Jamie McCarty

Producer at ABC News

Location
Greater New York City Area
Industry
Broadcast Media

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Jamie McCarty's Overview

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Past
Education
  • Quinnipiac University
  • Marywood University
  • Quinnipiac University
  • Trumbull HS
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Jamie McCarty's Summary

I started work as an intern at Good Morning America in 2003. I was a freelancer for ABC News during the 2004 Presidential Election and was hired as a Desk Assistant in 2005.

While at ABC News, I worked in various departments starting on the Overnight Assignment Desk, Weekend News, and World News Tonight.

I spent the most of my tenure at Early Morning News working for overnight staple World News Now, World News This Morning (now America this Morning) and the Good Morning America News block.

While on that shift I was running scripts, rundowns and doing research for writers and anchors. On a night where several people called out with the flu bug, I was asked to step up and video produce for all three shows. From that night on, I was cutting video for the three programs and working with Operations Producers in the DMC.

I left ABC News in 2007 and have been an assignment editor at ESPN since October 2007.

Specialties

Avid digital editing, DV camera operation, field producing, MS Office, Final Cut Pro, Photoshop, Internet Research, Guest Booking, Blogging, Web Publishing, fundamental knowledge of real-time sports news production and sports history

Jamie McCarty's Experience

Freelance Producer

ABC News

Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; DIS; Broadcast Media industry

April 2011Present (11 months)

I am a freelance writer, producer and video editor for Good Morning America, World News Now and America this Morning. I pitch story ideas to all ABC News shows, write segments, edit video and am an all around utility guy for everything video on the show.

Writer - Fox and Friends

Fox News Channel

Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Broadcast Media industry

November 2010April 2011 (6 months)

Producer and Writer

TMZ

Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Entertainment industry

February 2010September 2010 (8 months)

Assignment Editor

ESPN

Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; DIS; Broadcast Media industry

October 2007February 2010 (2 years 5 months)

Coordinate the activities of staff and freelance reporters and associated production and technical personnel providing visual sports and news coverage and program materials for ESPN’s networks; communicates with reporters on assignments; coordinates remote and studio events
• Coordinates the details and logistics of news gathering projects assigned by the Coordinating Producer
• Coordinates the gathering of story-related materials, e.g., sound and video
• Participates in the planning for assigned projects, preparing rundowns of news stories and assignment sheets
• Assigned to standard news projects; assists on complex, new and innovative projects
• Coordinates routine sports news stories independently with regular guidance from the responsible Coordinating Producer
• Participates in developing the content of assigned sports news projects to reach viewers and to increase ESPN’s market penetration, ratings and viewership

Desk Assistant

ABC News

Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; DIS; Broadcast Media industry

April 2005October 2007 (2 years 7 months)

Early Morning News and Good Morning America
- Conduct off-air reporting, field produce and conduct interviews.
- Book guests and segments for GMA Weekend
- Produce and edit VOs and SOTs for EMN and GMA News.
- Identify, pitch, and research story ideas for all ABC news platforms.
- Wrote "Tech Bytes", an internal column on Technology and Society, ABC News Beatniks
- Assist Writer and News Anchor in Times Square Studio
- Strong multitasking skills and ability to work under pressure
- Excellent time management and interpersonal communication skills
- Awarded 2007 Daytime Emmy Certificate for contributions to Good Morning America for Best Morning Show

National and Foreign Desk, World News Tonight, and Weekend News
Identify, pitch, and research story ideas for ABC news platforms.
Assign and book crews
Monitor wires and other news sources for breaking news items.
Support assignment editors, producers, news writers, on-air talent with day-to-day duties.
Build script and story pack for Northeast Editor
Support Foreign and National Correspondents with research while in the field.
Coordinate Travel and Security Lists
Compile Overnight Newspaper Brief

Freelance

ABC News

Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; DIS; Broadcast Media industry

August 2004September 2004 (2 months)

Freelance Runner for ABC News political coverage of GOP and Democratic Conventions.

Jamie McCarty's Education

Quinnipiac University

BA, Media Studies

20022004

Activities and Societies: Tau Kappa Epsilon

Marywood University

N/A, Communications

19992001

Quinnipiac University

Masters of Science, Interactive Communications

2008

Trumbull HS

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