Getting Attention
- Three decades influencing, shaping and creating news, sports and weather content and coverage.
- Comprehensive knowledge of how to pitch and advance stories through the 24-hour news cycle.
- 30 years of creating news content from start to finish. Generate ideas, shoot and edit video in digital or analog formats, write and edit copy and broadcast finished product.
- Skilled in developing and implementing research driven branding and image packages for TV and radio.
- Continued studies in Marketing via Wharton Business on Coursera.
- Expanding into Event Forecasting and Decision Support realm with several seasons of marching arts forecasting with Drum Corps International and now with Bands of America and Winter Guard International.
Crisis Communications
- 25+ years experience in real time crisis and public safety communications, passing on critical and potentially life saving information.
- Ability to rapidly process facts and relate to the public in a clear, concise manner, in high pressure, unscripted settings.
Real time decision support experience, communicating critical info to topline managers in the event operation space for maximum safety of participants and spectators.
Broadcaster
- TV Broadcaster for 35+ years telling people things first, telling them things they need to know and telling them the information in ways they will remember.
- Award winning performer of unscripted and scripted information from weather to news or sports. Broadcast event anchor and reporter.
- Thrive in live setting under deadline pressure. Ability to create in the moment while attracting and maintaining an audience.
Experienced in meeting client expectations for on air product, leading to multiple renewals of sponsorships for weather segments as well as other individual franchises in the past such as Spencer’s Neighborhood Spotlight.
Multimedia / Social Media
Creative content provider, developing strong social media following. Broadcast meteorology leader in social media outreach.
Skilled in traditional software packages such as Adobe Premiere to create digital content.
Steadily increasing social media presence, offering weather content and “behind the scenes” information to several thousand viewers daily.
Veteran in shaping content in several forms of media. Create and deliver daily forecast audio content for multiple radio stations in several markets, all with unique branding and imaging. Also create text and digital video forecasts for TV station website daily along with Alexa streaming audio forecasts.
Consistently at top of station social media engagement tracking lists.
Skilled in traditional software packages such as Adobe Premiere to create digital content.
Steadily increasing social media presence, offering weather content and “behind the scenes” information to several thousand viewers daily.
Veteran in shaping content in several forms of media. Create and deliver daily forecast audio content for multiple radio stations in several markets, all with unique branding and imaging. Also create text and digital video forecasts for TV station website daily along with Alexa streaming audio forecasts.
Consistently at top of station social media engagement tracking lists.
Aptitudes and Attitudes
- Multitasker engaged in continuing education. Earned meteorology Certifications and seals of approval while working full time.
- Positive outlook, driven toward achieving and exceeding goals.
- Enjoy the challenge of deadline based assignments.
Continually engaged in evaluating “messaging” of media.
Hometown Involvement
- Announcer annually for Drum Corps International show at Marshall University.
- 2007-2009 Stewardship Campaign Chairman First Presbyterian Church, Huntington, WV. Chaired group that raised over $1.5M in donations in two years from 300 pledging households. Set back-to-back records for amounts pledged and donated through public speaking appeals, direct mail, digital media and phone solicitation.
1995 Conceived and led execution of first local USMC/WOWK Toys For Tots "Drive Thru Dropoff." Increased public awareness and donations for annual USMC toy drive via local curbside dropoff at TV station studio locations.
Former race track announcer for Ona Speedway and Portsmouth Raceway.
Master of Ceremonies for Gallipolis in Lights 5K in May for many years
Show host for Noah Thompson concert benefiting Developmental Therapy Center in November 2023