Bill McFarland
A proven news innovator, rallying teams to the places people now consume news. A proven record of reimagined workflows efficiently creating and distributing streaming and digital content across platforms.
- Role
- News Director at Wtop News
- Location
- Washington, DC, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Bill McFarland
News leader with a proven editorial vision driving audience and revenue growth for every…
Experience
News Director
Jan 2023 — Present · Washington, DC, US
News judgement guiding daily news operations driving breaking news, weather & impactful community stories.• Evolve editorial meetings to choose and collect stories best-suited for on-air, social and digital platforms.• Recruited to develop a content strategy to expand legacy brand across platforms reaching modern audiences.• Evolve workflows to deliver cross-platform storytelling, quadruple website & YouTube video views in one year.• Integrate linear, digital & social workflows to deliver multiplatform content, quadruple website & YouTube views• Collaborate with staff to reset expectations to invest team in changing multiplatform newsroom culture.• Evaluate new NRCS, AI & digital production tools to optimize asset sharing, multiplatform news delivery.
Education
Temple University
Bachelors
Skills
- Broadcast
- Avid
- Radio
- Video Production
- Enps
- Public Speaking
- Storytelling
- Digital Media
- Non-Linear Editing
- Final Cut Pro
- Broadcast Journalism
- Video
- Editing
- Field Production
- New Media
- Broadcasting
- Avid Technology Products
- Breaking News
- Broadcast Television
- Television
- Social Media
- Video Editing
- Journalism
- News Writing
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