Resume
For more than a decade, I have been honing the craft of storytelling professionally and personally through writing and video production. Now that I am back from a world-wide adventure, I am looking to put these skills and the insight I’ve gained back to work.
EXPERIENCE
CBS News, New York, NY (November 2013 – Present)
Producer “CBS This Morning”
- Produce feature and enterprise packages on wide range of topics from technology to education; develop editorial and sources, write scripts, draft questions, oversee edits
- Field produce: coordinate locations and crews, set up interviews, manage budgets
- Serve as utility producer for two-hour live broadcast: crash news and feature packages for breaking-news stories, compile live segments, conduct interviews, catch pieces from field teams including Emmy-nominated immigration coverage
Al Jazeera America, New York, NY (July 2013 – November 2013)
Freelance Producer “Real Money with Ali Velshi”
- Produced daily news packages and magazine-style pieces for start-up network
- Field produced, wrote scripts, supervised edits; wrote articles for web companion stories
World Travel (April 2011 – June 2012)
Digital Documentarian
- Planned and completed 396-day, 30-country trip; managed $75K budget and logistics
- Created life-offtrack.com blog with WordPress CMS; wrote more than 100 stories
- Produced 40 videos: shot with Canon 5D Mark II, edited on Final Cut, published on Vimeo
- Established DSLR video to web workflow; self-diagnosed and troubleshot technical issues
- Posted more than 1500 photos to Flickr, utilized Adobe Photoshop
CNBC, Englewood Cliffs, NJ (May 2004 – April 2011)
Field Producer
- Coordinated interviews, logistics and managed teams for live on-site coverage including broadcasts during the Vancouver Olympics, Bernie Madoff scandal, and 2008 financial crisis
- Compiled live segments and taped packages often writing scripts for daily broadcast, hour-long breaking news specials, and long-form documentaries
- Developed, managed, and generated weekly series on corporate sustainability initiatives
- Created, produced, and shot digital journalism web series “Faces of the Recession”
- Pitched and produced enterprising stories on subjects from energy to the economic stimulus
Associate Producer “Squawk on the Street”
- Produced topical discussions, booked executives/market guests for two-hour live broadcast
- Guided content; developed relationships with newsmakers; served as backup line producer
Segment Producer “On the Money”/“Closing Bell”
- Booked debates; wrote scripts; field/tape produced news and features for live broadcast
News Associate “Louis Rukeyser’s Wall Street”
- Compiled market charts; wrote news updates; coordinated sound bites
Institutional Investor News , New York, NY (Jan. 2002 – May 2004)
Senior Reporter
- Reported and wrote news-breaking stories for weekly print and web newsletter
- Built source list of traders, private equity/distressed debt fund managers, lawyers, executives
EDUCATION
Boston College
Bachelor of Arts, 2001; Majors in English & Economics; Associate Editor for campus newspaper
HONORS
2010 Gerald Loeb Award for Distinguished Business and Financial Journalism
ADDITIONAL TRAINING/SKILLS
Trained for digital journalism with NBC News/New York Film Academy
Experienced with social media: Facebook, Twitter; familiar with HTML, CSS, SEO practices