Trisha Kirk

Producer, writer, and editor in the Historical Content and Preservation Department with the Las Vegas Raiders; part of a small team creating a highly-anticipated documentary series that will chronicle 60+ years of Raiders history and feature more than 400 intimate interviews with Raiders alumni, coaches, journalists, and historians; help manage and document a vast array of archival material dating from 1960. My team recently won a Regional Emmy Award for Best Long-Form Documentary for a feature investigating the highly controversial "Immaculate Reception" play of 1972, revealing the personal side of a slice of sports history as seen through the athlete's eyes.

On-location producer for sensitive A&E documentary series about a North Carolina religious cult and its former members; managed production team and crew; conducted extensive interviews; coordinated daily shoots and scheduling and tracked story arcs throughout production.

On-location producer for sensitive documentary series about the lives of polygamous families in Utah; managed production team and crew; coordinated daily shoots and scheduling; conducted extensive interviews; tracking story arcs throughout production.

On-location producer for primetime survival documentary series; managed production team and crew; coordinated daily shoots and scheduling; conducted extensive interviews; post-production editing in Avid.

On-location producer for primetime documentary series; managed production team and crew; coordinated daily shoots and scheduling; conducted extensive interviews.

Supervising Story Producer on-location for 2-hour E! Movie Special; conducted extensive interviews.

On-location producer for primetime documentary series; managed production team and crew; coordinated daily shoots and scheduling; located and secured subjects and locations for Las Vegas segment; conducted interviews, permitting and clearances.

On-location field producer for Telemundo docu-series "Welcome to Los Vargas"; managed production team in the field, coordinated daily shoots, scheduling and locations; secured permitting and clearances.

Production manager and creative consultant for all radio, TV and interactive broadcast work coming into the agency; budgeting and production of large commercial shoots; directing voice over sessions; hiring and supervising production crew; focus on maintaining brand standards and client/agency relations for 30+ domestic and international clients; managed post-production and delivery.

Edited high volume of copy for print and digital video shorts for 40+ hotel and casino properties, as well as copywriting. WINNER: 2012 Gold Addy Award

On-location producer for primetime documentary series "Extreme Makeover: Weight Loss Edition" aka "Extreme Weight Loss"; managed production team; coordinated daily production and scheduling; conducted extensive on-set interviews of series subjects over the course of one year.

Story Producer for A&E's true crime documentary series "Crime 360" focused on forensic technology. Worked closely with police departments and homicide detectives to bring these real stories to life.

Producer, director, story editor and production manager for several non-fiction national television series for cable networks such as National Geographic, The Learning Channel and including A&E's "Intervention" (Emmy Award, 2009); managed and trained production staff; camera operator. Later on freelance basis: created development and promotional packages for pilot television shows; wrote copy, shot and edited packages for pitch presentation and the web using Final Cut Pro. WINNER: National Emmy Award for Outstanding Reality Program, 2009

Opening Ceremonies and Bob Costas' broadcasts. Coordinated multi-national efforts on tight deadlines for two daily newscasts and promo packages for air; maintained and edited website news content. WINNER: 7 Primetime Emmy Awards

Wrote news copy and edited packages for air on primetime nightly newscast; on-call assignment editor; also worked assignment desk and assisted with news packages for KTLA Morning News.

Wrote a weekly editorial column for the UCLA Daily Bruin with a readership of 50,000. Topics included community and campus issues, world news, and human rights.

Hired, trained, and managed a staff of 70 UCLA reporters and editors; managed content, wrote copy and edited news packages for air; maintained and edited website news content.

Produced and directed news and entertainment talk shows for live internet radio broadcasts; heavy copywriting; maintained and edited website news content.

Working internship in coordination with a Summer Fellowship with The Fund for American Studies Institute on Political Journalism at Georgetown University. Articles published in The Washington Times.

Reported on daily business news and trends and local community economy for mid-size newspaper.