Summary

Jessica, a Senior Producer, based in New York, has 1 Senior Producer credit and 2 Field Producer credits, and has been a member since 2016.

Credits

11/17 – 11/18

Senior Producer

Staff Position — Mic Details
11/17 – 11/18

• Built and launched Mic Dispatch, a mini-doc series on Facebook Watch gaining as many as 3 million viewers per episode: https://www.facebook.com/ThisIsMicDispatch • Managing a team of 15+ correspondents, producers, videographers & editors • Oversaw nearly 50 episodes • Developed the video style for Mic which combines cinema & journalism • Oversee all aspects of production & storytelling for the news team from story approval to field production to scripting & post-production • Script doctor - known for quickly fixing stories and creating a narrative arc • Developing new series including For The Record which on the top episode reached up to 4.9 million people & Best Food Cities • Sent more reporters in the field for original reporting in my first 6 months than the company did for the previous 6 years combined • Mic Dispatch is a bi-weekly show that features mini-docs on social justice, grassroots movements, women's rights, LGBTQ issues & the implication of policies

6/17 – 11/17

Field Producer (+ Fill in Bureau Chief for the NE) Al Jazeera International

TV — Al Jazeera Media Network Details
6/17 – 11/17

Northeast Bureau Chief • Oversee production of stories from the Northeast area • Stories air in 310 million homes in over 100 countries Producer • Write and field produce daily news & enterprise stories United Nations Producer • Report on international relations

4/16 – 6/17

Producer (Field & Series Unit) Good Morning America

ABC — TV — ABC TV Details
4/16 – 6/17

• Write and produce news packages for the #1 morning news show in the country, Good Morning America • Manage field teams, graphic artists & editors • Drive the creative vision of the story • Crash breaking news stories • Full-time freelance, produced over 200 stories • Won two Emmy awards • Produced viral stories reaching over 3.5 million Facebook views • Main beats: breaking news, foreign policy & legal stories • Major stories include the Orlando nightclub shooting, the terror attack in Nice, France, the Syrian civil war & the 2016 U.S. Presidential election

2/15 – 4/16

Field Producer

Staff Position — AL JAZEERA AMERICA Details
2/15 – 4/16

• Wrote, researched, found characters, interviewed and produced breaking news and long-form stories for TV from the field with correspondents and independently for primetime • Traveled weekly • Simplified complicated issues to quick digestible information • Maintained an extensive knowledge of world affairs • Major stories include the Pope’s visit to America, the mass shooting in San Bernardino and the trial of the Boston bomber. • Acting Senior Producer - managed and oversaw field teams for special coverage of Obama's final State of the Union

9/13 – 2/15

Writer Al Jazeera America

AL Jazeera America — TV — AL JAZEERA AMERICA Details
9/13 – 2/15

• Produced for the 3-hour morning show • Wrote anchor scripts, cut video, coordinated live shots and produced guest interviews • Covered national and international stories • Some of the major stories include the Ukraine crisis, Syria's Civil War, the rise of ISIL, Nelson Mandela's death and the Affordable Care Act rollout

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