Leah Britton
she/her
Multimedia Creative Journalist
Focused Journalist delivers consistent, high-quality work across every assignment. Offers 4 years in University newsroom leadership experience and top-notch abilities in writing, reporting and editing. Strong verbal and written communicator with an extensive background in cultivating positive relationships and exceeding goals.
Hello!
I'm Leah Britton, a recent graduate of the University of Arizona with a B.A. in Broadcast Journalism. I have experience with a range of photo editing, audio, and video production programs and enjoy the challenge of learning new things everyday. Passionate about storytelling, I strive to amplify voices that often go unheard.
Currently, I serve as a TEGNA Producer-in-Residence at 13News Now in Norfolk, where I jumped into producing weekday evening and weekend morning newscasts right out of college. I work closely with reporters, fellow producers, and production teams to craft dynamic and compelling broadcasts, ranging from 30 minutes to 2 hours, ensuring each show is engaging and impactful. In addition to my producing role, I contribute as a digital producer, writing articles and creating engaging content for our online platforms and streaming apps.My broadcasting journey began in my freshman year as a reporter for UATV3, the University of Arizona's student-run broadcasting station, where I honed my skills and passion for storytelling. I gained beneficial experience with studio equipment and creating powerful visual news. The following year, I was selected as News Director, where I took on the responsibility of organizing the logistics behind our news content. This included assigning reporters to stories, collaborating with the executive board, and ensuring the station operated efficiently and seamlessly.During my junior year, I was honored to be selected as General Manager of UATV3 by the Arizona Student Media Advisors Board. In this leadership role, I managed the station's operations, which included recruiting, selecting, and training new reporters, innovating our content, and analyzing social media algorithms to expand our audience. One of the highlights of this position was building strong connections with campus leaders, including fostering a new partnership with the university’s student government and the School of Journalism.As General Manager, I also directed and produced our weekly broadcasts, while delegating studio roles to reporters and production members to ensure they gained hands-on, valuable studio experience.In 2022, I began working at Arizona Public Media (AZPM), Southern Arizona's PBS and NPR affiliate, as the Assistant Producer of Arizona Spotlight. Arizona Spotlight is a weekly arts and entertainment radio show. In this role I coordinated and schedule interviews with a variety of guests on a daily basis. I also conducted and edited all of my own content to be featured on our show frequently. In addition to the journalistic work required of me in this role, I received extensive experience in audio engineering and editing. I worked behind the soundboard everyday at AZPM, engineering studio sessions for many of our newsroom’s contributors. I was also responsible for the weekly webpage that accompanies each of our episodes, which I create using HTML coding.My senior year I served as UATV3's Executive Producer. In this role, I wrote every script for each of our newscasts and had a hands-on role shaping our content. In the spring, the School of Journalism selected me to be the 2024 Don Bolles Fellow. For this opportunity, I moved up to Phoenix to report on the happenings at the Arizona State Legislature for the Arizona Mirror, a trusted digital publication focused on local and national politics. There, I got a chance to not only see local government at work first-hand, but also make meaningful connections with lawmakers, lobbyists and community members to add depth to our coverage.I have a wide variety of interests, ranging from environmental activism to pop culture, especially music. In my free time, I enjoy reviewing and dissecting new music from my favorite artists as well as exploring the planet through photography!
Below, I've linked my author profiles from past publications, as well as some of my favorite articles of mine!
During my time at The School of Journalism, I have had the chance to hone in on my skills as a multimedia reporter. Below, are some samples of my multimedia reporting work!
Senior Year
Junior Year
Sophomore Year
As a part of my role as Assistant Producer for AZPM's Arizona Spotlight, I create stories that shine a light on the rich and diverse culture of Tucson, as well as stories I want to bring to the attention of my community. In addition to working on show content, I engineer most of the interviews and segments we air, and I am responsible for the weekly webpages that accompany our shows.Below you will find links to some of the many pieces of mine that have aired on Arizona Spotlight. Each of my interviews are completely done by me, from pitch to publish! This includes al editing, which I do using Adobe Audition.
My interview with Arizona Theatre Company's Artistic Director, Chanel Bragg ahead of her first show run.
My interview with Kevin Kantor, the lead actor in a travelling production of "The Legend of Georgia Mcbride."
My interview with the founders of QUEER AF, a local non-profit that organizes monthly events to unify Tucson's queer community.
My interview with Amy Guglielmo, the creative director of the new Reading Rainbow: LIVE!
My interview with KIDZ AT PLAY, a creative collective from Richmond, Virginia.
Click the image below to visit the Arizona Spotlight homepage, where you can view the webpages I have created for past episodes.
Going forward, I have a great interest in becoming a News Producer. I have had the chance to practice putting together entertaining and informative newscasts at UATV as the current Executive Producer. In this role, I construct each of our weekly newscasts, as well as write the scripts and create all of the graphics. This has given me great insight on what it takes to not only draw in an audience, but convince them to stick around for the duration of the show. I have had so much fun trying new ways to make our shows more exciting, like the new segment "Wildcat Recap" that I created and built a graphic for. Below, you will find a few of the shows that I have written that I am most proud of!