Chelsea Mcginnis (Cook) Email & Phone Number

Atlanta, Georgia, United States

"Newsroom with Wolf Blitzer":Assemble the day’s most important news stories and live events while upholding the objectives and values of the CNN brand; Assign scripts and videos to writers and producers; respond to breaking news with nimble, yet accurate adjustments to the show’s rundown.CNN MAX INAUGURAL LAUNCH: Spearheaded a team of 10 producers to concept, brand and execute a three hour LIVE news program on CNN's new, exclusive streaming service on Max.Produce a minimum of 10 segments per hour with the network's available reporters, analysts and guests for compelling interviews. Break into regularly scheduled programming for breaking news and live events.

Atlanta, Ga

• Launched a three anchor, three-hour news show using an entirely new format for presentation• Conceptualized the most visual way to tell the day’s headlines, write engaging scripts, respond to breaking news with nimble, yet accurate adjustments to the show’s rundown.

Atlanta, Georgia, United States

Launched a new dual-anchor daily news program with a staff of 10 producers.April 2022: CNN outperformed MSNBC for the 98th straight month, averaging (159k vs. 75k) in the demo (Ages 25-54). During the day, CNN ranked #2 in all of cable (not just news).My daily role:Act as a one-woman architect for the "A-Block" of each day's two-hour show--Pitch guests with unique perspectives for live interviews,Write anchor scripts and interview questions,Search for the most engaging video, Design easy-to-understand graphics to help the viewer digest dense topics.I am also always prepared to throw out the day's planned content and quickly pivot to breaking news.I am highly-skilled at writing and producing urgent, yet accurate content for anchors and reporters as they unfold in real time.

Atlanta, Ga

February 2019: "CNN Newsroom with Brooke Baldwin dominated MSNBC for a record-breaking 59 straight months in the coveted demographic adults 25-54."My daily role:Pitched guests and segment topics each day to increase viewership,Wrote custom scripts to translate political news or business jargon into easy-to-understand and engaging content,Design viewer-friendly graphics and explain major news events.Find and produce local stories to cover that would facilitate the airing of help sponsored content; Produced branded news segments to bolster sales during specific ad campaigns.

Atlanta, Georgia, United States

Create, edit and code video for the production of live show programming.Quickly find, source and edit video during fast-paced breaking news.Execute video management in a live, 16-person control room.

Atlanta, Ga

A coveted entry-level position for aspiring journalists.I learned my way around the network from the bottom up: Running the TelePrompter, assisting camera operators, answering editorial phone calls and floor directing anchors daily during live broadcasts.

Atlanta, Ga

Interviewed news subjects, wrote copy for business and legal story assignments, shot digital photos.

Atlanta, Ga

Wrote and photographed a series called "In Recess"-- Profiles of Atlanta-area attorneys who either retired from the law or had interesting lives outside of their legal careers.

Atlanta, Ga

WXIA/ 11ALIVE NEWS:Produced content and wrote scripts for veteran reporter Bill Liss for the network's branded sponsor content, "Help Desk."Field Producer for Traffic Reporter Elle Duncan during the 2012 Summer Olympics.An NBC- Affiliate, WXIA had daily branded segments around Atlanta to push viewers to watch NBC's Olympics coverage.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

As an intern for Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, I was responsible for executing technical operations at press conferences, assisting with social media channels, transcribing speeches and interviews, translating quotes and speeches for Spanish-speaking publications and processing publications for coverage.