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347 West 16th Street
Apartment 1A
New York, NY 10011

VIDEO NEWS PRODUCER & CRISIS CONSULTANT

Producer for the highly-successful three-hour live newscast, “Mornings On 1” on NY1 in

the nation’s largest market. Create original taped and live segments on a wide variety of
topics from hard news to features under tight deadlines. Expert at finding stories you
can’t find anywhere else.
Author of, THE INSIDER’S GUIDE TO CRISIS COMMUNICATIONS, How To Manage The
Media And The Message. (Pub date Fall 2018) Frequent public speaker.
CORE QUALIFICATIONS
 Breaking News  Crisis Communications  Strong Leadership
 Segment Producing  Crisis Planning Skills
 Writing  Brand Positioning  A true love of
 ENG Photography  Translating complex mentoring
 Field Production scientific language into  Cool Under Extreme
 A love of story-telling conversational English Pressure

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

NY1
Producer for Mornings On 1
September 2017-April 2018
 Helped launch the highly-successful live morning newscast, “Mornings On 1.”
 Find, shoot, produce, write and edit unique segments on a wide variety of topics from hard
news to celebrity and consumer features.
 Always looking for new stories. Some examples are below:

Rob Reiner on his movie LBJ:

http://www.ny1.com/nyc/bronx/news/2017/11/03/rob-reiner-talks-new-lbj-movie-in-the-trump-era

A seminary in Chelsea is turned a luxury hotel:

http://www.ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/news/2018/02/27/chelsea-seminary-hotel

Shoe mogul Steve Madden has a colorful past but is hopeful about the future:
http://www.ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/news/2018/01/09/steve-madden-

NYC’s First Lady talks about why Black History Month is still relevant in 2018:
http://www.ny1.com/nyc/staten-island/news/2018/02/23/nyc-first-lady-talks-politics--her-personal-
life--and-black-history
Abandoned “Jet Age” terminal at JFK being turned into the TWA Hotel:
http://www.ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/news/2018/04/02/twa-hotel

President, Media & Messaging, LLC

November 2014-The Present
 Author of THE INSIDER’S GUIDE TO CRISIS COMMUNICATIONS, How To Manage The Media And
The Message (Pub date fall 2018)
 Experienced guest speaker
 Write, produce and edit video content
 Book and manage ENG crews, stills photographers and satellite trucks
 Prepare C-Suite executives for media interviews
 Work with legal counsel for trial prep
 Consult with large PR Firms to create realistic Q & A
 Coaching challenging personalities to stay on message

Real World Test Drive

Producer, Writer, Reporter
November 2009-Present
 Produce, write, edit and voice weekly online video car reviews covering all major automotive
manufacturers.
 Interview experts on location
 Deep professional relationship with all major automotive manufacturers
 Built traffic and subscribers on YouTube channel and realworldtestdrive.com

Fox News Channel

Package Producer
August 2015-March 2016
Stories included the Paris Terror Attacks, The 2016 Presidential Race and the death of Supreme Court
Justice Antonin Scalia.
 Research and pitch two packages of national/international interest daily
 Determine which correspondent is best suited to the assignment
 Write, produce and edit both pieces
 Ensure stories are finished and posted to the cloud in time for the newscasts of more than 100
Fox stations around the nation

Fox Business Network

Segment Producer, The Willis Report (Daily Consumer Business Show)
May 2014-November 2014
Stories included a one-hour special on the deadly General Motors ignition switch recall, how dirty is
your office building? and reducing the cost of pet care.

 Pitched, wrote and produced two to three live segments per day
  Field produced multi-camera shoots for both feature and hard news stories
 Wrote and edited packages for talent
 Managed breaking news stories from the control room

CBS News
Bulletin Producer
September 2011-January 2014
 Managed global teams of talent, producers and crews during crisis coverage
 Responsible for interrupting network programming for breaking news
 Selecting and prioritizing content for breaking stories.
 Writing and producing packages on major breaking stories

CBS News National Desk

Assignment Editor
September 2011-January 2014
 Monitored national events and trending stories through both social and traditional media to
determine which stories warrant coverage on broadcast TV, radio and the web.
 Assigned the teams and equipment to best cover national and international stories within
budgetary constraints
 Recommended top stories and features including health, entertainment, business and sports

The Manhattan Bureau (Video Production Company)

President

Partial Client List:

 Bayer Pharmaceuticals
 BMW
 Burson-Marsteller
 Celgene
 Chandler-Chicco Healthcare
 Circuit City
 eBay
 Edelman
 Ford Motor Company
 Genentech
 Hunter-Douglas
 IBM
 Ketchum Public Relations
 Kingdom of Jordan
 L’Oreal USA
 Marina Maher Communications
 Millennium Pharmaceuticals
  Nissan
 Novartis Pharmaceuticals
 Novo Nordisk
 Ogilvy Public Relations
 Pfizer
 Ritz-Carlton Hotels
 Roche
 Rolls-Royce Motor Cars
 Ruder-Finn Public Relations
 Sanofi
 Volvo

December 1997-2009
 Video Production Company specializing in handout footage and Satellite Media Tours
 Helped clients format robust Media Strategy for both positive and negative news stories
 Created media crisis plans for blue chip clients including standby statements, spokesperson
identification and prioritization of action items.
 Handled Fortune 100 clients, including leaders in the automotive, healthcare, technology,
consumer products and luxury travel industries
 Tourism and Commerce videos for nations including the Kingdom of Jordan and the Nation of
Honduras

The Fox Business Report, New York

Producer
1995-1997
 Responsible for the development, field production writing and broadcast of a daily syndicated
television segment focused on both breaking news and features.
 Covered everything from the birth of the World Wide Web to the death of Princess Diana.

WNBC News, New York.

Line Producer, Writer, Field Producer
1993-1995
 Line Producer, Writer, Field Producer at NBC flagship station in New York.
 Wrote and produced ground-breaking packages including the risk of Legionnaires Disease from
hot tubs, the death of Jackie Kennedy Onassis and a 22 part sweeps series on “The Contract
With America.”
 Managed coverage of the Oklahoma City Bombing, the asbestos crisis in NYC Schools and
Weather Emergencies
Awards and Honors:
 Featured Speaker USS Ronald Reagan: Topic: How to deal with the news media during a crisis
aboard an aircraft carrier.
 Featured speaker at Pharmaceutical Executive Marketing Conference in Philadelphia on the use
of social media in pharmaceutical education and promotion.
 Featured speaker at Psychiatric Association meeting in San Francisco on the ethics of using
mentally ill patients in clinical trials of psychotropic medications.
 Emmy Submission: “The Secret Bunker” Two part television news story on the secret city built
under the Greenbrier Hotel in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia to house Congress and the
Supreme Court during a nuclear war.
 Letter of Commendation from HRH King Abdullah of Jordan for a promotional video created to
bring tourists to Jordan.
 Featured speaker at IIRME Public Relations conference in Dubai.
 Featured speaker at many PRSA NY chapter workshops on the proper use of video as a public
relations tool.
 Award-winning video campaign to promote First Book, a charity which support’s children’s
literacy.

Education:
 Studied Diplomacy and International Affairs at the American University in Paris.
 BA Journalism, The George Washington University, Washington, DC.