Lynda Ukemenam has over 15 years of experience in broadcast journalism, writing, and education. She currently works as a Broadcast Intern for the Arizona Legislature, where her duties include producing live broadcasts of legislative meetings, researching bills and profiles, writing stories, and editing recordings. She has also worked as a Learning Enhancement Facilitator and Student Advisor.

1. Lynda Ukemenam, 9013 E. Ludlow Drive, Scottsdale, AZ 85260
Brief Summary of Duties
Degree in a related field or equivalent years of
education and experience
Associates in Journalism
Bachelors in English Literature/African American
Studies (2013)
Masters in Educational Leadership (2016)
15 years’ experience in the professional
writing/mass media environment
Current Experience as a Broadcast Intern January 4, 2016 till Present
My duty as a Broadcast Intern includes television
production of live and current legislative bill
meetings of the 52nd
Legislature – 2nd
Session,
research of archived recordings and profiles of
members of the House of Reps and Senate, writing
of feature/human interest stories, researching of
proposed government bills, research of the bill
sponsors, and the recording of Democratic Caucus
meetings, editing with Adobe Premier, data entry of
bills voted on/struck out and deliberated upon
during the Republican/Democratic Senate and
House Committee Hearings, and filing them
electronically while saving them as .png files. The
editing or trimming of legislative broadcasts on
Granicus equipment includes the process of
uploading docs to the main Granicus server by
previewing the recorded meeting, editing,
trimming, saving the files/agenda items on each
meeting committee from start to finish, and finally
making the file public. Camera work includes set
up to troubleshoot the cameras, preview and test-
recording by using a joystick which zooms into the
Senate seatings, use of the Podium Wide-Shot to
tilt, zoom, focus, pan to maintain head rooms to
Chairpersons/Vice/members of the Senate with a
preview of the VDesk.
My position involves television production of
several human interest stories on an approved topic
with an assigned Cannon 100 C and DJI Osmo
attachable to a mobile phone setting up Wide shot,
Medium shot, and Close ups. One of my feature
stories with a historical angle was the Code Talker
Monument located at the Wesley Bolin Plaza
located in front of the House of Representatives
and the Senate at the State Capitol building of
Phoenix, Arizona.
I go “Live” on the router enabling audio/video
input transition on a Granicus monitor after loading

2. the appropriate committee while maintaining the
12bit rate volume to ascertain perfect audio quality
according to each speaker’s individual voice level.
Using Adobe Photoshop Elements, I do a data entry
style of work by double-clicking on the Lower 3rd
Folder entering numbers of bills, double-clicking
on Committee name folder, double-clicking by
choosing committee template on .psd file and then
double-clicking on the date field. The process
continues into hiding three bill elements by
clicking once on the eye icon next to layer of Bill
number, Short Title, Name/Blue bar and saving the
bills.
Experience as an Enrollment Specialist Summer 2015 experience
Worked with a diverse population of
administrators, faculty, staff, international, ESL &
bilingual students and the public.
Prepped students for advisement into Fall semester
courses at Mesa Community College
Enrolled students for developmental courses in all
courses including STEM for certificate programs.
Current – Online Writer
Experience as a Learning Enhancement Facilitator
based on tutoring students one on one
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Assisted in teaching CRW 150 & CRW 170
creative writing skills for short stories, creative
fiction, poetry and bio memoirs
Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff
Eight years’ experience in teaching & tutoring of
students in developmental courses, rhetoric and
composition
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Awka College of Education, Awka, Nigeria, now
known as Nnamdi Azikiwe University South
Mountain Community College, 2012-2016
Mesa Community College, 2014-2015
Experience in Academic Advisement Provided one-stop student service access to higher
ed, AGEC & MCCCD policies & procedures,
admissions, registration, program & degree
requirements & helped students based on test
scores, referred them to Students Affairs, Disability
Resources, & led executive meetings, student
outreach programs & advised prospective, new &
continuing students for transferability into
universities & one year experience as Adviser,
South Mountain Community College &
Researcher, Pilot Program PAAS – Peer Advising
Program in which I advised students for assessment
and evaluation in developmental courses, reading,
writing, test-taking & researched learning and
implementation intervention strategies &
individualized education planning for non-
traditional students and first generation students &
improved strategies related to test skills & assisted
students with time management & test anxiety .

3. Lynda Ukemenam 9013 E. Ludlow Drive, 602-751-1261Scottsdale, AZ 85260
lukemena@asu.edu, or lu29@nau.edu
Objective: To dedicate my time to empowering others in the accurate dissemination of information,
unbiased news writing and reporting in the age of digital savvy journalism.
Positions sought: News writer/reporter/broadcast journalist
Summary of Qualifications:
I am dedicated to the accurate dissemination of information, unbiased news writing and reporting
in the age of digital savvy journalism. My wealth of experience and interest was generated since I was 16
years old, and I was offered the chance to engage in the compilation of mixed-music-on-record at ESBS
Radio in Enugu – Nigeria. Later, I was hired to work as a Continuity Announcer at ETV – Enugu
Television, and the position entailed announcement of programs scheduled for broadcasts, interviewing,
public service announcements, voice-over commercials, writing and reading the news with OB work.
My current position as a Broadcast Intern includes working accurately on live television
broadcasts. This is the production of live and current legislative bill meetings of the 52nd
Legislature – 2nd
Session, research of archived recordings and profiles of members of the House of Reps and Senate,
writing of feature/human interest stories, research of proposed government bills, research of the bill
sponsors, and the recording of Democratic Caucus meetings, editing with Adobe Premier, data entry of
bills voted on/struck out and deliberated upon during the Republican/Democratic Senate and House
Committee Hearings, and filing them electronically while saving them as .png files. The editing or
trimming of legislative broadcasts on Granicus equipment includes the process of uploading docs to the
main Granicus server by previewing the recorded meeting, editing, trimming, saving the files/agenda
items on each meeting committee from start to finish, and finally making the file public. My daily
camera work includes set up, troubleshooting the cameras, previewing and test-recording by using the
Extreme 3D Pro – Logitech joystick which zooms into the Senate seatings, use of the Podium Wide-Shot
to tilt, zoom, focus, pan to record while maintaining head rooms to Chairpersons/Vice/members and
members of the public that visit the Senate while previewing the VDesk. Further dubbing and duplication
of CDs is on Mac desktops using Adobe Premier.
My experience as a Learning Enhancement Facilitator based on tutoring students one on one for
Mesa Community College leads me to focus on students who are facing financial hardship. This sort of
leadership is based on inclusivity, bilingualism, multi-cultural diversity with a total of eight years’
experience in teaching & tutoring of students in developmental courses, rhetoric and composition and I
also assisted in teaching creative writing skills for short stories, poetry and memoirs at the Awka College
of Education, Awka, Nigeria from 1990 -1998. My experience in advisement may come in handy
because at the South Mountain Community College in the year 2012-2014, during my graduate studies, I
gained experience in the one year advisement experience. My schedule of duties involved my research
work in the pilot program PAAS – Peer Advising Academic Program which enabled to fulfill the
obligation of advising students for assessment and evaluation in developmental courses, reading, writing,
test-taking & researched learning and implementation intervention strategies. I also, improved the
individualized education planning for non-traditional students and first generation students. I improved
strategies related to test skills. I also, assisted students with time management & test anxiety at the South
Mountain Community College from 2014-2015.
Broadcast/Legislative Intern for the AZ Legislature Jan 2016 –
Present 1700 West Washington, Senate Building, Phoenix AZ
Research of bills and editing/trimming of recorded legislative meetings
Recording of live committee legal hearings

4. Television production of live and current legislative bill meetings of the 52nd
Legislature – 2nd
Session
Research of archived recordings and profiles of members of the House of Reps and Senate
Writing of feature/human interest stories & researching of proposed government bills
Research of the bill sponsors and the recording of Democratic Caucus meetings
Editing with Adobe Premier and data entry of bills voted on/struck out and deliberated upon.
Research of bills due for due process during Democratic Senate and House Committee Hearings and
filing them electronically and writing feature stories and interviewing
Enrollment/Intake for Advising Student Specialist Summer 2015
Mesa Community College, Mesa Arizona
Encouraged students in exploring future career and academic plan
Assisting students in understanding purposes and goals in higher education
Monitoring and documenting students’ progress toward meeting individual goals
Learning Enhancement Facilitator 2014-2016
Mesa Community College, Mesa Arizona
I tutored and instructed students in Eng 071, 091, 101 & 102, Communications 225, Education 221,
power point presentations for public speaking.
South Mountain Community College, 2012-2013
Student Services Specialist (Advising)
Provided one-stop student service access to the college support services via phone and email with
information on the functions of higher education & its degree requirements, AGEC & MCCCD policies
& procedures, admissions, registration, program & degree requirements.
Provided information to students based on test scores, and referred them to Students Affairs, Disability
Resources, and other extra-curricular students services
Participated in meetings and student outreach programs
Advised prospective, new & continuing students in academic services for enrollment and transferability
into universities
One year experience as Adviser, South Mountain Community College
Researcher, Pilot Program PAAS – Peer Advising Program 2014-2015
Advised students for assessment and evaluation in developmental courses, reading, writing, test-taking &
researched learning and implementation intervention strategies & individualized education planning for
non-traditional students and first generation students & improved strategies related to test skills
Assisted students with time management & test anxiety
Learning Enhancement Facilitator/English Tutor, South Mtn Community College 2012-2015
Served as a tutor in the Academic Learning Center to encourage, engage, mentor, equip, and share
learning strategies with students to enhance student academic success
Provided instruction to individual or small groups of students to improve academic performance and
prepare for exams in critical writing skills, Basic English composition and essay writing
Assessed student learning and develop and implement intervention strategies, tutoring plans, or
individualized education plans (IEPs) for students
Assisted students in improving strategies related to note-taking, test-taking strategies, preparing for tests,
test anxiety, reviewing & preparing for class and time management
Continuity Announcer, ESBS-TV Enugu City, Enugu State, Nigeria 1990-1993
Reading live/on-air announcements, news reporting, digital recordings, public speaking, announcement of
community service programs scheduled for broadcasts, interviewing the public and politicians, public
service announcements, voice-over commercials, writing and reading the news with OB work.

5. Education
Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff - College of Educational Leadership
Arizona State University, Tempe – College of Liberal Arts & Sciences
Bachelor of Arts in English| Minor in African American Studies
College of Journalism UK | Associates Degree in Journalism
Skills:
Use of Granicus Editing Software, Use of VDesk cameras, DJI Osmo, Cannon C 100, trilingual in Igbo,
French, Spanish and English & five dialects, Legal Analysis of the Media, Advising and Consulting in
Press Relations, Public Relations, Educational Curriculum Development, Educational Advisement,
Counseling, I-start-smart Orientation Skill, Microsoft, Power Point Presentations, Public Speaking, Excel,
Publisher and Word, Ten Key Coding, Lanier Transcription Dictaphone
Independent Literary Works:
Empowering Women in Economic Development, Politics and Social Entrepreneurship - an essay
How to Overcome Adversity; an essay currently in progress
How to Stay in a Happy Relationship or End an Abusive One 2014
Posh Social Media & Random Acts of Kindness 2015
The Penguins Spoke English – short bio prose by South Mountain Community College 2013
Blaming Mom for Everything Wrong? – bio memoir 2013
The New Yam Festival – short narrative prose published by South Mountain College Review ’13
The Gods of American Icons – short story collection 2009
The Shackles of Oruku Threats - narrative bio 2005
The Avalanche of the Shackles – narrative fiction 2006
Hollywood Maids and Lowlifes – short prose on empowerment of women, the girl-child marriages,
harmful traditional practices and human trafficking – awaiting publication
Taking a Bath? -nonfiction text on women’s health/FGM published by Saint Candid House, LLC 1994
Volunteer Experience:
1979 to 1981 Guest artist of Mixed Music on Records ESBS, Enugu
1984 to 1984 Volunteer - Operation Keep Enugu Clean Enugu, Nigeria
1994 to 2000 Fitness Trainer/Instructor at Living Well/24 Hour Fitness New Jersey/NY
2002 to 2004 Volunteer Researcher/Program Coordinator Federal Radio FRCN, Enugu
2011 to 2012 Volunteer Teacher at SASM - Salvation Army School Mission Phoenix, AZ
2013 to 2013 Academic Success Adviser, South Mtn Community College Phoenix, AZ
2013 to 2014 Life-Teen Core Member, St. Patrick’s on 84th and Shea, Scottsdale,AZ
2013 Coordinator of Protecting God’s Children for Phoenix’s Catholic Dioc. Phoenix, AZ
2014 Outreach Coordinator, St. Mary’s Food Bank Phoenix, AZ
2014 Researcher for Advising, South Mountain Community College Phoenix, AZ
2015 Program Coordinator, Sunrise FM 96.1 ESBS, Enugu, Nigeria
2015 to 2016 - The Cynosure Talk Show in Enugu, Nigeria
2016 Special Co-host/Coordinator Divas Express FRCN, Enugu, Nigeria

6. Education
Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff - College of Educational Leadership
Arizona State University, Tempe – College of Liberal Arts & Sciences
Bachelor of Arts in English| Minor in African American Studies
College of Journalism UK | Associates Degree in Journalism
Skills:
Use of Granicus Editing Software, Use of VDesk cameras, DJI Osmo, Cannon C 100, trilingual in Igbo,
French, Spanish and English & five dialects, Legal Analysis of the Media, Advising and Consulting in
Press Relations, Public Relations, Educational Curriculum Development, Educational Advisement,
Counseling, I-start-smart Orientation Skill, Microsoft, Power Point Presentations, Public Speaking, Excel,
Publisher and Word, Ten Key Coding, Lanier Transcription Dictaphone
Independent Literary Works:
Empowering Women in Economic Development, Politics and Social Entrepreneurship - an essay
How to Overcome Adversity; an essay currently in progress
How to Stay in a Happy Relationship or End an Abusive One 2014
Posh Social Media & Random Acts of Kindness 2015
The Penguins Spoke English – short bio prose by South Mountain Community College 2013
Blaming Mom for Everything Wrong? – bio memoir 2013
The New Yam Festival – short narrative prose published by South Mountain College Review ’13
The Gods of American Icons – short story collection 2009
The Shackles of Oruku Threats - narrative bio 2005
The Avalanche of the Shackles – narrative fiction 2006
Hollywood Maids and Lowlifes – short prose on empowerment of women, the girl-child marriages,
harmful traditional practices and human trafficking – awaiting publication
Taking a Bath? -nonfiction text on women’s health/FGM published by Saint Candid House, LLC 1994
Volunteer Experience:
1979 to 1981 Guest artist of Mixed Music on Records ESBS, Enugu
1984 to 1984 Volunteer - Operation Keep Enugu Clean Enugu, Nigeria
1994 to 2000 Fitness Trainer/Instructor at Living Well/24 Hour Fitness New Jersey/NY
2002 to 2004 Volunteer Researcher/Program Coordinator Federal Radio FRCN, Enugu
2011 to 2012 Volunteer Teacher at SASM - Salvation Army School Mission Phoenix, AZ
2013 to 2013 Academic Success Adviser, South Mtn Community College Phoenix, AZ
2013 to 2014 Life-Teen Core Member, St. Patrick’s on 84th and Shea, Scottsdale,AZ
2013 Coordinator of Protecting God’s Children for Phoenix’s Catholic Dioc. Phoenix, AZ
2014 Outreach Coordinator, St. Mary’s Food Bank Phoenix, AZ
2014 Researcher for Advising, South Mountain Community College Phoenix, AZ
2015 Program Coordinator, Sunrise FM 96.1 ESBS, Enugu, Nigeria
2015 to 2016 - The Cynosure Talk Show in Enugu, Nigeria
2016 Special Co-host/Coordinator Divas Express FRCN, Enugu, Nigeria