Summary
Overview
Awards & Certificates
Accomplishments
Projects
Skills
Work History
Education
Volunteer experience
Timeline
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Romy C. Ackerberg

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Romy C. Ackerberg

Summary

Emmy award-winning executive producer and dedicated visual storyteller. Highly organized and detail-oriented management style with a focus on teamwork, inclusion, and creative problem solving. Collaborative in working closely with strategic teams to develop market-leading news broadcasts.

Overview

13
years of professional experience

Awards & Certificates

  • Emmy Award, National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, 2023
  • Forbes Seattle 30 Under 30 nominee, 2023
  • DEA Certificate of Appreciation, 2022
  • Fox 13 MVP of the Month, July 2022
  • Completed Harvard ManageMentor: Leading the Business, 2022

Accomplishments

  • Lead top-rated market-leading morning newscast in the Seattle area.
  • Responsible for ratings surge across daily news cycles
  • Created FOX’s first-ever training bootcamp and guidebook, reimagining specialized job training in a developing industry
  • Launched and actively manage seven TV franchises and five company partnerships
  • Launched and actively manage FOX’s most comprehensive Spanish-language daily newscast
  • Managed teams of seven to 12 staff members

Projects

Soul of the Central District, Creator & Executive Producer

Monthly segment featured on Good Day Seattle highlighting Seattle’s historic Central District. Soul of the Central District focuses on the city’s black-owned businesses and the impact of city growth and gentrification on local communities of color.

  • Homepage: https://www.fox13seattle.com/tag/good-day-seattle/soul-of-the-cd
  • Launch of Soul of the Central District: https://www.fox13seattle.com/video/1186946

'The Spotlight' with David Rose, Episodic Executive Producer

Weekly long-form storytelling show on crime and public safety issues across Washington state.

The invisible side of abuse: Inside the mind of a manipulator | Full episode

  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jFQfA9RtUpA&list=PLk-8ywDioaFEvVc9yQLgQIEoVBVD4f6jE&index=79&ab_channel=FOX13Seattle

Snohomish County's proactive approach to fighting crime, violence and drugs | Full episode

  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_wm5k7MCjoM&list=PLk-8ywDioaFEvVc9yQLgQIEoVBVD4f6jE&index=84&t=7s&ab_channel=FOX13Seattle

Skills

  • Critical thinking & storytelling
  • Creative vision implementation & direction
  • Project management
  • Managing editorial direction
  • Self-starter
  • Digital photography & editing
  • Priority & deadline-driven
  • Broadcast media & live events
  • Interdepartmental communications & collaboration
  • Relationship management
  • Ratings understanding
  • Community-building techniques

Work History

Fox 13 News | KCPQ

News Manager, Executive Producer
12.2020 - Current

Job overview

  • Executive Producer, Good Day Seattle | October 2022 — Present
  • Senior News Producer | October 2021 — October 2022
  • News Producer | December 2020 — October 2021

Fox 9 News | KMSP

News Producer
12.2016 - 12.2020

Job overview

  • News Producer
  • Associate Producer
  • Assignment Editor/Digital Content Producer (Part-Time)

CTV North Suburbs

Intern, Video Production
04.2015 - 07.2016

The Blake School

Intern, Marketing & Communications
06.2013 - 02.2014

Minnesota Premier Publications

Intern, Photojournalism
05.2012 - 08.2012

Minneapolis Institute Of Arts

Public Programs Team Member
05.2010 - 06.2011

Education

University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, MN

M.D. from Professional Journalism
2016

Goucher College
Baltimore, MD

from Focus: Psychology & Arts Administration

Volunteer experience

Animal Humane Society 2013 — 2017

Midwest Journalism Conference 2016

Timeline

News Manager, Executive Producer

Fox 13 News | KCPQ
12.2020 - Current

News Producer

Fox 9 News | KMSP
12.2016 - 12.2020

Intern, Video Production

CTV North Suburbs
04.2015 - 07.2016

Intern, Marketing & Communications

The Blake School
06.2013 - 02.2014

Intern, Photojournalism

Minnesota Premier Publications
05.2012 - 08.2012

Public Programs Team Member

Minneapolis Institute Of Arts
05.2010 - 06.2011

University of Minnesota

M.D. from Professional Journalism

Goucher College

from Focus: Psychology & Arts Administration
Romy C. Ackerberg