Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Timeline
Community Service
Publications
Awards
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Ian Cameron

Washington,DC

Summary

Accomplished editorial leader with a successful track record in competitive, deadline-driven network newsrooms. Recognized for leading high-performing teams, delivering editorial excellence, and spearheading strategic initiatives across multiple platforms. Recognized for possessing sound editorial judgment, fostering cross-platform innovation, upholding journalistic integrity, and excelling as a people person. Skilled at aligning teams around mission-driven goals and achieving results based on audience data and editorial impact.

Overview

27
27
years of professional experience

Work History

Executive Producer

ABC News This Week with George Stephanopoulos
10.2008 - 01.2011
  • Managed staff and directed editorial content for the broadcast.
  • Responsible for the broadcast's overall editorial integrity.
  • Managed and reviewed the program's multi-million dollar budget.
  • Control room producer for live broadcast.
  • Managed transition to new anchor and had strong working relationship with numerous anchors.
  • Strengthened editorial staff, improved workflows, and enhanced on-air production of This Week.
  • Partnered with digital platforms to redesign the show's online strategy, increasing reach and engagement.
  • Consistent ratings growth.

Senior Producer

ABC World News with Charles Gibson and ABC World News Tonight with Peter Jennings
06.2001 - 10.2008
  • Led editorial direction for network news coverage of national politics, national security, regulatory agencies, and breaking news.
  • Managed news production staff in competitive, deadline driven network news environment.
  • Assigned and directed ABC News Washington correspondent staff.
  • Led Washington editorial response during 9/11, contributing to ABC's Peabody Award-winning coverage.
  • Developed a network news division diversity strategy as a member of The ABC News Diversity Committee.

Producer

ABC World News Tonight with Peter Jennings
02.1998 - 06.2001
  • Oversaw editorial investigative team.
  • Produced investigative and enterprise news stories on government waste, consumer fraud and abuse.
  • Led the editorial direction of the "It's Your Money" segment, the most widely recognized branded segment on World News Tonight.

Washington Bureau Chief, English Television News

Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
07.1997 - 02.1998
  • Produced and coordinated CBC's US and Latin America news coverage for network news and current affairs programming.
  • Managed the bureau's television news production staff for network and 24-hour cable news coverage.

Senior Producer

The National, CBC
08.1995 - 07.1997
  • Directed production and editorial content for CBC's flagship nightly newscast and its long-form segment, The National Magazine.
  • Led cost-saving newsroom strategies during restructuring while maintaining editorial standards.
  • Arranged co-productions and joint editorial coverage with numerous broadcast and non-broadcast partners.

Washington Producer

CBC
04.1993 - 08.1995
  • Produced long form news documentaries on US politics for CBC's nightly news magazine program.

Foreign Editorial Producer

The National CBC
06.1992 - 04.1993
  • Assigned and managed newsgathering personnel and resources for major international coverage.
  • Responsible for planning major international news coverage.
  • Coordinated coverage of major breaking news events with various platforms including television, radio and television current affairs.

Producer

The Journal, CBC
09.1988 - 06.1992
  • Produced long-form topical news documentaries in South Africa, the Soviet Union, the US.
  • Booking and breaking news producer during the Gulf War, Tiananmen, and the collapse of the Berlin Wall

Reporter

CJOH-TV
09.1985 - 08.1987
  • Reported local and national news for the most-watched local news station in Ottawa.

Reporter

KIEM-TV
06.1984 - 07.1985
  • Assignment editor in local newsroom
  • Enterprising reporter covering local and regional news
  • Weekend sports anchor and weather broadcaster

Education

Master of Science - International Relations

London School of Economics
London, UK
06.1988

Bachelor of Arts - Communications

Stanford University
Stanford, CA
06.1983

Skills

  • Strategic Editorial Leadership
  • Talent Development and Team Management
  • High-Level Decision Making
  • Budget and Resource Management
  • Live Studio and Field Production
  • Political and Investigative Journalism
  • Multi-Platform News Strategy
  • Documentary and Long-Form Production
  • Public Speaking and Media Relations

Timeline

Executive Producer

ABC News This Week with George Stephanopoulos
10.2008 - 01.2011

Senior Producer

ABC World News with Charles Gibson and ABC World News Tonight with Peter Jennings
06.2001 - 10.2008

Producer

ABC World News Tonight with Peter Jennings
02.1998 - 06.2001

Washington Bureau Chief, English Television News

Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
07.1997 - 02.1998

Senior Producer

The National, CBC
08.1995 - 07.1997

Washington Producer

CBC
04.1993 - 08.1995

Foreign Editorial Producer

The National CBC
06.1992 - 04.1993

Producer

The Journal, CBC
09.1988 - 06.1992

Reporter

CJOH-TV
09.1985 - 08.1987

Reporter

KIEM-TV
06.1984 - 07.1985

Master of Science - International Relations

London School of Economics

Bachelor of Arts - Communications

Stanford University

Community Service

Current Chair of the National Board for Reading Partners, Oakland, California; Tutor, Reading Partners, Washington DC, 2014-Present; Board Member, Fords Theatre, Washington DC, 2014-Present, Former Chair and Board Member, Maret School, Washington DC, 2009-2024

Publications

"Canada, the Commonwealth, and South Africa: National Foreign Policy Making in a Multilateral Environment." Published in Millennium: Journal of International Studies, vol. 18, No. 2

Awards

2001 Peabody Award for ABC News Coverage of 9/11, 1997 Gemini Nomination for Best Information Series, CBC's The National

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