Executive News Producer & News Manager
Professional Experience
FOX 13 News
Seattle, WA
Executive Producer
2022 - Present
News Producer
2019 - 2022
Project manager in a fast-paced, high stress environment.
Manage a team of 20 producers, writers, reporters & anchors.
Expertly navigate high-priority deadlines.
Lead content & coverage decisions for 5 ½ hours of daily news.
Masterful deconstruction of press releases & fact checking.
Creative visual storyteller.
Served as team leader for nightly news production.
Increased ratings year over year across all news cycles.
Consistently produced several hours of nightly news.
Excelled at breaking news coverage.
KHQ Local News
Spokane, WA
News & Web Producer
2016-2019
Produced the top-rated newscasts at the market-leading station.
Discovered & created compelling content for newscasts, the web & social media platforms daily.
Developed social media strategy to increase followers and interactions across platforms.
The Boeing Company
Seattle, WA
Procurement Agent
2015-2016
Negotiated contracts under tight deadlines to mitigate risk for company’s attendance at offsite meetings, air shows, & events.
Assisted in developing strong relationships between business partners & suppliers.
iFIBER One News
Ephrata, WA
Production Assistant
2013-2014
Successfully shaped & grew a newly established newsroom.
Actively sought & pitched story ideas for reporters daily.
Wrote scripts for newscasts & managed website.
Directed sports & news segments for weekday newscasts.
Conducted interviews, put together stories for shows.
Co-anchored weekend newscasts.
Web Articles
Below are links to several samples of my published web copy
Education
Central Washington University
Master's Degree
Information Technology & Administrative Management
2014-2015
Bachelor's Degree
Broadcast Journalism
2010-2014
"In the case of news, we should always wait for the sacrament of confirmation."
Voltaire
