1. Natalia Dagenhart
Journalist/Television Skills and Experience
1. Writing articles about cultural and social events as a community contributor for
the websites of the Chicago Tribune (local news) and Naperville Patch,
2013 – present
2. Transcribing
1. TLN Aspiring Women “Remembering 9/11” February - March 2006
2. TLN Aspiring Women “MADD” March - April 2006
3. TLN Aspiring Women “Acres of Hope” July - August, 2006
4. TLN Aspiring Women “From Rape to Restoration” August, 2006
5. TLN Aspiring Women “No Place to Call Home” July, 2006 (This episode, to
which I contributed the most, won an Emmy award in 2007).
3. Assisting a Floor Director
1. Was trained to be a floor director – TLN “Aspiring Women” October 2006
2. Was trained to be a floor director – TLN, “TLN Live” October – December
2006
3. Was trained to be a floor director – TLN “For Better, For Worse, For Keeps”
October – December 2006
4. Directed live shows with some help from a freelance floor director – TLN,
“TLN Live” November – December 2006
5. Directed live shows with some help from a freelance floor director – TLN “For
Better, For Worse, For Keeps” November – December 2006
4. Directing shooting
1. TV Company Arsenal, Russia, February 1999 – December 2001
2. TLN Aspiring Women “No Place to Call Home” July 2006
5. Writing stories for news programs
1. Government TV Station “Udmurtia”, Russia, 1997 and September 2001
2. TV Company Arsenal, Russia, 1999 – 2001
6. Putting my voice over news reports and shows
1. Government TV Station “Udmurtia”, Russia, 1997
2. TV Company Arsenal, Russia, 1999 – 2001
7. Interviewing guests – TV Company Arsenal, Russia, February 1999 – December
2001
8. Working on camera, hosting shows, anchoring – TV Company Arsenal, “City
Blocks” Show, Russia, 2000
9. Directing editing – TV Company Arsenal, Russia, 1999 – 2001
10. Logging and capturing

2. 1. TLN Aspiring Women “From Rape to Restoration” September 2006
2. TLN Aspiring Women “Acres of Hope” September 2006
3. TLN Aspiring Women “A Prodigal Brother” December 2006
11. Choosing topics for shows
1. TV Company Arsenal, Russia, February 1999 – December 2001
2. TLN Aspiring Women 2006
12. Finding statistics that are used by hosts
1. TLN Aspiring Women “Losing Myself” April 2006
2. TLN Aspiring Women “No Place to Call Home” July 2006
3. TLN Aspiring Women “Why Me?” April 2006
13. Creating questions for guests
1. For Jan Coates – TLN Aspiring Women February 2006
2. For Lynne Hybels – TLN Aspiring Women March 2006
3. For Chrystal Hansen – TLN Aspiring Women April 2006
14. Creating “blue cards” for hosts – TLN Aspiring Women June 2006
15. Deciding which shots of b-roll are needed for news reports – TV Company
Arsenal, Russia, February 1999 – December 2001
16. Organizing re-enactments and participating in them - TLN 2006
17. Choosing music for shows and participating in putting it in
1. TLN Aspiring Women “Losing Myself” May 2006
2. TLN Aspiring Women “No Place to Call Home” July 2006
3. TLN Aspiring Women “Acres of Hope” September 2006
4. TLN Aspiring Women “Ultimate Sacrifice” September 2006
5. TLN Aspiring Women “From Rape to Restoration” September 2006
18. Scheduling interviews
1. TV Company Arsenal, Russia, February 1999 – December 2001
2. TLN Aspiring Women “No Place to Call Home” July 2006
19. Arranging interviews
1. TV Company Arsenal, Russia, February 1999 – December 2001
2. TLN Aspiring Women “No Place to Call Home” July 2006
20. Assisting producer in organizing studio and b-roll shooting
1. Assisting in organizing studio shooting – TLN Aspiring Women June 2006
2. Assisting in organizing b-roll shooting – TLN Aspiring Women July 2006
21. Learn fast and ready to learn more