media experience
RESUME
Assignment Editor
KSAZ-TV
Fox 10 Phoenix, AZ
Supervise and provide scheduling for field crews. Responsible for internal and external communications with departments, public officials and community stakeholders as well as customer service with TV viewers. Responsible for converting press releases into news copy for TV scripts and the company’s website
Assistant News Director
WSIL News 3
ABC Paducah, KY
Cape Girardeau, MO
Harrisburg, IL
Hire, train, and improve performance of reporters, producers meeting regularly 1-on-1. Responsible for daily editorial direction for all day parts. Expanded coverage across the DMA including adding bureau and led sweeps plan. Led team to launch new studio and graphics package.
Executive Producer
KTVL News 10
CBS Medford, OR
Teach, coach, and mentor reporters, producers and digital producer on best practices for writing and producing content for broadcast, digital and social platforms. Make editorial decisions with the news director. Performance management/initiated performance feedback for staff and recruitment of staff. Helped lead partnership with local newspaper operation and the transition to a new building and set.
Executive Producer
WDJT-TV
CBS 58 Milwaukee, WI
Executive Producer supervising morning/noon newscast staff gathering news content on all on air, digital and social media platforms including the approval of scripts, working with reporters, multi-media journalists and photographers on assigned content and presentation. Also planned special projects, produced a telethon and field anchored show
Content producer creating news/sports stories for television newscast and website including producing podcasts in the studio. Planned, organized, and executed daily television and web podcasts with a crew in the studio. Field producer creating original investigative reporting during sweeps.
Producer
WSMV-TV
NewsChannel 4
NBC Nashville, TN
Developed and produced Olympic Zone for Torino games. Produced other newscasts as assigned.
Assignment Editor
WZTV-TV
Fox 17 News Nashville
Supervise and provide scheduling for field crews. Responsible for internal and external communications with departments, public officials and community stakeholders as well as customer service with TV viewers. Responsible for converting press releases into news copy for TV scripts and the company’s website
Producer
WTVC-TV
NewsChannel 9
ABC Chattanooga, TN
Planned, coordinated, selected editorial content for local ABC TV evening newscast. Produced weekend newscasts later promoted to weekday evening newscast producer. Fill-in Assignment Editor.