William Lerner

I pitch stories, write scripts, direct talent, and oversee the edit of multiple, daily videos in my capacity as producer.

Produce daily and weekly “odd news” stories for Yahoo!; Research and pitch story ideas, send out production requests, write scripts for show, coordinate crew logistics, collaborate with editor, publish video and associated web elements.

Produced technology news features for Yahoo! News; Researched and pitched story ideas, set up locations, pre-interviewed story subjects, prepared research and shoot packets for show host, briefed show host, coordinated crew logistics, wrote scripts, collaborated with editor in postproduction, published video and associated web elements weekly.

Researched celebrity guests, prepared research for host, pitched segments, supported producers during taping of show, pre-interviewed potential human interest guests.

Researched celebrity guests, prepared research for host, pitched segments, assisted in briefing celebrity guests, and supported producers during one-hour live-to-tape.

Guest research packets, script supervision, music selections for segment intros and tags, liaison to NBC.com for show’s content, gathered elements(video, audio, stills), set up locations for shoots, pitched stories for show content, worked directly with host.