Michael Tomko Email & Phone Number

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Baltimore, MD

• Responsible for development and execution of 50 hours of live news programming per week. Coordinate multiple production teams and in the field crews. Develop short-term and long term strategies for continued growth of.
• Develop and oversee special live programming. Manage crisis events including breaking news, hurricane, and blizzard coverage.
• Mentor and coach talent to achieve better on-air delivery, and more effective social media status. Train staff on leadership and job efficiencies to increase on-air ratings and social media reach.
• Lead staff of 95 employees. Negotiate contracts with talent and act as liaison between corporate Human Resources and the employee.
• Formatted and launched weekend morning newscast, 4:00 p.m. newscast, and 5:30 p.m. newscast. Plan special news programming and create long-term goals for the news department.

Baltimore, Maryland Area

• Responsible for aiding in the planning and execution of 6.5 hours of live news per day, coordinating coverage between news and production.
• Responsible for hiring and training for various news staff positions.
• Oversaw and planned special projects such as elections, major weather coverage, health reform coverage, and “Fugitive Files”, which helped police catch roughly 2/3 of the suspects highlighted.

Baltimore, Maryland Area

• Responsible for daily content of 3 1/2 hour morning show.
• Oversaw staff of 18, coordinating between news and production.
• Managed breaking news and up to 12 liveshots from several sources every day.
• In charge of short-term and long-term planning for direction of show, working closely with news director to reach objectives.
• Ratings more than doubled on morning program during the six years.

Sioux City, Iowa Area

• Responsible for overall content and direction of news product.
• Responsible for $500,000 news budget.
• Oversaw staff of 19.
• Formatted and launched hour long morning show and half hour long midday show.
• Coordinated closely between department heads and corporate leaders to launch new graphics package and weather system.

Sioux City, Iowa Area

• Formatted and launched 5 pm show.
• Oversaw content of 5, 6 & 10 pm shows, line producing at least two of them per day.
• Supervised staff, coordinating between assignment desk, reporters, photographers and anchors. Supervised transition to new computerized newsroom system, training the staff.
• Worked closely with news director on employee evaluations and content planning.

Lincoln, Nebraska Area

• Shot, wrote, and edited daily general assignment stories.
• Live shots daily, and filled in frequently as morning anchor.

Bachelor'S Degree, Broadcast Journalism

Minor, Spanish