Experience
Ginia McFarland has experience in radio and print news. Outside of journalism McFarland has worked in agriculture, customer service and food industries.
Cronkite News Digital Producer – Phoenix, Az
May 2025- July 2025. In Cronkite News McFarland's main responsible was webbing up stories on WordPress, uploading YouTube videos and running social media pages. In addition to her daily duties, she also wrote one digital story and did weekly weathercasts for Cronkite Rewind and YouTube. She used Adobe Audition and Photoshop to edit photos and social videos; she also has experience using Canva to edit social videos as well. For other reporters she made graphics for stories.
KTAR News Desk Editor / Producer – Phoenix, Az
May 2024 - Present. McFarland started as a summer intern and was hired on as a board operator in the fall. Over the year she worked to create on-air stories and write scripts for anchors. In addition to promoting to a desk editor during the morning show, she also fills for producers for other shows. McFarland books guests, edits podcasts and communicates between the control room and newsroom. Even though her time is mainly spent in the newsroom, she also still fills in as a board operator.
KJ ZZ News Intern – Phoenix, Az
January 2024 - May 2024. As a spring intern for the Arizona Capitol Times McFarland wrote articles ranging from legislative coverage to water and education issues across the state. She wrote three articles a month for the online paper.
Arizona Capitol Times Intern – Phoenix, Az
January 2024 - May 2024. As a spring intern for the Arizona Capitol Times McFarland wrote articles ranging from legislative coverage to water and education issues across the state. She wrote three articles a month for the online paper.