Anchor of 15 minute “Sports Saturday”
· Live shot experience
· Edit and shoot all sports
· Received AP Award for “Best Sports Story”
· Work with big name colleges such as Alabama and Auburn
· Experience with covering high school sports, Minor League Baseball, and others
· Covered Talladega NASCAR races in April and October

Sports/ News Reporter/ Photojournalist May 2005 – February 2006
KTVZ-21, Bend, OR
· Anchor/ Reporter for high school highlights show
· Reporter for weekly segment called “The Sporting Life”
· Experience in news live shots
· Experience producing and reporting news during the weekend

Baseball Player Overcomes Odds

This past Spring, I had the pleasure of doing a story on a great kid, who has overcome Epilepsy and continued his dream of playing baseball.

Enjoy!

Trying New Things, Challenging Others to Do the Same

There's nothing wrong with challenging yourself mentally and physically in life, today I found a way to do that.

I'm starting to work on a four week series for May sweeps at my station.

It's called "Shape up for Summer," and it involves four totally different exercises for people to try who want to be able to slip on a swimsuit and feel good about it.

The first segment that will run is on Bikram Yoga or what people call "Hot Yoga."

Yes, I had tried this before at my first job back in Bend, OR but I didn't get a chance to do all the poses because I had to shoot the whole thing myself.

But thanks to my awesome helper, Vince (my camera guy), I was able to take my first 90 minute class this afternoon in Downtown Missoula.

I consider myself pretty athletic, but when I required to do 26 poses in a room that was 105 degrees, I definitely felt out of my element, and that is a good thing!

There were plenty of times today during the class where my mind was telling me you can't do it just give up, but I knew my body had something more to give, that's the beauty of this type of yoga, you challenge the body and mind together.

One thing that I have learned the last six years of my life is never give up on anything, I haven't done that with my career and I think that carries over to other parts of my life as well.

After class I interviewed several people who I took the class with, some had been doing it for just a couple months others for years.

Some of them were young, some a little older, there was even a tough little 10 year old boy who impressed me with his strength!

At the end of my time at the studio today, I had to shoot a stand up talking about my experience and how I felt after it all...so with my sweaty hair matted to my face, not touching up one part of my face I expressed exactly what I felt...and somewhere in there I found myself saying I was coming back to challenge my mind and body again, so that's exactly what I'm going to do!

Bikram Yoga, a new addition to the lists of challenges in my life...what's yours?

Opening Week- The Good & Bad in Baseball

Baseball is back, and that's a good thing but not everything about opening week was peaches & cream.

We had some ultimate highs and some definite lows.

Let's start with off with some of the disappointments-

Mark Texeria batting average a pathetic .000 (no you're not reading this wrong), you're a Yankee, you get paid mucho dollars, do something about it!

The Mariners, in which every year I hope and pray they will be the club they should be, but only taking one out of four games against the Oakland A's, come on now you have talent, use it and swing the bat!

Poor Houston, the never fail to disappoint, starting off the season 0-3 after the Giants completely shut down their offense (the Astros didn't even score until the 9th inning on Monday).

That brings me to the good news-

Speaking of the Giants, they went 3-0 in their opening series thanks to solid pitching by Tim Lincecum, who threw seven scoreless innings Monday, and Barry Zito who tossed six more on Tuesday.

Atlanta's got a gem in rookie Jason Heyward, who by the way looks 30 not 20 year old. This kid's got drive, smarts, and talent that even Hank Aaron acknowledges, look for him to do some big things this year.

The Oakland A's got off to a good start, and one player who really impressed me center fielder Rajai Davis he's off to a good start batting .316 with a home run, a couple steals, and a downright nasty rob out in center against Milton Bradley on Thursday.

And if you had Vernon Wells on your Fantasy Roster this week you're were happy, the Blue Jay hit four home runs in four games, breaking Toronto's record for homers in opening week.

A hat nod goes out to the Pirates, who never get any love, not too bad of a start (but that might not last that long).

That's all she wrote for now, and if you even think I was going to give any credit to the men in pin stripes, that wil never happen!

Basketball, Busted Brackets, and Butler

I have only been on this earth for 26 years, but that had to have been the best Men's NCAA Tournament I've ever witnessed!

First of all I'm a HUGE college basketball fan and I'm an even bigger fan when it comes time for March Madness.

It was an interesting year for the game, yes we had those dominate teams like Kansas, Syracuse, and Duke but what we should have all been thinking is "Really are any of these teams as good as the media says they are?"

Like many of you, I thought my bracket would be solid this year, I mean how could you go wrong with Kansas and Syracuse as two of the teams in the final four, and more so how could you go wrong with Kansas in the Championship game.

DEAD WRONG, that's how wrong most of us were!

The first round of the tourney was full of good upsets, you had Cornell, Old Dominion, St. Mary's, Murray State, and UNI...out of those five I only had St. Mary's and Cornell moving on, my bracket after day one, good but not close to being great.

Round 2...who knew?

Kansas went down to UNI by two...all I remember thinking during the game is "Oh no there goes my bracket!"

St. Mary's, a team that made the Zags look weak in the WCC title game, was the other big upset in round two when they beat Villanova convincingly, another one bites the dust.

After that I decided two things, one-I'm no longer even checking my standings in the bracket pools and two-this is a d**n good tourney!

We all know the story lines from there on out...Cornell the Cinderella finally lost it's slipper, Kentucky's youth proved to be a weakness, and Butler (I didn't even know where they were located) was paving a path to the Championship game and making history all at once.

As much as I dislike Duke (along with the rest of the country), I still knew putting them in the Championship game was the smart thing to do, and sure enough they beat WV (my other Final Four team), to advance into the title game.

But who thought Butler would really make it all the way...I sure didn't, but I'm glad they did.

That was a match up that was so unlikely but so intriguing...and even though Duke came out with the win, in my opinion Butler didn't lose much.

They've gained the respect of the nation and they've now become the new "America's Team."

Back on Blog Duty-Montana so Far...

It's been awhile since I've taken the time to right down all my thoughts, but I was just thinking the other day that it's about time!

Here's the deal, so far I've had a wonderful time covering sports in Montana.

I arrived here last August after getting married and since then there's been lots of sports news to report on.

Here's the recap:

The Osprey finished their season one game short of a division title, Montana's football team went to the FCS National Championship after some incredible playoff games, Griz Coach Bobby Hauck left UM after 7 seasons, we hired new coach Robin Pflugrad, Montana's basketball team finished their season with a Big Sky Title and a ride to the dance, and former Big Sky grad Josyln Tinkle and Stanford played UConn in the Women's NCAA Championship.

So you're wondering, "What's this crazy girl's point?"

Yes, I'm in Montana and not many people think there is much up here, but for those of you who have never been to the Treasure State, people DO take tons of pride in their teams up here and that's what makes things so exciting.

I don't know if it's been luck thus far in my sports broadcasting career, but everywhere I've been I've managed to come at the right time because dang have I been blessed with what I've been able to cover in my six years in the business.

For now the focus is on "Spring in Montana."

It's a slow time for sports right now, but my brain has already been hard at work coming up with new ideas and stories to keep things busy and fun.

I will keep you all updated on my projects for the next couple months...stay tuned!