Ernest Tolden Iv Email & Phone Number

Chicago, Illinois, United States

• Produced live sports segments in daily and nightly newscasts, and during nightly sports-specific show GN Sports.
• Cut over 100 highlights and videos across dozens of segments weekly.
• Developed schedules for production, editing and duplication for timely delivery.
• Found appropriate stories and ideas for programming to engage target audiences and hook advertisers.
• Booked guests for on-air interviews and assigned stories to reporters to manage coverage and schedule needs.
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Chicago, Illinois

• Produced daily live newscasts for Good Day Chicago.
• Coordinated work and supported anchors, directors and associates in newsrooms, producing one hour of daily content.
• Managed news production with organized mindset, presenting cohesive sequences to audiences.
• Boosted audience numbers by enhancing marketing without exceeding budget targets.
• Coordinated with producers and on-air talent to create program content, new ideas and segments.
• Followed local events closely to… Show more

Chicago, Illinois

• Produced live sports segments daily during newscast. Wrote scripts, edited video using Adobe Premiere, and assigned stories to reporters and anchors.
• Worked on 10+ live telecasts weekly.
• Supervised breaking news coverage and determined priority for stories within each broadcast.
• Remained composed and highly professional in fast-paced and constantly changing environment, effectively handling challenging situations and difficult individuals to achieve objectives.

Greater Chicago Area

• Supported studio shows and digital with stats and information.
• Used stats to support timely story times during basketball, football, baseball and other sports.
• Streamlined research processes to meet tight deadlines for multiple projects.

Greater Chicago Area

Greater Chicago Area

• Write, report, tape, and edit live studio shows and on demand video content for app and website from concept to finish.
• Produce statistic-based infographics for distribution on social media platforms and deliver unscripted breaking news and special event coverage.
• Generate sports story ideas, cultivate sources, and post tweets, graphics, and statistical information to app and website.

Hartford, Connecticut Area

• Among the original members of ESPN's Stats & info department, helping build its Twitter account to almost 2 million followers.
• Monitored hundreds of live feeds from college and pro stadiums throughout the country, and created next level statistics to support live studio shows such as Sports Center, Baseball Tonight, NBA Tonight, College.
• Wrote dozens of statistical-based articles for ESPN.com.

Greater New Orleans Area

Greater New York City Area

Greater New Orleans Area

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Mass Communication, Print Journalism

Master Of Science (M.S.), Interactive Media