Madeliene landed her start in the industry summer '17 in New York after landing a job as the Executive Assistant to the CFO of FOX News Channel and FOX Business Network. Serving in this role has been an invaluable experience for Madeliene allowing her to gain great insight on the industry from within working closely with the top leaders in the business. After two and a half years with the company, Maddy was promoted to Project Supervisor for Finance and International Distribution. Maddy leads a number of initiatives; i.e. staff and manager training series, a company catering deep dive into costs and consumption, managing mentoring opportunities and most recently the COVID-19 Team Support Task Force. Her responsibilities have ranged from managing team operations to handling client requests from our International Affiliates. She has also worked to fully update the International Affiliate website as well as streamline departmental workflow processes for the finance team.
Madeliene is a Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania native and graduate of Penn State University with a bachelor's degree in Broadcast Journalism and a minor in Spanish. As a member of the John Curley Center, she also received a certificate in Sports Journalism upon graduating in December '16.
Prior to joining FOX News, Maddy worked at KDKA-TV | CBS Pittsburgh as a summer intern where she gained experience in sports and news reporting. Working closely with reporters on assignment in the field gave her a hands-on experience in the industry. She also spent a month in Atlanta covering the WNBA Atlanta Dream for SB Nation's Swish Appeal.
Maddy wrapped up her college career as an anchor and reporter for the Emmy award-winning program
"Centre County Report" broadcast in 29 counties. She also worked for Penn State Athletics and the Big Ten Network as a Live Production and BTN Student U Intern assisting with the production of Penn State sporting events for live streams and video boards.
Over winter break '15, Madeliene spent her time working on a long-term independent project covering the renowned Peters Township High School Dance team and their journey to UDA Nationals in Disney World for a short documentary she produced.
Madeliene also has expressed a strong desire to positively impact her community as a volunteer for Penn State's Dance Marathon for Pediatric Cancer. "THON" is the largest student-run philanthropy in the world and has raised $136+ million. Madeliene served as a member of the Communications Committee her freshman year. The following year she was selected to serve on the prestigious Entertainment Committee of only 30 students campus wide.
She spent summer '14 in Atlanta with Coca-Cola Studios working as a Video Production Intern. Some of the highlights included assisting producers and videographers on set and conducting research for new projects. While Madeliene was in Atlanta, she also worked as a Project Management Intern at Brunner, a leading independent advertising agency.
Through other on-campus involvements, Madeliene was able to carry out her passion for the industry while attending Penn State. As a member of PSNtv, the only student-run television network at the university, she participated in several shows as a reporter, host and studio crew member. Prior to her television experience, Madeliene was a student reporter and anchor for ComRadio News, where her favorite job was conducting interviews for the live radio broadcast.
MADELIENE MAGGS
"Be fearless in the pursuit of what sets your soul on fire." -Jennifer Lee