Samara Martin Ewing
Executive Producer, Special Projects, WUSA-TV
- Role
- Executive Producer, Special Projects & Big Event News Coverage at Wusa-Tv
- Location
- Washington, DC, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Samara Martin Ewing
Murrow, Emmy, Associated Press award winning producer of news, documentary, magazine show and specials reporting. Experience in broadcast media, digital and social platforms.
Experience
Executive Producer, Special Projects & Big Event News Coverage
Jan 1992 — Present · Washington, DC, US
Management: Manage special projects, investigative, political, consumer, health and transportation units. Supervise and plan special event coverage as well as the execution of sweeps strategy and long-form promotable stories for our Special Assignment Unit. Plan and oversee the editorial, technical logistics and coverage of elections, presidential inaugurations, papal visits and other large scale news events involving the entire newsroom staff. Coordinate news coverage with CBS, CNN and TEGNA bureaus. Copy edit, which includes legal review of scripts. Handle budgets and the scheduling of reporters, producers, photographers and editors. Instrumental in improving efficiency in staff management and systems that resulted in budget savings.• Journalism: Field produce big events, write specials, daily stories and sweeps pieces. Plan and field produce national and international news coverage for anchors/reporters along with overseeing live news shows with field anchoring. Write for digital and social media platforms. Oversee control room and studio production during breaking news, as well as remote coordinating for reporters in the field.Knowledge of ENPS, Edius editing, and content management systems.
Skills
- Producing News Specials/Documentaries
- Media Relations
- Video
- Inews
- Editing
- Producing News/Investigative/Consumer/Health Stories
- Broadcast Journalism
- Broadcast
- Avid
- Producing Large Event News Coverage
- Writing
- Broadcasting
- Video Production
- Video Editing
- Enps
- Broadcast Television
- New Media
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