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MEREDITH ROBERTS
VISUAL JOURNALIST
WORK EXPERIENCE
NEWS GRAPHIC DESIGNER | AUSTIN PBS
Austin, TX | Jan. 2025 - Current (7 months)
Researching, producing, visualizing and animating explainer pieces for Decibel and Austin InSight
Marrying motion graphics and data visualization in Adobe Creative Suite with CSV data and ExtendScript
Managing show design and social engagement for a YouTube audience of almost 25,000 members
WEEKLY NEWS INTERN | AUSTIN PBS
Austin, TX | Sept. 2024 - Dec. 2025 (4 months)
Took on full-time graphics responsibilities, creating impactful visuals and animations under tight deadlines
Researching, visualizing data and producing video on key issues like homelessness and voter registration
Collaborating with marketing to design motion graphics and visual assets for new show, Austin InSight
NBC ARTWORKS INTERN | NBCUNIVERSAL
New York, NY | Jun. 2024 - Aug. 2024 (3 months)
Designed, animated, scripted and produced news packages, opens and live-action educational videos
Worked with shows like TODAY, Deadline and MSNBC to create infographics for hard and soft news
Designed and animated interactive graphics for live TV
AUDIENCE FELLOW | THE TEXAS TRIBUNE
Austin, TX | Aug. 2023 - Dec. 2023 (5 months)
As sole member of multimedia team, independently ideated, produced, and animated short videos
Worked with data, audience and reporting teams to create an animated documentary on Texas hate crimes
Researched and condensed written stories for The Brief Weekly and social media presence
EDUCATION
THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN
Moody College of Communication, Radio-Television-Film and Journalism
2021-2025
RELEVANT SKILLS
Adobe Creative Cloud Suite, Canva, Figma, Tableau, D3.js, R, RStudio, Python, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Bootstrap, SvelteKit, AP Style NewsWriting, Longform Writing
CHOSEN PROJECTS
Short Documentary Explainer (2025)
Short Documentary Explainer (2025)
Short Animated Documentary (2023)
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