Marcus Stroud Email & Phone Number

Shreveport, Louisiana, United States

Birmingham, Alabama Area

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:- Assists the News Director with management of all aspects of the News Department- Assists with planning, staffing, training, and performance evaluations for the News Department- Consults on decisions regarding hiring, evaluation, promotion and termination of employees- Develops news coverage strategy for the station and its website- Critiques newscasts daily to correct errors, improve coverage and provide mentoring feedback to news staff- Assigns projects to staff and verifies that deadlines are being met- Ensures achievement of viewer rating goals- Determines programming and evaluation of equipment needs to produce quality programming- Responds to coverage questions- Serves as the News Director in his/her absence- Performs other duties as assigned

Birmingham, Alabama Area

- Over-sees News Operations and Production with an emphasis on working with Directors and Studio Team to review, create and implement new elements within the newscasts.- Manages and schedules news editors- Assists in recruiting news editors, photographers, directors, and production assistants- Director of Unmanned Aerial System operations- Over sees satellite and microwave trucks- Handles planning and logistics of special news projects and productions- Liaison to engineering about news equipment maintenance and needs- Superuser for ENPS, Avid, Latakoo and Edius editing systems in the newsroom- Helps manage operation of WSI traffic system and weather cameras- Works with news management to plan and improve the quality of news operations- Communicates with hub for special coverage, breaking news, and technical issues- Responsible for satellite, microwave, and TVU transmitter tune in- Manages live remotes and field crew coordination - Responsible for cueing TVU back packs and communicating with photographers for the evening newscasts - Delivers a weekly Operations/Production report to the General Manager- Manages Newsticker and all of its modules- Responsible for the setup and input of all election results. This includes playout of on air full screen graphics and lower third crawls.- Organizes and manages all Newsticker sponsors within the newscast. - Ensures that news crews are trained on ENG and electrical safety protocol. - Responsible for purchasing replacement gear and equipment in the newsroom.

Montgomery, Alabama Area

•Provides technical guidance, training, and leadership for newsgathering personnel, including photographers or others as assigned.•Hires, schedules, and evaluates photographers.•Works closely with the assignment desk to coordinate, cover and shoot daily news stories, breaking news, and special projects.•Works with reporters, MMJ's or independently to gather news stories and meet deadlines as required. •Executes live shots via microwave, satellite and cellular backpacks.•Maintains station's fleet of vehicles.•Provides strategic, logistical planning and insight for upcoming events, special programs and/or elements to be included in news coverage.•Reviews all news technology and recommends what new technology to use.•Established a server based HD file video storage system, making file video readily available for photographers, editors and producers.•Spearheaded efforts to execute the station's first livestream for the company`s website.•Plans and organizes the stations live multi-camera remote broadcasts.•Established an on-call system for the photography staff.

Birmingham, Alabama Area

•Played an integral role in the station`s transition to HD by working closely with the chief engineer to establish editing workflow and protocol. •Produced high quality TV news video and sound from a variety of field assignments with the ability to edit that material for newscasts. •Cared for and maintained all assigned equipment, including basic vehicle care. Safely and courteously operated station news vehicles at all times. •Responded quickly and enthusiastically to all news assignments. •Provided story ideas on a frequent basis. •Worked alone or collaboratively with reporters to ensure that assigned stories were satisfactorily completed.Additional Responsibilities:•Organized and archived all show files to external drives. •Maintenance of the news NAS server.•Tested new technology (ie Live U, Teradek, and 4G FTP protocols)•Provided weekly status updates of ENG trucks (oil change and maintenance issues)•Trained new photographers, multimedia journalists, and editors on basic editing, ftp and server workflow. •Organized and submitted all award entries for Alabama Associated Press, Southeastern Emmys, National Association of Black Journalists, Edward R. Murrow and the Alabama Broadcast Association Awards

Greensboro/Winston-Salem, North Carolina Area

•Worked with the assignment desk and reporters to tell creative and informative news stories under the time constraints of daily local news•Operated microwave live trucks and the executed daily live shots•Shot special projects, spot news, breaking news, and sports•Set up newsroom live shots

Greensboro/Winston-Salem, North Carolina Area

EDITOR and SPORTS PHOTOGRAPHER•Managed feeds from satellite and microwave transmissions•Edited VO`s, VO/SOT`s, NAT/VO`s and mini packs, for daily news shows•Took in NBC and CNN feeds for daily news shows via the central router•Organized and rolled tapes for daily news shows•Shot and edited local high school and college sports for daily newscastPRODUCTION ASSISTANT•Constructed, maintained, installed and operated props, sets, and other production equipment•Operated studio cameras, lighting board, field cameras, microphones, and teleprompter•Marked and distributed rundowns and scripts to talent and crew•Rolled tapes for episodic promos

Greater Atlanta Area

•Developed and produced all corporate communications, youth sports, and event videography•Administered supplemental training (digital media production) to local middle school-aged children for the Centennial Place Family YMCA after school program.

Associate'S Degree, Film And Video Production

Bachelor'S Degree, Communication And Media Studies