Foreign/National Assignment Desk Editor, Research Producer, Programming Strategist

Objective

I am a highly skilled Journalist & Multimedia Producer with 13+ years of experience. Over the years, I have leveraged my skills in the following areas:

• media production
• broadcast journalism
• news judgement
• news research & analysis
• production management
• programming scheduling 
• story pitching and development

Overall, my goal is to support my team by utilizing my strong research and news judgement skills to positively contribute to their production of storytelling and information processing for television and other platforms.

I would love the opportunity to network with you and you can contact me at willspatterson@gmail.com

Total Years Experience:

16 years

Skills:

Newsgathering and Discovery 
Proven track record of excellent teamwork under breaking news situations. Proficient in utilizing for news gathering/breaking news purposes:

• Tweetdeck
• Dataminr
• AP ENPS
• Slack

Languages:

• English (fluent)
• Spanish (basic to intermediate)

Video Editing:

• Adobe Premiere
• Final Cut Pro

Other: 

• Strong IT knowledge (Mac and PC)
• Experienced news research and data discovery skills
• Extensive knowledge of history, current events, and geography
• Video/audio production
• Writing

Desired Salary:

$120,000

Occupations:

Bureau Chief/Deputy Bureau Chief, Communications Director/Head of Communications, Editor -Assignment, Assistant Editor/Sub Editor, Media Director, Media Planner, Producer-Assistant/Associate, Researcher/News Research, Scheduler