Cory Mageors

515 Parkhurst Drive – Dallas, TX 75218

214.868.2256 – cjmageors@hotmail.com
www.corymageors.wordpress.com

EXPERIENCE__________________________________________________________
• Sports Blogger Advocate Magazine Dallas, TX
Report on the Lake Highlands Sports. Conduct live chats on Cover-It-Live during
football games. Write feature stories on all sports for the website and maintain the
sports blog with audio, video and print stories.
www.lakehighlands.advocatemag.com/author/cory-mageors/
[August 20010-present]
• Intern KESN-103.3 FM ESPN Irving,TX
Gathered and edited audio. Worked for The Ben and Skin Show. Covered Dallas
Vigilantes and Texas Rangers. Conducted Man On the Street interviews for video
on ESPN Dallas. Contributed North Texas Perspective segments. Ran boards and
helped produce The Ben and Skin Show.
[May 2010-August 2010]
• Intern KDFW-FOX 4 Dallas, TX
Edited video for B-roll packages for Sports Sunday. Conducted interviews to
report on Rangers games as well as other packages. Logged games for editing for
VO’s and VO-SOT’s.
[May 2010-August 2010]
• Web Producer/Sports Writer Star Local News Plano, TX

Wrote with, edited for and directed a 13 person web staff. Produced, edited and
wrote web shows. Produced feature packages and multimedia web pages. Project
manager on complete website redesign. Covered sports beat for three years in
Allen and Plano.
[August 2006-April 2010]
• Sideline Reporter/Studio Host Champion Sports Radio Dallas, TX
Interviewed high school coaches and players at halftime and after games for live
on-air broadcasts on KVCE-AM 1160. Reported breaking news from sidelines.
Reported halftime and post-game high school football scores around the state.
[August 2007-August 2010]
SKILLS AND STRENGTHS_______________________________________________
• Extensive experience working a sports beat
• Strong print and broadcast writing skills
• Experience gathering, writing and editing on deadline
• Experience with social networking and web oriented media
• Excellent interviewing skills
• Proficient with Adobe Audition, ENCO, Adobe Premiere, AVID, Final Cut Pro,
Pinnacle Studio, Photoshop, InDesign, Quark, Cover-It-Live, Word Press
Audacity and Microsoft Office software
EDUCATION___________________________________________________________
• Bachelor of Arts in Journalism/minor in Sociology and Social Sciences Denton, TX

Mayborn School of Journalism, University of North Texas

[December 2010]
WORK EXPERIENCE___________________________________________________

• Manager Pueblo Arriba Dallas, TX

Managed a bar, kitchen and server staff. Responsible for all managerial duties
including cash deposits in safe, customer service, and food and alcohol inventory.
[July 2004-August 2006]
• IT Manger Graphics Microsystems Inc. Rockwall, TX
Managed a 150 computer network. Built and networked all computers. Interacted
with users in order to solve networking and computer issues.
[September 2002-July 2004]
• Helpdesk Technician Vectrix Dallas, TX
Managed a helpdesk database to help users with technical computer issues.
[July 2001-September 2002]
• Server On the Border Garland, TX
Developed multitasking, consolidation and organization skills.
[July 1998-June 2001]
AWARDS AND ACTIVITIES_____________________________________________
• Named Outstanding Broadcast News Student – Mayborn School 2010
• Awarded C.E. Shuford Scholarship – One of four at the UNT - 2010
• Awarded David T. Lane/Belo Scholarship – One of three in Texas - 2010
• 1st Place Front Page Design TIPA - 2006
• 2nd Place Front Page Design TIPA - 2006
• 1st Place Sports News Story TIPA – 2005
REFERENCES__________________________________________________________
Nann Goplerud Mark Friedman
Interim Chair, Department of News UNT Producer – 103.3 ESPN Radio

Mayborn School of Journalism 400 East Las Colinas Blvd, #1033

Denton, TX. 76203 Irving, Texas 75039
1155 Union Circle, #311460 mark@1033espn.com
goplerud@unt.edu 214-762-8900
940-565-2591 (Internship Advisor)
(Professor)

Kevin Hageland
Regional Sports Editor – Star Community Newspapers
624 Krona Drive, #170
Plano, TX. 75074
khageland@acnpapers.com
214-417-7127
(Editor)