Brian Gregory Email & Phone Number

Norfolk, Virginia, United States

Denver, Colorado

Lead, direct, and manage a team of 140 passionate, hard-working, dedicated news professionals in the news and production department for the KDVR/KWGN duopoly. We produce 103.5 hours of news and local content on a weekly basis.Member of the Nexstar Standards Council.September 2023 Nielsen Ratings:* FOX31 is the #1 local morning newscast at 5a, 6a, 7a, 8a, 9a, 10a, & Midday in P25-54. * FOX31 is #1 at 5a, 530a, 7a, 8a, 9a, 10a, & Midday in P18-49.* FOX31 News at 9p, 930p, 10p, and 1030p are the #1 regularly scheduled newscasts in each time period in both main demos.

Denver, Colorado

Wichita, Ks

Lead, direct, and manage 60+ news professionals producing 48 hours/week of local news content on-air and online in the largest television market in the state of Kansas. Responsible for overseeing news-gathering at KWCH, KSCW, and Univision Kansas.Led overhaul of Eyewitness News This Morning. Helped restructure the format, added new team members, and expanded the broadcast to 4.5 hours. Increased urgency and pacing of broadcast. Grew ratings in key demos. * Led team to a National Edward R. Murrow Award for Breaking News for coverage of a plane crash into a building at Wichita's airport.* Led team to three regional Edward R. Murrow Awards, multiple Kansas Association of Broadcasters Awards and a Heartland Emmy.

Sacramento, California Area

Lead, direct and manage the creation and development of storytelling strategies and content for multiple platforms including television, web, and social networking mediums. Oversee the direction of critical information to engage broad audiences for live broadcast on-air and online under tight deadlines. Help supervise and direct a team of over 100 news professionals in gathering facts and information and producing them into effective and accurate reports. Intimately involved in strategic marketing campaigns designed to increase audience and revenues. • Lead, direct, and manage a team of twelve multimedia producers and writers, and help to manage a team of 100 media professionals in an around-the-clock news gathering operation. • Oversee the writing, production, and visual presentation of two and one half hours of news each day in a fast-paced and fast-changing environment with tight, non-adjustable deadlines. • Essential in development of topical and corporate communication messaging to grow audience share and ultimately revenue. • Develop and produce stories and news specials that help illustrate value of corporations, non-profits and their partners.• Primarily responsible for the production of CBS13 News newscasts at Noon, 4, 5, and 6, and other special broadcasts.

Knoxville, Tennessee Area

Led, managed and directed a team of over 30 news professionals responsible for around-the-clock news gathering, development and implementation on multiple platforms including television, web, and social networking mediums. Team and project leader of advanced strategic plan to develop, enhance, and grow audiences on-air and online ultimately increasing television ratings and station revenues. Assisted news director in implementing station branding, and helped infuse that message into creative storytelling strategies, reporting, and community outreach efforts that furthered the station’s mission. • Managed, produced, and developed newsgathering operations and creative storytelling across multiple platforms in an around-the-clock news cycle. • Project leader responsible for training, developing, and managing a team of producers, reporters, photographers and anchors • Directed and implemented strategies to increase television ratings and multi-platform viewership that ultimately led to increased station revenue. • Worked closely with senior executive team to develop and refine key station branding and put it to use effecting a more efficient operation and strategic growth across multiple platforms. • Represented CBS at public events, social gatherings, and promotional events by sponsors. • Volunteer liaison between station and key local companies and non-profits, working to enhance their public relations outreach and social media presentation.• Promoted from Executive Producer to Assistant News Director in September of 2006.

Erie, Pennsylvania Area

Responsible for newsgathering, writing and production of informational storytelling broadcasts across multiple platforms in an around-the-clock operation. Started as a photographer, grew to an independent on-scene storyteller, and was ultimately responsible for managing and directing complete newsgathering operations. Worked with Fortune 500 corporations and area non-profits to gather messages and disseminate them with an overall goal of increasing audience share and ultimately station revenue. • Started my career as a part-time photographer. I was quickly promoted to an assignment desk position due to my multi-tasking skills. I was promoted again to a junior managerial position due to my strong leadership skills. • Effective communicator with some of the region’s top companies and prolific non-profits to spread their message across multiple platforms.• Took over a newscast with diminishing ratings and helped grow broadcast to a position as a dominant market leader in a few short months. Kept show #1 during my entire tenure.• Extensive knowledge of editing software.