Jessica Coscia

Spanish, English

Freelance Correspondent, Voiceover Artist, Writer, Producer 2000-Present • Journalist, Web Producer, Photographer, Videographer for FoxNewsLatino.com, FoxNews.com, NBC17.com/MyNC.com (WNCN), TheImmigrationMinute.com, ZSpotlight.com. • TV Host, Voiceover Artist for Surry TV, Yadtel, Fox 50 (WRAZ), NBC17.com/MyNC.com (WNCN), CW22, Univision 40 (WUVC), BB&T “BiBi Talks” audio series, ZSpotlight.com, SouthernStyleSpotlight.com, VisitRaleigh.com. • Co-hosted a public affairs show to address the concerns of North Carolina's fast-growing Hispanic population, "Viva Carolina," which debuted on NBC-17 (WNCN) in 2002 to very positive reviews from state Hispanic leaders, the Hispanic community, and viewers-atlarge. • Speaker, lecturer, workshop and seminar presenter, and emcee for North Carolina Governor’s Conference for Women, North Carolina Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, North Carolina School of Science and Math, The Diamante Awards, North Carolina Society of Hispanic Professionals and Peace College. Relevant Training & Certification • 2009 Panoltia Inc. Spanish Interpreter/Translator Certification • 2006 Health Journalist Policy Institute, Training Scholarship Recipient, The National Health Policy Training Alliance for Communities of Color • 2005 Univision Communications, News Reporter Training, Community Relations Seminar; Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ) Investigative Journalism and Citizen Journalism Training; NC Justice Center Grassroots Lobbying and Research Training Education Peace College August 1997-December 2001 B.A. Mass Communication and Journalism Minor, Spanish-language and Latin American Studies Meredith College August 2009-December 2010 Post-Baccalaureate Pre-Law/Paralegal Certificate Program, Meredith College Technology & Software Video Production: iMovie, Final Cut Express 4, EDIUS 4 Web: Broadcased computer applications and social networking, CMS, HubSpot Software, Bronto, GoToWebinar/Meeting, Skype, Word Press, Blogger, iWeb, Front Page, HTML Microsoft Office: Excel, Publisher, Power Point, Word, Outlook Mac: Microsoft Office for Mac, iLife, iWork Other: Westlaw, LexisNexis, INS Zoom, Intranet Quorum (U.S. House of Representatives constituent relations software As a bi-lingual, bi-cultural multimedia communications professional, I can combine text, audio, video and photos to logically convey a story to virtually any audience efficiently and accurately. Relevant skills include: producing and promoting original multimedia and written content, writing scripts, editing video for broadcast and Internet in both Spanish and English; generating pageviews and audience interaction using interactive web tools, live video streaming, and social media to attract target audiences.