Experience

KVOA-TV

• United States
• Broadcast Media Production and Distribution
• 1 - 100 Employee

• News Director

  • Mar 2011 - Present

• Content Management Center Director

  • Feb 2010 - Mar 2011

  Oversee day to day operations of the News Department. Manage a five-person management team in addition to a staff of 48. Supervise content for multiple news franchises and all promotional news stories. Responsible for choice and development of daily news content. Responsible for structure and organization of newsroom; Assist in the Recruiting and Hiring of Staff; Training; Performance evaluations; Critiques. Responsible for developing, instituting and managing staff towards daily news presentation goals based on research and station mission. Focused news product for targeted demographic areas. Supervised management of news website.Initiated a significant number of milestone projects for the organization, including a drowning prevention project, assisting military families in need in our community, targeting wanted domestic violence offenders in Southern Arizona and a major food and toy drive. Responsible for planning and implementation of all special projects including elections and sweeps plans annually. Create changes with respect to salary adjustments, and handle disciplinary issues within the newsroom. Show less

• Assistant News Director

  • Jan 2008 - Feb 2010

  Assistant to News Director. Worked closely with news staff on development, writing, copy editing, and presentation of all news stories. Responsible for all management aspects of daily news product. Coordinated, organized and produced multiple special publicity events and town halls. Responsible for creation, organization, scheduling, production, budgeting and legal approval of all special projects and investigative stories.

• Managing Editor

  • Dec 2002 - Jan 2008

  Responsible for creation, organization, scheduling and legal approval of all special projects and investigative stories. Hands-on daily news content manager. Responsible for all management aspects of daily news product. Coordinated all news employee schedules. Intern coordinator for station.

• Assignment Manager

  • Dec 1999 - Dec 2002

  Responsible for creating and setting up all daily content. Worked closely with news staff on presentation of all news stories.



KVOA- TV

• United States
• Broadcast Media Production and Distribution
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Producer

  • Apr 1998 - Dec 1999

  Produced multiple main line newscasts over time period. Responsible for contributing story ideas to the newsroom desk. Produced multiple main line newscasts over time period. Responsible for contributing story ideas to the newsroom desk.



WTWO-TV

• Reporter

  • Oct 1996 - Apr 1998

  Served as the station's City Beat reporter. Covered major news stories and did daily live shots. Executed weekly consumer franchise. Served as the station's City Beat reporter. Covered major news stories and did daily live shots. Executed weekly consumer franchise.