Senior Associate Producer

Posted on: 2006-10-04

Katie McLaughlin 1505 Lexington Ave., Apt. 3C New York, NY 10029 516.983.3926 [email protected] WORK EXPERIENCE COURT TV: New York, New York Senior Associate Producer (February 2004-present) ● prepare and produce hourly newsbreak under tight deadlines ● coordinate live news hits with anchors, directors, field producers and crew ● research, pitch, write and edit scripts, segments and news packages ● participate in strategic planning for day-to-day news events ● edit video, sound bytes and the news crawl/ticker that runs along the TV screen ● research and compile stories for the Court TV website Associate Producer (February 2002-February 2004) ● worked with art department creating chyrons, backgrounds and graphics ● operated studio cameras and lights ● monitored AP wires and other news sources looking for ideas to pitch ● supervised and evaluated production assistants and interns Production Assistant (February 2001-February 2002) ● communicated with producers and anchors on the status of the coverage of stories ● booked crew, coordinated travel, created shooting schedules CITY BY THE SEA (Feature Film, Warner Bros. Pictures): New York, New York Intern- screen credit (January 2001-February 2001) ● various duties on set throughout Manhattan and the production offices ● kept track of actors' contracts, camera reports and shooting schedules ● made location and prop arrangements with the Mayor's office LATE SHOW WITH DAVID LETTERMAN: New York, New York Intern (August 2000-January 2001) ● assisted back stage, in the green room and in the control room ● assisted with content for the show’s web site ● coordinated on-line submissions ● handled high volume switchboard ● miscellaneous faxing, filing, copying, distributing preproduction notes and e-mailing ● various errands for the executive producers and writers ● assisted other Worldwide Pants productions such as: Everybody Loves Raymond, Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn and Ed EDUCATION QUINNIPIAC UNIVERSITY: Hamden, Connecticut ● BA, Mass Communications (2000) ● Minors: History and Theater UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK: Cork, Ireland ● junior year abroad (1998-1999)