Joe Rivera

Responsible for all Digital Video Content on the Al Jazeera America site. Oversaw day to day integration of sports coverage into news shows Managed and scheduled staff of 22 team members including producers, bookers and on air personalities Coordinated all coverage and logistics for live major sports events including: Super Bowl 48, NBA Drafts, World Series', NCAA Men's Final Four, MLB All Star Games Booked ENG crews and maintained budgets for every shoot Worked with SVP’s and Finance team on managing show and unit budgets Read and approved scripts for the direction of packages and shows Researched feature stories and daily segments for on air Produced weekday and weekend sportscasts Edited highlights, soundbites and packages for all shows.

Produced weeknight and weekend sportscasts for Eyewitness News Sports Prepared rundowns, and back timed segments for sports in each newscast using ENPS Developed, book guests, produced and edited the Sports Spotlight- our weekend sports sit-downs Coordinated shoots and feeds for all local teams Wrote scripts and teases for highlights and sports packages for talent Managed the Eyewitness news Sports Department Intern program Produced and coordinated live coverage for Super Bowls, Giants Parade, NFL Playoffs, MLB Playoffs, Stanley Cup Playoffs, and NBA Playoffs

TECHNICAL MANAGER Ensured that all technical needs were met for various live shows including: Your World with Neil Cavuto, the Glenn Beck Show, Happening Now, Geraldo, Live Desk, America’s Live, America’s Newsroom & On The Record with Greta Van Susteren. Coordinated all live remotes in the control room for air as booked by editorial staff. Acted as liaison between field producers, studio crew and control room staff during show

PRODUCTION MANAGER Emmy Award winning Technical Supervisor for best Technical Team –Studio Programming. Maintained studio and technical crew at night for 9 hours of live and taped programming Assisted in handling budgets and invoices for contractors and vendors Distributed set schedule for entire production staff Coordinated with tech managers, director and producers with any changes in the control room Worked with entire production staff to ensure changes to studio personnel are met

Responsible for all areas of live remote and field operations, for events such as Super Bowl XXVIII, XXIV, XL, World Series, Democratic National Convention, Republican National Convention, Stanley Cup Playoffs, Grammy’s, Emmy’s NBA Finals, US Open, Wimbledon, The French Open and the Olympics. Managed a $2,000,000 annual remote budget for the show Coordinated and timed all remotes and pieces from live locations back in the control room Worked closely with MLB, NHL, NBA and NFL Teams on remote and shoot locations