Chris Peralta Email & Phone Number

Orlando, Fl, Us

Winter Park, Florida, Us

Led and managed a team of 15-20 people, including reporters, photographers, producers, an assignment editor, digital content producer, and anchors. Oversaw two hours of news nightly, including WESH 2 News at 7:00 PM, 10:00 PM, and 11:00 PM. Led nightside editorial meeting, assigning stories to reporter/photographer crews. Reviewed newscast rundowns, scripts for editorial accuracy, conversational tone, and flow. Reviewed and approved reporter scripts. Reviewed app push notification drafts and web articles for editorial accuracy. Oversaw breaking news coverage in nightside newscasts. Produced breaking news coverage in dayside newscasts. Reviewed and approved Creative Services story selection and scripts for newscast promotions, and screened and approved final promotion editsManaged staffing, scheduling, and PTO requests for team of 14 producers. Oversaw launch of WESH 2 News at 7:00 PM.

New York, New York, Us

Led and managed a team of eight to ten people, including production assistants, associateproducers, producers, correspondents, and producer/editors. Oversaw distribution of video and news stories to more than 250 ABC stations and domestic and international clients. Assigned stories to correspondent and producer/editor. Copy edited correspondent scripts for accuracy, balance, and readability. Screened and approved correspondent packages. Responded to and resolved station inquiries and issues. Conducted research and gathered visual elements for obituaries. Held routine informational sessions with medical residents in the ABC News Medical Unit explaining the production of “Medical Minute” segments and sharing good practices for broadcast writing.

Us

Managed a team of 10-15 people on the night shift, including producers, anchors, reporters,photographers, and desk/digital editors. Oversaw dayside newscasts at 4:00 PM, 5:00 PM, and 6:00 PM, and nightside newscast at 10:00 PM. Assigned reporter stories and live shots to newscasts. Reviewed newscast rundowns, scripts for editorial accuracy, conversational tone, and flow. Reviewed rundowns for flow, tone, showcasing, and appropriate treatment of breaking news. Directly supervised a team of five producers. Regularly critiqued newscasts and offered feedback to producers. Built producer schedules. Filled in as a producer. Interviewed and vetted producer candidates.

Philadelphia, Pa, Us

Produced various assigned newscasts on CBS3 Eyewitness News, worked with a team of writers on story assignments and development, prepared feature/evergreen stories for air on weekend mornings, wrote stories, edited video, produced news/digital briefs, produced newscasts for Amazon Alexa.

Richmond, Va, Us

Produced various assigned newscasts on WTVR CBS 6, wrote stories, selected and vetted music for bumps to break, prepared radio newscasts for radio partners, updated station website and social media with breaking news during overnight hours, posted local/national stories to website.

Produced WUFT News at 6, managed and coordinated newsroom operations on the weekends, managed Mobile Journalism Initiative, coordinated sharing of information and assets among radio, TV and web operations, copy-edited/approved scripts for broadcast, filled-in for news managers.

Jacksonville, Fl, Us

Posted to social media, assisted with posting to web, assisted with shooting video, wrote for newscasts.

Produced and co-hosted the Front Page Edition of All Things Considered, a one-hour news magazine program airing on the North Central Florida NPR-affiliate, Florida's 89.1, WUFT-FM.

Administered the WUFT-FM Radio Reading Service, a radio service that broadcasts a reading of printed materials to over 800 blind and visually impaired residents in the North Central Florida area. Managed a staff of over 100 student and non-student volunteers, conducted community relations, managed public image, created new programming, managed radio automation system.

Produce, direct and technical direct WUFT News, a half-hour afternoon local newscast on the North Central Florida PBS affiliate, Florida's 5, WUFT-TV. Also floor manage, camera operate, run audio, and build graphics. Managed the redesign of WUFT-TV's evening newscast, including analysis of strengths and weaknesses of newscast, overseeing the design of the newscast's graphics package, overseeing the design of animation and video elements, creating an on-set talent location schedule, and creation of style books.

Miami, Florida, Us

Interned with Noticiero Univision Fin de Semana, a weekend national evening newscast and Noticiero Univision Ultima Hora, a weekday late-night newscast. Also participated in Al Punto, a Sunday morning public affairs and politics program. Logged interviews, worked with Avid iNews, entered supers, assisted in the selection of stories and video.

Master Of Arts In Mass Communication, Multimedia Telecommunication

Bachelor, Telecommunication News, Political Science

High School Diploma