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MEREDITH ROBERTS
VISUAL JOURNALIST
WORK EXPERIENCE
NEWS GRAPHIC DESIGNER | AUSTIN PBS
Austin, TX | Jan. 2025 - Current (3 months)
Researching, fact-checking and cleaning data to report for televised, animated graphics and images
Creating motion graphics data visualization templates in Adobe After Effects that can import csv files
Managing animation responsibilities for weekly news show, Austin InSight, and other Austin PBS entities
DIRECTOR | ANIMATION DEPARTMENT, TEXAS STUDENT TELEVISION
Austin, TX | Jul. 2024 - Current (8 months)
Creating pitches, storyboards, characters, background art and audio environments
Teaching volunteers animation principles
Organizing and managing short form projects
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
PROJECTS REPORTER | THE DAILY TEXAN
Austin, TX | Jan. 2024 - May 2024 (5 months)
Analyzed student debt data in RStudio for infographics
Investigated policies enacted by Texas Legislature
Researched and fact-checked data and sources
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, AP Style News Writing, Longform Writing
CHOSEN PROJECTS
Motion Graphics Open (2024)
Feature Story (2024)
Short Animated Documentary (2023)
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