Claudia Kelly-Bazan

Sweeps

The job is to inform the people. But we all know ratings play an important role in the news industry. Sweeps can make or break a station. Claudia fully understands the importance and works hard year-round to create memorable pieces. 

Special Projects

Covid-19 Long Hauler
Claudia Kelly-Bazan pitched this story, did the interview, wrote and edited the long-form piece. It tells the challenging journey a 27-year-old is facing. Seven months after testing positive for COVID-19, she is still showing symptoms. Noelle Lashley is a COVID-19 long hauler.

Absolutely Arizona
Claudia was the producer for a weekly, sponsored series. She maintained the shoot and air dates for each package and digital piece. In addition to that, she created original content on social media to tease viewers to the 6 p.m. package. She also field-produced on the shoots and helps edit final packages. 

Operation Safe Roads
KGUN 9 has a station franchise to inform our community. Claudia serves as the producer on the franchise committee. She meets weekly with management and the digital team to decide on what new angles we can cover. She also plays a role in making sure our digital coverage of each story is in-depth when reporters are on a time-crunch.

Sports Specials
Claudia has helped produce several sports special at FOX 5 Atlanta. Before that she also single-handedly produced sports specials for KGUN 9 including writing content, pitching and assigning stories to reporters, and production to do a live-to-tape filming. 

World's Destiny
Claudia produced and directed a first-of-its-kind Facebook-only show for KGUN 9. This was a new show surrounding the 2018 FIFA World Cup. Two of our soccer-fanatic reporters served as the Anchors of the show. Claudia was a one-man band. She was in charge of producing the show, making graphics, being the director and audio operator, as well as pushing the show on all KGUN 9 social media platforms.