Catherine Berger Email and Phone Number

Senior producer position incorporates duties of news editor, planning editor and field producer. As new editor, oversee Americas coverage from DC newsdesk for 24-hour international news network. Manage teams of reporters and producers from Toronto to Buenos Aires; assign stories, correspondents, crews and editors and deploy teams for breaking news coverage; liaise with broadcast centers in Doha and London. As planning editor, worked with North America team to set up daily and political news stories for network. As field producer, work with correspondents, camera crews and editors on stories throughout the U.S.

News editor/planning editor Al Jazeera English. Also: Field producer and package producer at ZDF and ARD (German TV) and Reuters TV.

Research and produce news and feature stories and documentaries for national German public television channel, working with their three U.S.-based correspondents.

Developed and implemented overall communications strategy to build the FasterCures brand, including targeted outreach to increase media presence. Wrote and edited media materials (op-ed pieces, letters to the editor, press releases and pitch letters). Wrote, edited and/or supervised the production of institutional materials (meeting reports, white papers). Managed the design, usability and content of the website.

Produced White House packages, including interviewing senior administration officials and analysts, arranging camera shoots, and working with editors on final package, usually under deadline pressure. Organized coverage of presidential travel, including supervising camera crews, coordinating live shots, and reporting on presidential events. Extensive domestic and international travel. -Series producer, including 9/11 anniversaries, Bush 100 Days, State of the Union addresses, 2001 and 2005 Inaugurals-Regular fill in for Senior Executive Producer in approving scripts and wire stories -Producer for floor coverage of Republican National Convention, August 2004-Reporter on Air Force Two, covering Vice President Cheney campaign events in 2004.-Filed written reports for CNN.com and all CNN networks -Emmy Award, September 11th breaking news coverage (team award) -Emmy Award nomination: CNN Presents “9/11: What Really Happened?”

Jobs included field producing, package producing, script writing and research. Clients included Fox News Channel, Discovery News, CNN, USIA, ITN of London and Reuters.

Covered the White House on a daily basis. Cultivated sources, supervised camera crews, conducted interviews with administration officials for on-air use, covered domestic and international travel.

Involved in all aspects of producing guest segments for “GMA,” including pre-interviewing potential guests, booking guests, surveying sites for and producing live remote interviews, and developing story ideas. Emmy Award for contributions to best morning show.