Courtney Bunting
Courtney Bunting
Courtney Bunting is a Reporter at WCIA 3 News. She is also a Multimedia Journalist with a demonstrated history of working in the telecommunications industry. She is skilled in Event Planning, Microsoft Excel, Customer service, Microsoft Word, and Final Cut Pro. She is also a strong media and communication professional.[1]
Early Life
Courtney is from Carmi, Illinois and she attended Southeastern Illinois College between 2011 and 2013 where she took some leadership roles as a Student trustee. She graduate in May 2016 with a degree in Radio, TV, and Digital Media with a specialization in Television Journalism and a minor in Public Relations from Southern Illinois University Carbondale. Courtney, while running her degree program, was the President for Delta Phi Epsilon Sorority and was a member of Golden key Honor Society and Delta Epsilon Lota Honor.
Career
Courtney while running her degree program worked at DeLyte's Cafe at Carbondale, Illinois where she prepare drinks and respond to customer needs. At the same time, she work as a Multimedia Journalist at WSIU-TV in Carbondale, Illinois. At WSIU-TV, She focus on field reporting, on-air weather broadcasts and produce daily on-air broadcast.
After her degree program, she worked at WSIL-TV, Cartervile Illinois for three months. She serve the broadcast station as an Associate Producer who is responsible for editing footage for on-air broadcast, operating studio cameras and directing floors during broadcast. She later moved to Rockford, Illinois to work as a Multimedia Journalist in September 2016. She was there for three years gathering and presenting story ideas in daily newsroom meetings and shooting and editing video for on-air broadcast.
Courtney joined WCIA-TV as a Reporter in March, 2019. She also have experience in business and professional communication, public speaking and presentation[1]
Personal Life
When Courtney isn’t working, she likes to take yoga classes, read, and tend to her growing plant collection.
She also has knowledge of various makeup brands and products from experience in pageantry and television as well as through personal experiment.[3]
She currently resides in Champaign, Illinois.