Douglas Forte Email & Phone Number

New York, New York, United States

- Shoot, edit and produce breaking news and feature stories for NBC News platforms - Report, develop and pitch urgent stories- Produce and manage live broadcasts from the field- Manage and coordinate production/post-production

Greater New York City Area

- Shot, edited, and produced documentary-news and lifestyle content for social media focused news video platform - Reported, developed, and pitched stories relative to respective verticals - Oversaw and provided editorial guidance to junior producers- Managed and coordinated production/post-production

Miami/Fort Lauderdale Area

- Shot and produced lifestyle content for Accord Productions, a boutique multi-mediaproduction house- Wrote and edited lifestyle shows for the History channel - Collaborated with clients to conceptualize and create relative and meaningful ad-production for The Beach Channel- Developed story angles and conducted in-depth interviews- Managed and coordinated production/post-production

Miami/Fort Lauderdale Area

- Shot, edited and produced breaking news and documentary features for TV/Digital- Helped launch AMERICA with Jorge Ramos, a news-magazine show hosted by the Emmy award-winning Mexican-American journalist- Co-produced packages and successfully managed live broadcasts from the sites of some of the biggest news events of the past decade – The Umbrella Revolution in Hong Kong, the refugee crises at Zaatari in Jordan and the 2014 Iguala mass kidnappings in Mexico- Extensively covered the 2016 election by co-producing packages and managing live broadcasts from the primaries to election night- Researched, developed and pitched story ideas relative to the targeted audience- Developed digital content, branding and social media strategy- Managed and coordinated production/post-production

Miami/Fort Lauderdale Area

• Shot and produced short documentary-style features for hyper-local lifestyle TV network• Researched, developed and pitched story ideas relative to the targeted audience• Collaborated with clients to conceptualize and create relative and meaningful ad-production• Co-produced and directed a live bi-weekly 30-minute lifestyle news show with an audience of 92,000 households and up to 3.5 million viewers per season

Miami/Fort Lauderdale Area

- Reported and wrote feature articles for Florida International Int'l University Newspaper- Worked the lifestyle beat, and covered topics such as smartphones and student diversity- Followed through on beat sources, contacts and leads to gather information for stories- Arranged and conducted interviews with individuals knowledgeable about each story’s subject matter

Ft. Lauderdale

- Followed through on beat sources, contacts and leads to gather information for stories- Selected and updated stories and photos for the Metromix homepage