Bill Flood

About Bill Flood

Media contact for journalists reporting on issues being tackled by the dedicated…

Experience

1. Assignment Editor

   Fox 61 News

   Sep 2017 — Present · Hartford, CT, US

   Linchpin for daily news coverage, on-air and online, under tight deadlines and with high journalistic standards; communications hub for producers, field crews & web team. • Find, research and enterprise stories; monitor sources, social media, scanners and viewer calls for breaking news; coordinate crew assignments, live remotes, and logistics for station with most on-air news content in CT. • Write stories for station website and for air. Conduct interviews in field and from newsroom for air. Field produce stories. • Curate wire services content for FOX61.com, coordinate reporter contributions to website and social media platforms, including Facebook Live reports; send push alerts and route local and national live reports to all online platforms.• Coordinate live reports and content sharing with FOX NewsEdge, CNN Newsource, and Tribune Media stations group.• Research and book on-air guests for weekend newscasts and for weekly politics show “The Real Story”.

Education

• Middlesex Community College

  A.S., Broadcast Communications

  1986 — 1988

Skills

• Media Production
• Video
• Digital Media
• Content Strategy
• Videography
• Journalism
• Pre-Production
• Documentaries
• Multimedia
• News Writing
• Breaking News
• Broadcast Television
• Camera
• Music Videos
• New Media
• Writing
• Broadcasting
• Tv Production
• Digital Video
• Film
• Video Production
• Web Video
• Broadcast
• Final Cut Studio
• Shooting
• Hd Video
• Final Cut Pro
• Broadcast Journalism
• Field Production
• Television Production
• Editing
• Non-Linear Editing
• Field Producing
• Post Production
• Storytelling
• Television
• Producing
• Camera Operating
• Reality
• Video Editing