▪ Serves as a critical member of the newsroom leadership team, managing a diverse group of content professionals.▪ Leverages research findings and strategic goals to prioritize and chase compelling content across all platforms. Adding stories with substance to all platforms.▪ Ensures the seamless flow of content across linear and digital platforms, satisfying consumer needs with high-value offerings.▪ Spearheads coverage on various fronts including breaking news, pre-planned stories, and in-depth enterprise reporting.▪ Balances the requirements of multiple stakeholders such as linear, digital, streaming, sports, weather, special projects, and investigative teams.▪ Maintains constant communication with news and creative services on content updates.▪ Leads hiring processes and training initiatives for content center staff.▪ Provides coaching, mentorship, and development opportunities for team members.▪ Monitors and analyzes KPIs to guide content and coverage strategies.▪ Acts as the news director in their absence.▪ Performs other related duties as assigned.▪ Drives content innovation, evolving with trends and technology.▪ Helps identify and guide audience engagement into the reporting process.

• Interpreted & created guidelines for producers & talent to produce compelling, modern content to reach all audiences• Guiding talent to immerse themselves in stories, making connections in the field & re-imagining the most effective way to tell stories to truly get results for our viewers• Working with producers to re-imagine how stories are presented• Managing/planning for several franchises/specials, including Trooper Steve on Patrol, Serving Those Who Served & Fireworks at the Fountain: A City of Heroes

—Leading 9am show team to create a show full of news you can use, live interviews based in news topics and using sound editorial judgment—Creator of ongoing segments like Serving Those Who Served and Ask a Doctor to address the larger needs of our community—Making sure story selection gets results for a variety of communities within our market every day—Crafting shows that showcase our talent and allow them to be the experts and personalities they are—Leading a team daily and managing others for the best possible product —Taking on other ongoing projects as needed, like Women’s History Month coverage and our yearly City of Heroes celebration stories for July 4th—Jumping in on Breaking News coverage as needed to ensure timely and accurate reporting of necessary facts —Occasionally shoots, writes & edits enterprise stories for broadcast and digital with accompanying articles for our digital platform

-leading Special Projects/Investigative unit that has contributed largely to several 11pm newscast monthly wins -unit's contributions factor largely into a growing 11pm newscast audience-pitch/plan story ideas and monthly calendars of stories to air that promote station's brand, "Getting Results"-uses excellent news judgment and creativity in selecting varied and compelling stories to add to our newscasts-manages day-to-day logistics of the team and coordination of elements with daily newscasts-works with producers, reporters, and photographers/editors to maintain excellent standards and quality news reporting for all pieces for air and web-manages unit's contributions to the station's website-works with other units to ensure seamless integration of our content to other platforms-fills in as on-call manager for General Assignment on select weekends

-pitch and develop story ideas-investigate a range of topics from consumer to lifestyle to crime to scams to technology-organize and keep information current on long-standing investigations while turning other pieces -coordinate with talent/photographer/editor -conduct interviews-write balanced pieces, teases, web copy, extra content, etc. with journalistic integrity -multitask and use excellent news judgment -occasional fill-in line producer

-Crafts 5pm newscast-Works with assignment desk, reporters, executive producers to select stories and coordinate elements for shows -Writes stories, selects video, creates graphics for shows-Pitches promotable stories -Produces investigative/promotable stories with talent -Produced live wall-to-wall coverage of the George Zimmerman trial

-Produced 6 and 11 pm nightly newscasts-Stacked rundown, selected/writed stories and teases, oversaw reporters-Produced creative newscasts-Coordinated video, graphics, and all other elements-Timed and oversaw show live in control room-Wrote stories for website and social media-Also produced and was on-air talent for Special Projects pieces/shows

• PA on “Child Labor”, “Gay Husband”, “Anti-Gay Kids”, "Pray Away the Gay", "SAT Kids" and “Smoking Parents” scenario • Liaison between producer, camera and production crews and local governments as sole support on shoots • Wrote articles for ABC News website, conducted background research, contributed to script writing and editing process• Directed camera shots, shot and/or produced b-roll, edited webcasts/clip reels on Avid• Primary support on ABC News Special “The Year…” with Katie Couric--“Hall of Shame” piece and 20/20 hour "Taken: 12 Hours of Terror Caught on Tape" with Robin Roberts

• Field produced live “Island Vote 2010” and “Island Vote 2011” coverage• Breaking News support for “Hurricane Irene 2011” coverage• Coordinates elements for daily newscasts including: graphics, video, audio, creates dubs, assembles file b-roll• Script running and teleprompter operating for live shows

• Conducted MOS interviews, collected file b-roll for segments, screened calls for live call-in show• Floor managed political debates and assisted at “Gubernatorial Debate 2010” at Hofstra University• Ingested video into server, routed feeds from ENG/SNG trucks, cut video to air

• Pitched story ideas, attended and assisted on shoots• Supported 20/20 pieces “’Black Swan’ Dance Double” with Elizabeth Vargas, “Update on Deadly Tornadoes” with Jim Avila, and “Cheerleader Destroyed by Online Gossip” and “Distracted Driving” with Chris Cuomo

• One-man band style of reporting--wrote, produced, shot and edited packages for daily news show• Appeared on-camera conducting interviews for news packages

• Assisted in development of lifestyle segments from pre- through post-production, including pitching segments to media buyer clients• Wrote scripts, managed social media outlets, prop/set styled, floor managed shoots, assisted in control room