Meet the Bureau Chiefs

Sept. 10, 2008— -- Robert Bradfield knew at an early age that television news was his passion. Growing up on Florida's space coast provided him the unique opportunity to watch every shuttle launch from his driveway and witness firsthand how hurricanes can change entire communities. This led to his enrolling at the University of Florida, where he is majoring in telecommunications-news. Bradfield began interning at the local ABC affiliate in Gainesville, Fla., WCJB, as a freshman in 2005. He quickly rose through the ranks from weekend assignment editor to associate producer for the morning and late-night newscasts and has most recently served as a producer and student reporter for the nightly 10 p.m. broadcast on the CW television network. During this time, he was recognized by the Florida Associated Press for contributing to a news series, "360 Degrees of Homelessness," which followed the plight of one North Central Florida family coping with the effects of being without a permanent home. Bradfield also reported and anchored for the on-campus radio and television stations, WUFT-FM and WUFT-TV. In his spare time, he enjoys watching the news, of course, and cheering on the Florida Gators and the Jacksonville Jaguars.

Emily Graham was born and raised in western Pennsylvania in a family where a strong work ethic, integrity and appreciation for the diversity of others were instilled in her from an early age. As an ingenious teenager with an open mind and heart, she enrolled in a high school television production class that ignited a spark for the news. The result was an interest and passion for news that led to her enrolling at the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism at Arizona State University. Once at ASU, Graham sought out every available opportunity in the fast-growing metropolitan area to complement her classroom studies. Graham's polite aggressiveness and strong work ethic have afforded her the opportunity to work hand-in-hand with mentors who have helped elevate her strong journalistic skills, reinforcing them with real-world experiences and behind-the-scenes work in the news business. Exploring the news industry as an assignment editor, a radio show host and an investigative reporter has given Graham a well-rounded background to prepare her for the future after her May 2009 graduation from ASU. Outside of the newsroom, Graham enjoys working with Special Olympics, traveling, going to the gym and spending time with her family and friends.

Sara Loeffelholz is a senior at the University of Texas in Austin and is from Aledo, Texas. She is pursuing a double major in broadcast journalism and Spanish. Sara was one of 15 students accepted into UT's broadcasting sequence in the spring of 2007. Since then, she has gained broadcasting experience by reporting for the UT student-run news program KVR News. In the summer of 2007, she was an intern for KTBC-TV in Austin. At this local Fox affiliate, Loeffelholz helped the news team with daily assignments and realized she had a passion for news reporting. During the fall of 2007 and spring of 2008, Loeffelholz served as a producer, anchor, photographer and reporter for Texas Newswatch, a student-produced newscast that aired weekly in Austin. She has received university honors and has made the dean's list in both the College of Communications and the College of Liberal Arts every semester while at UT. Loeffelholz also volunteers for a local Austin elementary school as a reading mentor, is an appointed officer for her sorority and spent the past summer in Spain studying Spanish. In her free time, she enjoys traveling, being outdoors, participating in sports and spending time with friends and family. She is excited to work with ABC News this year and hopes to have a future as a news reporter after graduating from college.

Carly Swain is a senior at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill. In addition to her duties as the ABC News On Campus bureau chief, Swain is deeply involved with "Carolina Week," the school's Emmy award-winning student news broadcast. She directs many newscasts, anchors others and contributes content as a reporter. Her most valued piece of the broadcast is her interview with Sister Helen Prejean, the author of "Dead Man Walking." Swain's work in college film and television started at UNC-Greensboro, where she served as a reporter and anchor for the weekly student-news broadcast. She also helped spearhead the university's entertainment magazine-style show. She started producing and directing during the second semester of her freshman year.

In 2005, Swain attended a summer session at New York University, Tisch School of the Arts. There she wrote, directed and produced five short films. She acted in seven others, and served on the production crew for several more shorts. The following year Swain interned at her community theater, where she worked as an assistant director for two productions and performed on stage for three of the season's shows. She won the Best Cameo Award in the 2006 season for her portrayal of Peron's mistress in "Evita" and the 2006 Youth Volunteer Award. Swain interned in the summer of 2007 with WCCB, the Fox affiliate in Charlotte, N.C. She returned as an employee the following summer, working in production. During her summers in Charlotte, Swain also volunteers with a young actors' workshop as a contributing writer and editor for original plays, a coach and an assistant director.

Jason Tarr is a senior triple major in broadcast journalism, international relations and Spanish at Syracuse University. Tarr serves as a news anchor and producer at CitrusTV, the oldest student-run television station in the United States. He started working for CitrusTV in 2005 as a graphics operator before becoming a reporter and eventually working his way up to an executive producer/anchor position. In his current position, he has anchored a news broadcast every week for the past two years. In 2007, Jason founded "CitrusTV Noticias en Español," a Spanish-language news broadcast. The weekly show has received media attention as one of only a handful of student-run Spanish television news broadcasts in the country. He serves as the show's executive producer and director.

Tarr has interned in both of the top two markets in the United States. In 2007, he interned at NBC's New York/Northeast News Bureau in Manhattan. While interning at NBC, he worked with network-level news correspondents and producers to help produce content for a variety of platforms including the "Nightly News with Brian Williams," the "Today Show" and MSNBC. In 2008, Tarr interned at ABC7 in Los Angeles, where he assisted with a variety of newsroom operations and worked with reporters in the field. Tarr is also a sportswriter for the Daily Orange of Syracuse, N.Y. He is a singer in Syracuse University's Black Celestial Choral Ensemble and a member of A Men's Issue (AMI), a volunteer group at SU that aims to end sexual violence. He has been honored as a 2008-2009 Syracuse University Remembrance Scholar, a Syracuse University Founder's Scholar and a member of the Honors Society of Phi Kappa Phi. Tarr began his career as a high school sports stringer for the Los Angeles Daily News and as a freelance writer for the San Fernando Valley Business Journal. He was born in Alexandria, Va., and grew up in Calabasas, Calif., in Los Angeles County.