Misty Showalter

Field Producer and Story Producer

Executive Producer, The Tetris Murders, ID and Discovery+. Co-Executive Producer, No One Can Hear You Scream, ID Co-Executive Producer, Shock Docs: The Curse of Lizzie Borden on Travel Channel (Paranormal) and Discovery+. Supervising Producer, Bad Hair Day on TLC (Reality). Supervising Producer for Dead Silent Season 4 (True Crime) on ID. Supervising Producer for Your Worst Nightmare Seasons 5 and 6 (True Crime) on ID. Writer/Story Producer, Unbreakable: Live to Tell Season 1 (True Crime) on ID. Writer/Story Producer, To Catch a Killer Season 1 (True Crime) on ID. Writer/Story Producer, Your Worst Nightmare Season 4. Write screenplays in Movie Magic Screenwriter or Final Draft. Post produce. Recreations producer.

Write web site content, email marketing campaigns, blogs and social media posts. Clients have included a brewery, primary school, senior living facility, ranch and dentist. Extremely adept at capturing a company’s “voice”. Strong editorial eye and expert knowledge of AP style.

- Oversee production for hour-long true crime series Swamp Murders on Investigation Discovery; including assisting writer in scripting, field producing, conducting interviews, tracking scenes during re-creation shoots, script supervising, and seeing it through post edit - Wrote two episodes from beat sheet to screenplay - Foster relationship with detectives, prosecutors and family - Conduct compassionate and sensitive interviews - Responsible for keeping story true to case file, constantly checking facts against storyline

- Oversee production for hour-long true crime series Swamp Murders on Investigation Discovery; including assisting writer in scripting, field producing, conducting interviews, tracking scenes during re-creation shoots, script supervising, and seeing it through post edit - Foster relationship with detectives, prosecutors and family - Conduct compassionate and sensitive interviews - Responsible for keeping story true to case file, constantly checking facts against storyline

- Cover national breaking news stories as a field producer in the Southeast bureau - Pitch and produce feature stories for CBS Evening News with Scott Pelley, CBS This Morning and CBS Sunday Morning - Responsibilities include making quick editorial decisions; logistics planning; coordinating live shots; location scouting; finding, booking and pre-interviewing guests; writing scripts and juggling 543 tasks at once (major multi-tasking)

- Co-headed the production of Rivalry Express, a massive event with four hours of live coverage on Morning Express with Robin Meade that included multiple guests and anchors plus pre-production - Coordinated shoots, field-produced, wrote and supervised edit of American Journey: The Hottest Job, a half-hour documentary that received American Journey’s highest ratings in its year-long run - Helped create the concept for and launch the new HLN show Raising America with Kyra Phillips - Researched, field-produced, wrote and supervised the edit of long-form segments for news shows such as Morning Express with Robin Meade and Raising America

- Oversaw and produced multi-million dollar sponsored content in the form of highly produced weekly packages - Guided producers to be more creative in scripting, shoot planning and story development - Generated $1 million in PR revenue in one Leading Woman segment, according to PR - Consistently stayed at or under budget in all projects - Crafted unique looks for segments such as “Job Quest”, “Leading Women” and “Freedom Project Undercover” - Integral role in hiring new producers and associate producers for the special projects unit, including vetting, interviewing and making final decisions on candidates