Tom Layson Email & Phone Number

Tacoma, Wa

Responsible for all aspects of the production of Northwest Now, KBTC's weekly public affairs program. Shoot, write, edit short stories and long-form special projects. Produce, write, anchor and edit the Northwest Now program. Web oversight, departmental budgeting, brand and policy direction, departmental employee supervision, mentoring and management. Public speaking at screenings and public events. Part of the station's senior management team with an emphasis on content and production. http://www.kbtc.org/northwest-now/

NMS provided video-based content for web 2.0 and beyond. Produced video based content for a wide variety of clients including Bethel Public Schools, Apple Physical Therapy, CIS Tacoma, Griot's Garage, Comcast, Cascade Christian Schools, Association of Washington Business, Windermere, Bodine Enterprises, BLRB Architecture and Advanced Broadcast Solutions. I really started my deep dive into digital media during this period.

Helped lead an award-winning team as part of the nation's largest regional cable network. Live coverage, daily newscasts, special events, franchise reporting in the personal finance space. Anchored 13 hours of award winning coverage on 9-11 and produced and hosted several award-winning specials. Host of the New Jersey Challenge which featured academic teams from throughout the region.

Full time weekend anchor bringing credibility, humor and viewers to the NewsCenter brand. Daily field reporting, crime, courts, spot news, state government and politics.

Putting the "Been there, done that" into my personal story as a full time reporter covering politics, major spot news involving disasters and crime of national significance, courts, state government, water and the environment.

Learning visual storytelling at one of the era's best mid-market shops. Full time night side solo reporter responsible for nightly lead story and major events coverage.

Solo night side reporter and part of the team that took the station from a laggard to the dominant market leader with the Action News format.

Full time reporter and videographer and weekend anchor at one of the era's most dominant (by share) CBS affiliates in the U.S. Covering county government, crime, spot news, water and agriculture.

Ba, Communications

Graduate Studies, Media Management

Completed all the course work for my masters, but did not complete a thesis.