Sam Lisker Email & Phone Number

• As a Capitol Hill & field producer at the Scripps News DC bureau, my responsibilities include...
• Working with Washington correspondents on live hits for the national network.
• Field producing outside of DC on other stories related to the politics beat.
• Drafting and coordinating the release of national stories on news-of-the-day from Capitol Hill.

Rockin' the Suburbs is a weekly music podcast hosted by Jim Lenahan and Patrick Foster. My responsibilities include:- Writing and drafting website posts that correlate with specific episodes.- Developing and updating a detailed list of every song, artist, album, music label, release year and series presented on the show.- Updating social media pages on.

Stamford, CT, US

• Pitched, wrote DC/national political stories for all Spectrum Networks stations and creating elements for reporters to use in their local stories.
• Developed and maintained relationships with White House, Members of Congress, and Government Agency leaders and their staffs to create national political content.
• National Desk coverage.
• Multimedia Journalist skills.

Stamford, CT, US

• Developing national content for all Spectrum Networks stations.
• Functioned as a Junior Producer to assist reporters in our Bureau.

Stamford, CT, US

• Worked with reporters and producers to bring political stories to a local news angle.
• Spectrum’s first DC News Assistant, created the model for this position which has been used to recruit subsequent talent.
• Developed strong technical skills on a variety of platforms (Dalet, Latakoo, Adobe Creative Suite)

As the Digital Content Director for ICTV News programming, my responsibilities included:- Maintaining and overseeing operations of related social media accounts.- Keeping content relevant, and consistent, with local and national current events.

As a Sunday co-anchor for Newswatch, my responsibilities included: - Proofreading stories for broadcast. - Collaborating with AP's and producers on broadcast content. - Working with co-anchor to ensure rundown flows smoothly.

As a Sunday co-anchor for Newswatch, my responsibilities included:- Proofreading stories for broadcast.- Collaborating with AP's and producers on broadcast content.- Working with co-anchor to ensure rundown flows smoothly.

As News Desk Anchor, my responsibilities included:- Working with producers to research 2018 midterm elections, and candidates, before the broadcast on November 6.- Deliver results in realtime on Election Day in a fast-paced, live environment.

As a reporter for 2018's 'Election Center' programming, my responsibilities included:- Researching and interviewing candidates running in the Lansing, New York Town Justice election.- Creating vectors in Affinity Designer, animations in Adobe After Effects, and editing the final video in Adobe Premiere.- Working with producers to produce an informational.

Tysons, Virginia, US

TEGNA Inc. is a media company with a diverse portfolio of broadcast television and radio stations across the United States.As an intern in TEGNA's corporate communications department, my responsibilities included:- Managing company social media accounts.- Updating company intranet with articles and pages, such as a bi-weekly spotlight highlighting interns.

San Francisco, CA, US

CBSN is a 24/7, online streaming news service that can be viewed, for free, on cbsnews.com/live.As a CBSN intern, my responsibilities and tasks included:- Story writing for broadcast and for the website.- Working with the graphics and editing teams to implement elements into stories.- Developing research packets on a variety of topics for anchors and.

San Bruno, CA, US

I created my YouTube channel on January 31, 2010 under the username 'MaddogTheRobot.' Since the channel's conception, it has undergone several brandname and content changes. At its peak, the channel had over 10,000 subscribers.YouTube channel: https://youtube.com/samlisker

'ICTV Reports' is a "60 Minutes" style show broadcast three times a semester on Ithaca College student television. As a Digital Correspondent, my responsibilities included:- Working in a team to research, pitch and shoot stories (packages).- Edit, upload and share packages on affiliated social media accounts.- Filmed and edited the season finale credits.

As an Assistant Director for Newswatch, my responsibilities included:- Reviewing packages for broadcast.- Communicating with 'server' to ensure that the stories (packages) are timed correctly for broadcast.- Keeping track of individual package and break times.

As a reporter for Newswatch, my responsibilities included:- Pitching, planning and writing stories (packages).- Interviewing individuals for my packages.- Editing and exporting my own packages for broadcast.- In addition, volunteered to write broadcast stories for anchors.

Washington, DC, US

During my internship at the National Republican Senatorial Committee, my intern tasks included:- Developing creative digital content for social media accounts.- Writing draft posts for the website.- Assisted production of events held by the organization.- Making volunteer phone calls.- Managing the front desk.

As an Assistant Producer on Sunday nights, my tasks included: - Writing broadcast-style stories for the anchors.- Editing and publishing overlay graphics for the broadcast.As a Floor Manager for Sunday nights, my tasks included:- Setting up and organizing studio before broadcast.- Directing anchors and fellow crew members.- Being the direct-line to the.

Set-up and operated one of three studio cameras on Thursday nights.

Edited and presented graphics for ICTV's 'Election Center' 2016 broadcast, which covered the U.S. Presidential Election on November 8, 2016.

Alexandria, VA, US

- Assisted in analyzing various local television stations to track political advertisements.- Researched annual reports of major television networks to determine political advertising spending.- Created video tutorials for products Pharos, AdMo and Delta on the 'Advertising Analytics' YouTube channel.

Mclean, VA, US

Newsletter designer: May 2015-June 2015- Designed weekly newsletters in Adobe Illustrator and Adobe Photoshop for subscribers.Social media manager: May 2015 - June 2016- Updated and managed Facebook and Twitter accounts.- Worked on a social media campaign promoting learning resources.

Mclean, VA, US

Intern: May 2015 - June 2015- Assisted in conducting interviews and story writing.Digital Producer: August 2015 - May 2016- Managed official Facebook and Twitter accounts.- Pulled breaking news and wrote stories covering national topics that were relevant to a college audience.- Analyzed social networks and local USA TODAY Network papers for potential.

Washington, District Of Columbia, US

- Researched U.S. political candidates.- Assisted in production of video and paper advertisements.

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Communication Management And Design

High School