Dave Cera

Past

• Sports Anchor/Reporter at WMCTV
• Headline Sports Anchor at CNN

Education

• Purdue University

Connections

30 connections

Industry

Telecommunications

Dave Cera’s Summary

After 12 as an on-air sportcaster, I'm trying something new...it's called MediaLinkup.com. It's a networking and job placement site for people who work in the media. The site will debut in late June 2009 and is open to everyone in tv, radio, public relations, internet and print.

Dave Cera’s Specialties:

All aspects of dealing with the media, public relations, sales and preparing a broadcast for air.

Dave Cera’s Experience

• Sports Anchor/Reporter

  WMCTV

  (Privately Held; 501-1000 employees; Broadcast Media industry)

  August 1999 — December 2008 (9 years 5 months)

  Anchored and reported sports on the NBC affiliate in Memphis. Shot, wrote and editing hundreds of stories for air. Covered the Memphis Tigers in 5 NCAA Tournaments, the Grizzlies in 3 NBA Playoffs, the Titans run to the Super Bowl in 2000. Hosted a 30 minute sports show for five years. Had a streak of 8 straight years without missing a day of work.

• Headline Sports Anchor

  CNN

  (Public Company; TWX; Broadcast Media industry)

  September 1997 — August 1999 (2 years )

  I worked at CNN-Sports Illustrated in Atlanta for two years in the late 1990's. I began as an editor, watching games and cutting highlights. In my second year, I was given the opportunity to write, produce and voice national sports segments on CNN Headline News.

Dave Cera’s Education

• Purdue University

  B.S. Management , Business , 1990 — 1994

  Association of Collegiate Entreprenuers

  Activities and Societies:

  Sigma Chi Fraternity

Dave Cera’s Contact Settings

Interested In:

• career opportunities
• consulting offers
• new ventures
• expertise requests
• reference requests
• getting back in touch