John Lydic Email & Phone Number

Erie, Pennsylvania, United States

Duties and Responsibilities• Manages sports department staff including two anchors/reporters and twophotographers• Prepares and anchors three sports segments each night with local/regional sportshighlights as well as sports feature stories• Constructs weekly sports schedules to assign stories and features for local sportscoverage• Produces and anchors weekly NFL pregame sports pregame show• Travels to cover three NFL teams: Pittsburgh Steelers, Cleveland Browns… Show more Duties and Responsibilities• Manages sports department staff including two anchors/reporters and twophotographers• Prepares and anchors three sports segments each night with local/regional sportshighlights as well as sports feature stories• Constructs weekly sports schedules to assign stories and features for local sportscoverage• Produces and anchors weekly NFL pregame sports pregame show• Travels to cover three NFL teams: Pittsburgh Steelers, Cleveland Browns, and Buffalo Bills• Writes stories for station website and posts sports stories to digital platforms including multiple social media platformsAccomplishments: • Received a Pennsylvania Association of Broadcasters award for the Outstanding Television Coverage of a Local Sporting Event 2022, WICU 11:30 NFL Endzone Pre-game show• The lead reporter for Super Bowl LII, LIII, and LVI, interviewing players for their perspective on Super Bowl championships.• Lead reporter covering the Erie Otters in the 2017 Memorial Cup in Windsor, Ontario Show less

United States

• Produced and anchored the station's nightly 10 p.m. newscast• Regularly plan, gather and assemble stories on the day-of news or special project assignments• Gathered and edit compelling videos and captivating sound• Delivered scripted and ad-lib material with professionalism, personality, and purpose• Worked alongside co-anchor to edit, produce, and anchor the 10 p.m. newscast

Erie, Pennsylvania Area

• Produced comprehensive three-and-a-half minute sports segments for four sportscasts a day detailing local high school and professional sports• Composed scripts and advised in pre-production and broadcast assignments• Performed entertaining and active live shots by incorporating complete interviews/analysis of games and stories• Experienced work at high-level events including three Super Bowls, the Stanley Cup playoffs, and an OHL Championship

Erie, Pennsylvania

John is a multimedia journalist who covers news throughout northwestern Pennsylvania. John shoots his footage. He also performs in-depth interviews with local and state officials as well as community leaders. John diligently edits his footage for on-air and writes his scripts for television broadcasts.• Shot, edited and wrote up to 16-20 factually correct, concise, and engaging storiesa week for local broadcasts within tight time deadlines.

Waynesburg, Pa

Markedly advanced at preparing and presenting material 'on air' for 10 pre-recorded and live pieces on over 200 players, coaches and teams. Remarkably identify potential interviewees, briefing them, preparing interview questions and conducting a dozen live and recorded interviews. Performed exorbitantly well under pressure and high tension situations.

Announce weekly Division III basketball for all teams in the President's Athletic Conference. Perform main play-by-play and associate broadcasting for the network. Conduct weekly interviews with players and coaches for halftime show. Devote 6-12 hours of prep time to each broadcast; gather stats and rosters, contact coaches and develop hand-prepared spotter boards.

Exceptionally broadcasted 13 Westmoreland Area High School football, basketball and baseball games. Consistently inform listeners of pertinent statistics and extraordinarily report live action in an articulate manner

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Perform in-depth interviews with players and coaches. Help in production of the morning show by keeping detailed notes for the show and helping acquire information and audio for the show

Broadcast 8-10 minute newscasts twice an hour as a part-time anchor for the local station WMBS Radio. Assemble 5 local news and sports stories, along with 10 state news stories. Collect local and national sports scores and lottery numbers. All copy for news, sports and weather updates are self-produced.Produce 36 award-nominated cooking shows by screening calls, operating the board and assisting with cooking. Also, managed board and gather sports information, stats and scores for a weekly… Show more Broadcast 8-10 minute newscasts twice an hour as a part-time anchor for the local station WMBS Radio. Assemble 5 local news and sports stories, along with 10 state news stories. Collect local and national sports scores and lottery numbers. All copy for news, sports and weather updates are self-produced.Produce 36 award-nominated cooking shows by screening calls, operating the board and assisting with cooking. Also, managed board and gather sports information, stats and scores for a weekly two-hour sports show. Show less

Communications, Sports Communication

Activities and Societies: Football Sideline Reporter, Football Play-by-Play Announcer, Campus Sports Radio Show Host, Campus TV Weather.

High School Diploma