Liz Pulver
About Me
Liz Pulver attended Stony Brook University, where she graduated Cum Laude with a B.A. in Journalism and a concentration in Public Affairs and Public Policy. She was a member of the university's NCAA Division 1 women's volleyball team, with which she made two NCAA Tournament appearances and served as a captain in her senior year.
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Liz has a passion for telling stories that highlight and advocate for marginalized groups in a creative way and human interest stories through the lens of sports, social justice and pop culture. She is known for taking risks with her video production and has been recognized for her ability to bring stories to life that enable change and break from the status quo.
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Student
Athlete
During her time at Stony Brook, Liz served as the Creative Content Intern for the Athletic Department, the Executive Producer of The Stony Brook Newsbreak and the Social Media Manager for the Life Skills Office in Athletics. She was also a part of a group of students who conceptualized and launched the School of Journalism’s first digital-style news show, "The 631."
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In April 2020 Liz was recognized as a Top 20 finisher in the TV News II category of the 2019-2020 Hearst College Journalism Awards for one of her packages for "The 631." She also won the Dean of Student's Award for Excellence in Video Journalism, an Undergraduate Recognition Award for Academic Excellence, and made the Dean's List every semester.
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Liz interned at a variety of news outlets such as Newsday Media Group, WSHU Public Radio Group and the Sag Harbor Express News.
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During her college career Liz also served as one of 30 Student Ambassadors for the university, a PACK Mentor to freshman athletes, a teaching assistant and as a member of the School of Journalism Advisory Board.​ Liz was also the emcee for the athletic department's annual awards banquet and Lip Sync Battle.
After living her entire life in Southern California, Liz decided to accept a four-year NCAA Division 1 scholarship and move across the country to Long Island to play volleyball and expand her horizons.
During her time at Stony Brook Liz helped lead her team to the program's first America East Conference championships and NCAA Tournament appearances.
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Division 1 athletics instilled Liz with a competitive spirit and strong work ethic that makes her want to take the time to perfect her craft, not just to simply get things done. She found individual success as a team captain, three-time All Tournament Team Selection and team kill leader her senior year.
Being a student-athlete also ingrained Liz with teamwork and leadership skills. Her time as an athlete not only taught her how to work with others to accomplish a goal but to do so in a leadership position alongside all different types of people and personalities.
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Having this drive for success while being involved in many different areas has made effective time management Liz's bread and butter. She maintained A’s in her journalism classes while also spending 20-40 hours every week on volleyball commitments and being involved in extra-curricular activities around campus.
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Work Experience
August 2019- May 2020
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Scripted, shot, performed on-camera standup and edited video packages highlighting NCAA Division 1 sports teams for their social media channels
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Filmed live sporting events and edited footage for cinematic-style game recaps and social media posts
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Created social media and recruiting content for the Stony Brook Football Program
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Designed graphics used across social media platforms and displayed in public
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Strategized how to grow social media following and overall fan base through visual media initiatives
Executive Producer- "The Stony Brook Newsbreak"
January- May 2020
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Produced weekly news broadcast- including writing and editing scripts
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Compiled student work and filmed anchor intros and outros for "The Stony Brook Newsbreak from Exile" during the COVID-19 quarantine
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Determined all content and delegated story assignments to students
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Created show graphics with Adobe After Effects and Ross Xpression
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Ran control room operations and communicated with team members on the floor to execute the show
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September- December 2019
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Conceptualized and launched an all-new digital news show created by and for college students
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Created graphics, wrote scripts and served as the host for bi-weekly shows
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Produced feature and explainer-style videos on a variety of topics from the gender roles in tango to the California wildfires to dopamine fasting
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Social Media Intern- Newsday Media Group
June- July 2019
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Used Adobe Premiere Pro to inform over 39,000 Instagram followers about the news through stories and native posts
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Conducted Facebook-Live videos for a page with over 660,000 likes
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Pitched and created newsworthy and engaging social media content
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Reporting Intern- WSHU Public Radio Group (NPR Affiliate)
May- July 2019
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Wrote, recorded and edited several local and national news stories per day
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Conducted interviews over the phone and at press conferences with government officials, advocates and scientists for a variety of stories
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Life Skills Digital Design & Social Media Intern- Stony Brook Athletics
February- May 2019
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Designed graphics used across social media platforms and displayed in public
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Created engaging content promoting events and happenings throughout the athletic department
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Served as student-athlete representative on the Athletics Events and Celebrations Committee
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East End News Project Intern- Sag Harbor Express News
June- August 2018
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Pitched and wrote a long-form page one article about preventing future opioid addiction
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Gathered research for a coalition of newspapers reporting in-depth on the local impacts of the opioid crisis
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Sought out and interviewed first responders, counselors and government officials
Education
Stony Brook University
August 2016- May 2020
B.A. in Journalism on the Visual/Web Track
Concentration in Public Affairs/Public Policy
Cum Laude, 3.7 GPA
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