Currently working at 60 Minutes where I research, fact check, pull elements and perform administrative duties for a correspondent team.
Broadcast Associate / 60 MINUTES
May 2021 – Present
- Assisting correspondent team in preparing for a shoot, including assembling research binders, printing questions and anticipating production needs
- Helping to gather and clear archival material from CBS and third party sources
- Screening and logging footage
- Handling administrative duties for 60 Minutes Correspondents and producers, including coordinating schedules, booking travel and doing expenses
Broadcast Associate / Newspath
Jul 2018 – May 2021
Overnight Desk Producing:
• All duties of regional and international producers in addition to being the go-to person for any incoming planning/broadcast questions for the CBS network, foreign clients and CBS affiliates.
• Planning, researching & producing PKGs for 3a, 5a offers.
International Producing:
•Editing feeds from APTN and Reuters wire services, along with European counterparts such as Eurovison, BBC Network 10 in Australia. Also Canadian and Latin American clients, CBC, Global News and AIL.
• Working with network Foreign Desk to gather elements in case of breaking news
• Bringing Live feeds from our international clients in case of major breaking news.
• Approving stories for the server and pitching during 4:30 pm national editorial call.
Regional Producing:
• Contacting affiliate stations for assigned region for their daily planner
• Coordinating with regional stations about crew presence and live feeds for pressers etc. in breaking news stations.
• Clearing footage/packages from affiliate stations for network news usage on morning and evening news shows
• Approving contributed and edited footage on Newspath for publishing
• Pitching major stories of the day from assigned region
• Liaising between National Desk and regional stations for setting up crews in case of breaking news.
BA duties:
• Editing live feeds of press conferences and aerials, sound bites in breaking news stories.
• Writing editorials for edited feeds on the NewsPath website.
• Clearing social media in breaking news situations for use in morning and evening news broadcasts.
• Going on shoots for potential stories for broadcast and editing them for the Newspathnow.com server.
• Finding archival and file footage from CBS Affiliates and CBS International clients.
CBS News National Desk
Feb 2018 – Jul 2018
Reporting breaking news stories
• Creating shooting schedules for CBS Evening News, CBS This Morning and CBSN Anchors
• Scouting and researching stories for further reporting by all CBS news shows using tools such as Dataminr and TweetDeck
• Working with assignment editors on organising and researching for all major news shows at CBS.
• Administrative duties such as connecting assignment editors with the graphics team, logistical planning for travelling correspondents, booking flights and accommodation.
• Creating beat checks including noteworthy stories from affiliates for the National Desk staff every evening.
• Logging press conferences for Assignment editors and producers at CBS Evening News and CBS This Morning
CBS This Morning Saturday Page
CBS News
Mar 2018 – Jul 2018
SCRIPT RUNNER on CBS This Morning Saturday
• Reading, organising and delivering scripts to anchors and producers before the show
• Script Running during live taping between segments.
• Helping Special Report Producers with correcting and/or delivering scripts to the anchors on set
• Using ENPS program to complete various tasks including finding the correct script and alerting producers if anything is missing.
• Bringing scripts to guest correspondents before their live segment
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert Page
CBS
Jan 2018 – Mar 2018
Audience Management, seating planning and crowd control of over 450 guests per night.
Production Assistant
Nominal Content
Apr 2017 – Dec 2017
• Arranging equipment rentals, pick up, drop off and logistics on 'Bitter Taste,' a short film following Fraser, a Michelin-starred chef in New York City.
• Assisting the producer with call sheets.
• Costume arrangement and set design.
• Promoting the film and its funding campaign on Seed&Spark.
Production Intern / Researcher
Ark Media
Jan 2017 – May 2017
Worked as a production and research intern on a PBS documentary based on the New York Times bestseller "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee, which chronicles the history and advancement in the field of Genetics.
• Conducted in-depth research on gene technology and related topics.
• Finding relevant interviews, photos and videos to be used for reference.
• Researched potential sources to interview for the documentary.
• Used FileMaker to archive footage and other multimedia used.
• Organized shoots, equipment rentals, set logistics with Emmy award winning producers.
• Constructed interview questions for renowned geneticists like Nancy Wexler , Jennifer Doudna and journalist John Colapinto of The New Yorker.…see more
Education
Stony Brook University
Degree: Master of Arts - MA
Field Of Study: Public Policy Analysis
Dates attended: 2017 – 2019
Stony Brook University
Degree: Bachelor of Arts (B.A.)
Field Of Study: Political Science and Journalism
Dates attended: 2013 – 2017
Activities and Societies: Managing Editor @ The Stony Brook Press
