Kelly Newsome

various UK, various regional US. Casey Kassem, Clint Eastwood, standard announcer, public radio

My first VO was when my family got an answering machines in about 1981 or so. I had figured out how to mimic Ronald Reagan and in my small town that was a big deal. For the past several years my VO experience has been on internal corporate video for AT&T. Interestingly, to me at least, my partner had taken a trip to New York and walked into an AT&T retail store and heard my voice. It seems the sales reps we watching a product training video that I had voiced. My partner said when he told them he knew the person behind that voice, the reps were very excited to know someone who knew the guy that voiced the video. My partner let them know it was not THAT big of a deal! And since he didn’t get a discount, I guess it wasn’t! I have also been the Voice of God for various AT&T corporate events where I introduced senior executives as well as in room announcements like, "Restrooms are on your left as you exit the auditorium." Standard high school play and musicals background. Was in chorus in High School, Junior College and college. Evening classical announcer and daily host of "All Things Considered, Texas News" at KACU-FM in Abilene, Texas. I got my BS in Theology and was working on a Masters in Radio Television Communication at Abilene Christian University. Home studio is functional but sparse at the moment. * I served as Senior Media Production Specialist at AT&T where I produced internal corporate television broadcasts from C-Level executives and below to the entire employee base (273,000). * Authored multiple training documents and served as on-camera talent for MyMetrics Minute, a training tool to support wireline call centers use of web-based reporting tools. * Performed voice-overs for AT&T Executive Compensation Presentation and AT&T Business Production Installations. * Recipient of several awards from the Associated Press including the Mark Twain Award for Excellence in Journalism and won several student competitions in Television broadcasting. I have worked with some top notch video productions teams and have references upon request.