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Karrick has covered a variety of
live breaking news stories, both in the anchor chair and on the scene,
including major sporting events such as the Olympic Games and World
Figure Skating Championships to local news. Her professionalism and calm
demeanor, much appreciated by audiences during times of crisis. Karrick excels at articulating
and explaining complex issues,
and using her interview skills to illuminate a topic
or moderate a panel of experts. Karrick combines extensive business
and corporate experience with her broadcasting expertise to better inform her
audience. Her experience in information technology, marketing, sports, and
public relations gives her a unique perspective on current events and
news stories. As both host and producer of talk
shows, Karrick is adept at researching a topic, finding an expert guest,
preparing questions, and conducting interviews. She has knowledge and
contacts for a wide variety of issues. Major market positions in
Karrick’s career include 1010 WINS in New York, WBZ Newsradio 1030 in Boston, WTIC 1080 News in
Hartford, along with WSHU, WFAS, WEBE 108 and WICC 600 in the New York
listening area. She provides television reports for Fox Edge
and ORTV’s Crossroads Magazine, and hosted a network television show
for three years on ION. Karrick
is an advisory board member of Brave Enough to Fail (BETF), where she
uses her depth of experience to offer sound and impartial advice on matters
related to news, media, marketing, and communications. She also works with
clients as a strategic publicist, increasing awareness through
intentional marketing, connections, appearances, and media coverage. As a moderator on election
days, Karrick runs a polling location, managing a team of poll workers. She
has dealt with fights between candidates at the polling location, a voter
arriving with a side arm, an active fire in the building requiring
evacuation, and many other obstacles, all while ensuring uninterrupted voting
and adherence to all voting laws. In the executive offices of Saga
Communications, Karrick used her technology skills to help improve
station programming and ratings, designing and creating detailed data
analysis comparison reports for stations across the country. Her programs
and reports later were shared with developers at a data service company,
allowing any subscribing station to generate similar reports for their own
market. Before entering broadcasting,
Karrick worked for IBM, AT&T, Golf Digest, and Advantage
International (now Octagon), a sports marketing company, as well as public
relations and advertising agencies. Karrick’s public relations expertise
was key in having Nutmeg Curling Club featured on a holiday special of No
Reservations with the late Anthony Bourdain. She also served as a
skiing Killington Mountain Ambassador for eight years, managing a team on the
mountain and assisting ski patrol in emergency situations. She was
part of the inaugural class of her town’s Community Emergency Response
Team (CERT). Karrick was the chairperson of
Fairfield Network of Executive Women, and served as
president of the IBM Club overseeing both required and elective events for
500 IBM employees and their families. Karrick is a Cum Laude
graduate of Hollins University with a degree in Computational Sciences
and has a certificate in Financial Management from the IBM Advanced
Business Institute. Having lived in Paris and Miami, Karrick speaks French
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