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Timothy Smith

Transmission/Editor at WGN-TV
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Experienced television editor with 30+ years of experience in broadcast television and video production.
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Location
Mount Prospect, Illinois, United States, US
Skills
  • Video Production
  • Final Cut Pro
  • Broadcast
  • Avid
  • Television
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Timothy Smith is a seasoned television editor with 30+ years of experience in broadcast television, video production, and non-linear editing. He has worked as a Transmission/Editor at WGN-TV and has taught at Columbia College, Chicago. Smith has expertise in Final Cut Pro, Avid, and Adobe Premiere CC, and has edited for various networks, including Big Ten Network and WLS-ABC Channel 7.

Experience

  • WGN-TV
    • Transmission/Editor
      • Dec 2014 - Present

  • Columbia College Chicago
    • Adjunct Professor
      • Sep 2010 - Dec 2014

      Teaching "Creating the Television News Package" at Columbia College, Chicago. Instructing students on the fundamentals of a newsroom operation and how to create a news package using Final Cut Pro 7.

  • Chicago Bears Football Club
    • Associate/Line Producer
      • Sep 2010 - Dec 2014

      Line produces the Emmy Award winning "Bears Game Day Live", a half hour live pre-game sports show focusing on the Chicago Bears football game for that week. One anchor (Lou Canellis) in studio, while Jeff Joniak and Tom Thayer were usually at a remote site. (stadium)

  • Freelance Media Production
    • Digital Media Non-Linear Editor
      • Jun 2010 - Dec 2014

      I have been editing and assisting producers, reporters and writers for the past 16 years as an "on-line" analog/digital media editor. Whether it was a package, open, promo or tease for a newscast, special programing or sporting event I have been asked to work both independently and as part of a team utilizing Avid NewsCutter, Final Cut Pro 7 and Adobe Premiere CC editing software.

  • WLS-ABC Channel 7
    • Freelance Media Manager/Non-Linear Editor
      • Apr 2011 - Oct 2014

      Edits news packages for Chicago's number one news station using Grass Valley's non-linear system known as "Aurora".

  • Big Ten Network
    • Freelance Ingest Engineer/Editor
      • Sep 2010 - Aug 2014

      Responsible for maintaining the workflow of incoming and outgoing media for Big Ten Network utilizing Grass Valley's Stratus system. Great attention to detail is required. Also works as a non-linear editor using Adobe Premiere CC.

  • WFLD Fox 32
    • Analog/Digital Media Editor
      • Apr 1994 - Jun 2010

      Avid NewsCutter and Final Cut Pro 7 Digital Editor

  • SportsChannel, Chicago
    • Editor
      • 1991 - 1994

      I started my television career here after completing a successful internship with Lisa Seltzer and the Chicago Blackhawks. It was here that I was able to learn multiple skills such as camera, floor director, audio engineer, playback and technical director. I decided editing was what I enjoyed best, but never forgot the multiple skills learned from the very talented people working at SportsChannel, Chicago.

Education

  • 1988 - 1995
    Columbia College
    Bachelor of Arts, Communications/Television
  • 1986 - 1988
    Wilbur Wright Junior College

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