​JOSH BLESSING

Work Experience

 

Minnesota Athletics, Digital Media Producer - 2014 - Current

• Executive producer for "Raise the Barn," a behind-the-scenes web series featuring Minnesota basketball

• Produce in-game video content for Gopher football, basketball, baseball, softball, volleyball and women's hockey

• Executive producer for all Olympic sport intro videos

• Assist in production of "Brick by Brick," a behind-the-scenes web series covering Minnesota football

• In-game editor for Gopher football

• In-game editor for Minnesota Vikings

Minnesota Athletics, New Media Intern - Summer 2013 - 2014

• Co-producer of "Brick by Brick" and "Raise the Barn," two behind-the-scenes web series featuring Gopher football and basketball

• Produce video content featured on "The Journey" Big Ten Baskteball 2014

• Shoot, edit, produce video highlights of all Gopher sports including Minnesota's Texas Bowl game vs. Syracuse in Houston, TX

• Served as play-by-play for Big Ten Network Student U 

​ESPN, Indianapolis 500 Runner - Summer 2013

• Worked directly with producers and talent building the ESPN TV set

• Assisted in various roles within the TV booth and ESPN truck

• Transported talent, directors, producers etc. to and from site locations

Ball State Sports Link, Member - 2010 - 2013

• Nationally recognized immersive-learning sports program

• "Coaching From Above," 2012 Emmy entry

• Host of Emmy-winning monthly magazine TV show "Be a Fan" airing on WIPB, Comcast Indiana and Fox College Sports nationally

• Analyst for award-winning Ball State football studio show "3rd Down Chirp"

• Script, shoot, edit and produce feature stories on all Ball State sports

• Broadcast Ball State sports in various TV broadcast positions (Color analyst, producer, camera, audio etc.)

• Content seen on Fox College Sports, Xfinity, MAC-Sports.com and ballstatesports.com

WISH TV 8, Freelance Photographer - Fall 2012 - Spring 2013

• Shot and edited highlights, wrote anchor scripts for Friday night football and basketball

London Olympics 2012, BSU at the Games - Summer 2012

• Interviewed 100+ Olympic athletes during Team USA Media Summit in Dallas, including three-week trip in London for the Olympics

• Produced video/written features on USA boxers, swimmers, divers and many other athletes

• Content published on Huffington Post website

• Hosted hour-long Olympic Special show in Trafalgar Square airing nationally on Fox College Sports

• Olympic Blogs 1) Thoughts from a plane over Dallas 2) The power of passion

WSBT 22, Sports Intern - Summer 2012

• Shot and edited local sports' highlights for anchors

• Produced video features on high school basketball and motorcross racing

• Assisted in coverage of Senior PGA Championship

Turner Sports, Social Media Producer - 2011 - 2012

• Recognize Twitter and Facebook trends during the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament

• Determine and edit featured game highlights within all March Madness applications (IPhone & IPad)

• Work directly with Mass Relevance for real-time social media analysis

• Produced content for official March Madness Twitter account

• Traveled to Turner Sports studios in Atlanta to provide content for MM Live app during first-round games

WXIN (FOX 59), Sports Intern - Summer 2011

• Shot and edited video content for reporters' sports segments daily

• Assisted in coverage of Indy 500, Brickyard 400, WNBA and 2011 NBA Draft in Indianapolis

• Produced video feature stories on NBA, WNBA, NFL, IndyCar and MLB athletes

• Covered Indy Pro Am NBA Summer League

Fox Sports Indiana & Sports Time Ohio, 2011-2012

• FS Indiana stats coordinator for IHSAA Regional football TV broadcast

• STO freelancer for Ball State vs. Toledo TV basketball broadcast

Ball State Daily News, Sports Reporter - 2009-2012

• Award-winning student-run newspaper

• Published more than 120 articles since Fall 2009

• Covered men's basketball, men's tennis, softball and field hockey