Contact/Resume
B.A. in Broadcast Production and Media Management
Minor in Journalism
Point Park University, Pittsburgh, Pa
Alexander Popichak is a collegiate journalist whose photographic and journalistic work has been published with the Point Park Globe, U-View, 90.5 WESA-FM, upgruv, The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Trib Total Media’s Signal Item and IN Community Magazines. He has produced three radio shows, co-produces a television series and is the Editor-in-Chief of the Point Park University Globe.
May 2017 - Present
Reports and prepares pieces for online on wesa.fm and for air on 90.5 FM WESA.
January 2017 - Present
Manage staff as head administrator, coordinate publication and layout, and write pieces
Print circulation: 1,000 Online: 400 Weekly
March 2016 - December 2016
Supervised staff, critiqued layout
September 2015 - Present
Organize score reports from high schools around the Pittsburgh metropolitan area
January 2017 - Present
Write, produce and edit news updates, as well as supervise a news team
October 2016 - Present
Produces, writes, and directs live-to-tape weekly news show for Point Park television station
August 2016 - January 2017
Wrote and produced weekend news updates for college radio station WPPJ
Summer 2016
Aggregated and wrote content for trending news site
Project Highlight: Stanley Cup Tracker
Created by me after the Pittsburgh Penguins won the 2016 Stanley Cup, the Cup Tracker mapped the locations of sightings
across the nation through the end of July.
September 2015 - March 2016
Crafted layout for weekly paper
Distributed pitches to writers
September 2015 - Present
Co-hosts On the Horizon, a weekly variety show
August 2016 - May 2017
Supervised freshmen floor, managed crises and enforced university policy where needed
Planned and executed floor programs and events
September 2015 - May 2016
Represented students in the School of Communication
Assisted in the organization of Pioneer Community Day, an annual community service event for the university community
December 17, 2014
Eagle Project: cleaned and overhauled entryway sign to high school.
Recipient, 2017 Dale Award for Outstanding Broadcast for “NewsNight” (Co-Executive Producer)
Finalist, Society of Professional Journalists Mark of Excellence Award for News Photography, 2017
Winner, Intercollegiate Broadcast System Award for “Best Celebrity Interview,” 2017
Top 50 West, Trib Total Media Outstanding Young Citizen, 2015