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Interviewing Rickey Henderson during Spring Training´02 in St.Petersburg, Florida

Summary

I have been involved with Sports Media since my early years in college, and with Baseball, probably all my life. From play-by-play game announcements of Venezuelan Little League Baseball to Major League Baseball in Television, passing thru the production of several successful programs on Baseball, I have gone thru most of all the production tasks in Radio and Television: Anchor, Reporter, Producer, Editor, Director, Logger, Assistant, Programmer and even responsible for Marketing and Promotion.

Currently on...

I am currently in my first year at the University of Florida, in Gainesville, USA, where I am pursuing a Masters degree in Mass Communication with concentration in Telecommunications.

I also serve as a permanent Sports Analyst for CNN En Español Radio, CNN´s Spanish radio service for affiliated stations in 15 countries in America.

Education

Bachelor of Humanities in Social Communications.The University of Zulia, Major: Audiovisual Journalism. Maracaibo,Venezuela. 2001
Radio and Television Commercial Announcer National License.The University of Zulia. Maracaibo,Venezuela.2001.

English as a Second Language Program (ESL). High Intermediate Course. Xavier University, Cincinnati, Ohio,USA. 1995

English as a Second Language Degree.The Venezuelan-American Center of Zulia-CEVAZ. Maracaibo,Venezuela.1994

Internships

Production Assistant and Reporter for CNN En Español-Sports. Atlanta, GA, USA. 2000
Sports Reporter and Colaborating Analyst for CNN En Español Radio. Atlanta, GA. USA. 2000-2002

Professional Experience

Television

General Producer and Anchor for: A la Carga!. Weekly Program of the Zulia Eagles. Broadcasted in 10 stations in Venezuela. 1998-2002
Video Productions Coordinator. Zulia Eagle´s. 1999-2002

Anchor and General Producer for Tripleplay Sports Productions Inc. "Baseball Zone". Broadcasted in 5 stations in Venezuela. Produced in the United States. 1998-2001.
Spring Training 2002. Tripleplay Sports Productions Inc. Broadcasted in 8 stations in Venezuela. Produced in the United States. 2002.

General producer and anchor in "A la Carga!".Televiza. Maracaibo, Venezuela. 2001-2002.
Baseball Play-by-play announcer. Zulia Eagles Broadcasting Staff. Televiza. 2001.
General producer and anchor in "Acción Deportiva". Televiza. 2002.
General producer and anchor in "Spring Training 2002". Televiza. 2002.

General producer and anchor in "Baseball Zone". Globovisión. Maracaibo, Venezuela. 2001.

Play-by-play sports announcer, color analyst and producer for Niños Cantores Televisión-NCTV-Maracaibo, Venezuela. 1996 – 1999.
General producer and anchor in "A la Carga!".NCTV. 1998-2000.
General producer and anchor in "Baseball Zone".NCTV. 1999-2000.
Sports Director for NCTV. 1999-2000.

Sports Reporter and producer. NetUno Channel. Maracaibo, Venezuela. 1998-1999.
Play-by-play announcer and producer for Major League Baseball´s “Game of the Week”. NetUno Channel. 2000.
General producer and anchor in "A la Carga!".NetUno Channel.1998-2002.
General producer and anchor in "Baseball Zone".NetUno Channel. 1998-2001.

Radio

Play-by-play announcer and General Producer. Zulia Eagles Broadcasting Staff for LUZ FM 102.9. Maracaibo, Venezuela, 1999-2001
Co-host and producer of "A la Carga! Radio". LUZ FM 102.9. 1999-2001.

Sports Anchor and writer. LUZ FM 102.9 News Department. Maracaibo, Venezuela. 1997-2000.
Play-by-play announcer and General Producer for: Major League Baseball´s “Game of the Week”. LUZ FM 102.9. 1998-2000.
Co-Host of the variety program: "The 4 Guys´s Show" .LUZ FM 102.9. 2001.

Special reporter for the XVIII Central American and Caribbean Games. Reports for all spanish speaking affiliated stations in the world. Deutsche Welle - The voice for Germany. Maracaibo, Venezuela. 1998.

Co-Host of the variety program: "The 4 Guys´Show". Reloj 93 FM. Maracaibo, Venezuela. 2001.

Play-by play Announcer, Sports Anchor and Producer for several programs. 580 AM and 850 AM. Maracaibo, Venezuela. 1996 – 2001.

Media and Sports Management

Partner and Production Director for Tripleplay Sports Productions Inc. Production, Advertising and Consulting Sports Media company. Maracaibo, Venezuela. 1998-2002

Special Coverage

Major League Baseball Spring Trainings. 1998-2002. USA.
Major League Baseball Regular Season Games. 1999-2002. USA
Caribbean Baseball World Series. Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. 2000
Major League Baseball All-Star Game. Turner Field, Atlanta, USA. 2000.
NFL Pre Season Games. USA. 2000.
Central American and Caribbean Games. Maracaibo, Venezuela. 1998.

Organization Membership

National Association of Journalists- Venezuela.
National Circle of Sport Journalists of Venezuela- Zulia Chapter.
National Syndicate of Radio and Television Workers of Venezuela.
Hispanic Communicators Association- University of Florida.

Computer Skills

Handling of the following software packages:

Windows XP. Office 2000 (Power Point, Word, Excel, Front Page).
Adobe Premiere 5.0 and 6.0
Adobe Photoshop 5.0, 6.0 and 7.0
News processing and editing: Newswire, Avstar, Quantel Newsbox.

Personal

Leonte Alcides Landino Valbuena, many people know me just by "Leo". My birthday is on December 20th. 1978. I was born in Maracaibo, Venezuela. I Graduated from Los Robles High School in Maracaibo. Played Baseball in High School until AA Amateur Category.

Now, I enjoy playing softball and practice batting in cages. Like to travel a lot and to listen practically all kind of GOOD music, specially Latin beats. I love Playstation Baseball and Cars games. I am also a Big fan of Japanese Cartoons (Anime). If you are asking yourself who would be my favorite baseball player: New York Yankees´ Don Mattingly """"23"""". (Well, now I like Derek Jeter!)