Lauren McIver

Provide assistance to production crew in the office and on field shoots. Research and gather materials and information necessary for the preparation and execution of production. Attend production meetings, prepare production packets for producers. Transcribe footage into scripts, organize photo stills for promos, write episode summary of completed production.

• Assist directors and producers in the office as well as in the studio and on field shoots • Research topics for show segments, logging, write questions for shoots • Perform general office duties, tape runs, maintaining tape library

• Worked with producers in areas of topic research, guest selection and relations, editorial and planning meetings • Set up script for taping, placed courtesy on videos, used CNN’s database to locate tapes and sound bites for airing • Provided assistance in control room during production and editing sessions, performed administrative tasks

• Assisted producers and production assistants with research for the development of show segments • Booked and greeted celebrity guests, audience management, and monitored viewer comment lines on KANA • Video logging, dubbing, ingesting tapes, provided support in control room, assisted with administrative duties