David Fell Email & Phone Number

Chicago, IL, US

Manage editing, video ingest and media creation for a solid 2½ hour block of morning news. I prepare all sorts of media from disparate sources and make them broadcast-ready, sometimes before producers have even requested them. I manage a swift and efficient workflow between myself and the editor with whom I work. I anticipate the needs of reporters in the.

I've managed election returns for every election at WLS-TV since 1985, starting as the first station to use the ANGIS election system on the air. My role continues to the present day, in which we use BTI and some secret sauce cooked up between myself and engineering management that still has the competition wondering how we do it.

Writer and producer for all newscasts as WLS-TV rose to become number one. Field produced political coverage in Iowa, New Hampshire and at national political conventions. For most of this period, I was associate producer of the 4:00, 4:30, and 6:00pm newscasts, writing clear copy at a rapid pace. I filled in as producer of every newscast at one time or.

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My first news job began as a desk assistant during the heyday of WBBM-TV's "Bill & Walter" era. I was backtiming newscasts for producers within a week. A few months later, I was frequently upgraded to newswriter status, and even spent many months producing either overnight or noontime newscasts. When electronic graphics were introduced at the station, I.