Michelle Ponto
Working as a TV web reporter, Michelle has over 15 years of journalism and multi-media experience. She specializes in writing content for interactive media, magazines and television that ranges from articles and video games, to scripts, commercials and screenplays.
Local Availability: I am living in Sacramento, California. I have clients across
the U.S., in Canada, and in the UK. I'm more than willing to travel.
Media Experience
Web content writer; TV Pilots and screenwriting; Interactive games and online contests; articles; journalist; content writer
Biographical Note
Michelle has a BAA in Communications, an Honors BA in Fine Arts, a diploma in Fitness Leadership, and a second diploma in Finance, but really, deep down, she has always been a writer. With over a decade of freelance writing and journalism experience, she has written articles ranging from lifestyle and food, to bioscience and steel engineering, to the covering breaking news stories for CBS.
In addition to writing about everything under the sun, Michelle worked for many years as a copywriter for various fortune 500 companies in such industries as fashion, publishing, event management, information technology, television and non-profit. She has also worked for Discovery Channel, CBS News, New York Times, Home Shopping Network, Harlequin and a number of advertising agencies.
Michelle is a produced screenwriter and published author. Over the years she has written everything from feature films and TV pilots, to corporate video scripts, commercials, and interactive animation. She has a flair for making words and stories come "alive", and one of her specialties is taking treatments and screenplay drafts, and turning them into polished scripts. Always open to new adventures, Michelle has been known to try anything once (and the good things more than once).
For samples of her writing, please visit her website at http://www.michelleponto.com
Published Writings
RECENT PRODUCED AND PUBLISHED WORKS (partial list):
Model Search feature film (optioned 2007)
Dream Girl feature film (optioned 2007)
Waiting short film (optioned 2006)
Al short film (2006)
Interactive Guide to HD Discovery Channel (March 2006)
Being IT – Series of three commercials (Nov. 2005)
Simply Luxury Infomercial (March 2006)
Inspired Urban Design with Krista Watterworth – TV Pilot, Sept. 2005
Success Doesn’t Come in a Bottle (Sina Printing) – Infomercial, Sept. 2005
Traveler Joe (Foster Parent’s Plan) – Online game script, March 2005
Fiction:
'The Soul Hunter.' When Graveyards Yawn - Anthology. Crowswing Books, Sept. 2006
'Mission Rejected.' New Wave of Speculative Fiction- Anthology. Crowswing Books, Sept. 2005
Non Fiction:
Buff Dad: The four week fitness game plan for real guys
Numerous news and magazine articles – available upon request
Professional writing experience:
TV Pilots
News stories
Magazine articles
Court blogger and entertainment blogger
Reporter
Interactive:
Segment writer and producer
Web content and web producing
Video games
e-Training modules
Animation scripts
Commercials and infomercials
Contact Details
Michelle Ponto, Sacramento, CA USA
Phone: 901-483-1924
Internet: http://www.michelleponto.com
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