Accomplished broadcast journalist and videographer with a proven track record at Rockland Video Productions and various television news outlets, showcasing expertise in video transmission and editing, including Sony XDCAM and Adobe Premiere. Launched a successful company, leveraging strong technical and storytelling skills,
Independent broadcast journalist serving national & local television news/sports outlets media outlets.
Based in the northern suburbs of NYC.
In addition to shooting news and sports video footage, I had provided LiveU, Dejero, and KU-band satellite uplink transmission services for the broadcast/cable and public relations industries.
Helped gather and shoot news footage.
Fed footage while operating television 2 and 7 GHz microwave transmission van.
Edited tape and took in feeds in house.
All of the above tasks enabled me to get my technical skills up to speed..
I credit WABC-TV with helping me launch my own company .. Rockland Video Productions, NY.
Wrote news copy for television evening newscasts.
Produced/wrote news packages to be voiced by news anchors.
Produced & wrote 4-min sportscast that was read by the news anchor on the CBS Morning News.
Produced early morning and noon news shows.
Crafted and wrote cold show opens, teases, and news copy for anchors to read.
Monitored police scanners with assignment desk.
Coordinated fast breaking news live shots with reporters and photographers out in the field.
My newscasts were consistently number 1 in the ratings in South Florida.
CBS Morning News
Tore multi-ply wire copy from AP, UPI, and Reuters ticker machine .. distributed them to show producers and writers.
Fielded calls for producers.
Worked with show operations manager to coordinate remotes for next morning's broadcast.
NY Emmy Award Long Form Content 2023
NY Emmy Award Special Event Coverage 2022
Rockland County, NY Award of Excellence in the months following 9/11.