Bethany Davison Email & Phone Number

Nashville, Tennessee

Nashville, Tennessee

Jacksonville, Florida Area

• Oversees the 6:30pm, 10pm, 11pm newscasts Monday-Friday• Manages and motivates colleagues on the evening shift, including producers, web producers, assignment desk, reporters, anchors, photographers, and editors• Supervises breaking news, special reports, and emergency weather coverage• Runs afternoon editorial meetings and assigns stories while considering the feedback and discussion of producers and reporters• Advises producers on content and showcasing of stories including graphics and video• Oversees the updating and maintaining of social media platforms and News4Jax.com• Interacts daily with other departments, including production, creative services, and sales• Takes on special projects as assigned by the News Director and Assistant News Director

Tampa/St. Petersburg, Florida Area

-Delegate writing/editing responsibilities to 1-2 associate producers and 1-2 content coordinators-Coordinate morning news stories/ideas with Executive Producer, assignment desk, weather/traffic departments, show director-Evaluate and select NEW news, business, health, entertainment, trending/social media stories, with emphasis on news breaking overnight and during the show to maintain our spot as Breaking News Leader of the market-"Booth" shows from the control room, handling timing of show segments and adding breaking news, weather and traffic information to the rundown as it comes in-Share teasable elements of the live newscast with social media/web producer so they can recruit people to watch through push alerts on our ABC Action News Mobile app, and posts on our Facebook and Twitter feeds-Key fill-in for Weekend Executive Producer

Roanoke, Virginia

- Coordinate various responsibilities of writers, reporters, and other newsroom personnel on the evening shift- Collaborate with news production personnel on the creation of daily graphics and newscast studio shots- Rewrite news stories from information gathered by reporters and other producers- Write news teases and promos for late night newscasts- Responsible for posting all new evening stories and news video to WDBJ7.com and the WDBJ7 Facebook and Twitter pages

Responsible for organization, content, and precision of live news broadcasts; mainly 5:00p.m. show. In charge of:- Selecting stories, stacking the rundown, communicating with production crew and anchors.- Writing copy for headlines, news updates, and stories for shows- Working with newscast directors, video editors, and graphic artists to organize and oversee all aspects of newscast development- Responsible for accurate timing and running teleprompter during live broadcasts. - Proficient in ENPS.KSBY.com web duties include: - Writing and posting news stories as they happen (10 - 20 stories per day)- Posting newscast video to website- Sending out breaking news e-mail alerts for major news stories- Utilizing social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter to post stories and connect with viewers in an online setting

Intern for the Video Content department of MySpaceTV. I learned plenty about online media and the digital future of media.Was in charge of a weekly video report, which was a compilation of all Intern's video or website finds of that week; compiling viewing data from the top video hosting/sharing websites; and I got to sit on on some fun meetings, too!