Sandra Mitchell Email & Phone Number

United States

Los Angeles, Ca

Reporter/Anchor for M-F mid day and evening newscasts at L.A.'s Very Own, KTLA 5, THE LA source for live breaking news•Generate important story ideas•Create and manage daily and urgent social media content•Evaluate complex ideas and translate to concise and engaging copy for daily newscasts•Collaborate with managers and production teams to enhance fast-paced news gathering and coverage•Ensure accuracy of news content by diligent fact-checking and verification process•Prepare guests for on-camera interview appearances•Conduct live on-camera interviews with newsmakers, influencers, celebrities, politicians-quickly reacting and adapting to move live segment forward and keep guests on-point•Establish and maintain professional relationships with community leaders•Interact with senior management to uphold company standardsEvaluate complex news ideas and craft into relevant public information and news copy*Multiple Emmy Award Winner*Multiple Golden Mike Award Winner*Awarded Temple University National Honor Society in Journalism Outstanding Service Award*Awarded Alliance for Women in Media Excellence in Television Award

Los Angeles

Segment Producer for Emmy-nominated talk show, Dr. Phil.Tasked with producing, writing and crafting compelling stories for the highest-rated nationally syndicated daytime talk show in the U.S.•Perform pre-interview synopsis of story segments for show•Research information and source verification about guests from all levels of society•Formulate outline and develop relevant questions for story segments to drive the episode forward•Prepare guests to be comfortable on camera and help them adapt to the essence of the story•Coordinate and lead production team, including videographers, editors and production assistants•Serve as liaison between production team and senior management•Interview guests on Zoom and in person•Summarize b-roll and interviews•Write compelling story segments and teases•Collaborate with management and executive producers to uphold the integrity of the brand•Work closely with executive and senior producers and production crew

Los Angeles Metropolitan Area

Mid day leader as anchor of KCAL 9 News at noon, 2 and 3. Recognized as only solo on-camera news anchor for hour-long daily mid-day newscast in Los Angeles Television market.CBS 2 and KCAL 9 is a powerhouse duopoly and CBS is the West Coast flagship station of the CBS television network.•Generated important story ideas•Created and managed daily and urgent social media content•Evaluated complex ideas and translated to concise and engaging copy for daily newscast •Collaborated with managers and production teams to enhance fast-paced news gathering and coverage•Ensured accuracy of news content by diligent fact-checking and verification process•Prepared guests for live on-camera interview appearances•Produced and conducted live on-camera interviews with newsmakers, influencers, celebrities, politicians-quickly reacting and adapting to move live segment forward and keep guests on-point•Established and maintained professional relationships with community leaders•Led news team and engaged audience with live, on-camera anchoring of daily newscast•Served as high profile representative of the tv station for public service campaigns•Appeared on behalf of tv station to emcee and host major community and charity events•Interacted with senior management to uphold company standardsEvaluated complex news ideas and crafted into relevant public information and news copy*Multiple Emmy Award Winner*Multiple Golden Mike Award Winner*Awarded Temple University National Honor Society in Journalism Outstanding Service Award*Awarded Alliance for Women in Media Excellence in Television Award

Los Angeles

Voting member and strategic planner for governing board of L.A. Chapter of national non-profit with $2 million budget, 7 staff members and more than 500 volunteers.•Involved in media relations, strategy, finances and management of major Los Angeles area special events with large corporate sponsors and more than 10,000 participants, including "Race for the Cure," "More than Pink Walk," and "Celebrity Chef Culinary Showdown"•Served as on-camera and public appearance specialist for Susan G. Komen Organization, emceed and hosted high profile community events•Strategized and coordinated media relations for lead up and day of coverage of major community events•Advanced organization fundraising goals by coordinating media coverage •Prepared guests and produced interview segments with key organization leaders, medical leaders, doctors and patients•A leading L.A. fundraiser for "Race for the Cure" and "More Than Pink Walk"