Director, Online Content & Business Development at Fox Television Stations
Greater Chicago Area
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- Director, Online Content & Business Development at Fox Television Stations
- Co-founder, Head of News Content Acquistion at LiveNewsCameras.com
- Past
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- Vice President News Director at Fox News Chicago FTS Fox Television Stations News Corp.
- Vice President News Director at WFLD 32 - Fox Chicago
- News Director at WSMV Meredith
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Andrew Finlayson’s Summary
Responsible for managing content partnerships inside and outside of News Corp. SEO responsibilities, video distribution, and analysis of technical partners.
Manageing "video streaming", "multimedia" and "senior web producers" groups at OurNews.com, the News Corp internal website.
Manager of Linkedin "Live Video Streaming" group.
As VP/ND at Fox Chicago:
Launched a 9am news expansion that was regularly a strong number two in key demos to Oprah. Fox Chicago became the clear market leader in number of news hours each week with this new newscast
Launched The Ten, a successful low cost expansion of news into a highly competitive time period
Illinois Broadcasters Association Station of the Year 2008
Midwest NATAS Emmy Outstanding Achievement for Station Excellence 2007
Illinois Associated Press Broadcasters Association Outstanding News Operation 2007
Illinois Associated Press Broadcasters Association Best Newscast 2007
Executive Producer of MyNetwork TV national 4th of July special 2007
AP Station of the Year 2006
Created Obamatracker.com, a website testing a vertical aggregation concept 2007-2009
Worked on a team that updated all technology in the newsroom with new sets, robotics, and non-linear editing/field acquisition
Upgraded weather presentation to state of the art on air and on line
Manage a staff of 180 including website team responsible for five websites
Andrew Finlayson’s Specialties:
journalism, breaking news coverage, investigative reporting, website production, interviewing, questioning, newsroom leadership, promotion, union negotiation, video on line, live streaming news content, SEO, weather presentation on air and on line
Andrew Finlayson’s Experience
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Director, Online Content & Business Development
Fox Television Stations
(Broadcast Media industry)
January 2009 — Present (7 months)
Responsible for improving and expanding online content sharing across the group
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Co-founder, Head of News Content Acquistion
LiveNewsCameras.com
(Broadcast Media industry)
2008 — Present (1 year)
A first of a kind website that gathers together live feeds from ABC, CBS, NBC, Fox, newspapers, storm chasers and overseas news organizations. Widely written up as an innovative example of live streaming video. Worked to develop the site, build partnerships with a wide range of newsrooms and media organizations, and champion live streaming video efforts inside of Fox.
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Vice President News Director
Fox News Chicago FTS Fox Television Stations News Corp.
(Public Company; Broadcast Media industry)
January 2006 — January 2009 (3 years 1 month)
MyFoxChicago.com
FoxWeatherWatch.com
LiveNewsCameras.com
FoxHiLites.com -
Vice President News Director
WFLD 32 - Fox Chicago
(Broadcast Media industry)
2006 — January 2009 (3 years)
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News Director
WSMV Meredith
(Broadcast Media industry)
2003 — 2006 (3 years)
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News Director
KTVU
(Broadcast Media industry)
1999 — 2003 (4 years)
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Producer News Writer
KCBS
(Public Company; Broadcast Media industry)
1985 — 1989 (4 years)
Additional Information
Andrew Finlayson’s Websites:
Andrew Finlayson’s Interests:
Author of Questions That Work: How to Ask Questions That Will Help You Succeed in Any Business Situation, AMACOM 2001, translated into Portuguese, Arabic, German, Swedish and editor of Questionswork.com
Andrew Finlayson’s Groups:
RTNDA, IRE, ONA
Judge, International Media Excellence Awards 2008
The Association of International Broadcasting 2008
USC Annenberg Health Endowment
2005 Mentor and speaker
RTNDA/NAB Las Vegas
Panelist Health Care Coverage 2005
Western Knight Center for Specialized Journalism U.C. Berkeley
Fellow of the Knight Center, March 2003, multi-media reporting/convergence
Knight Center for Specialized Journalism
Fellow of the Knight Center, March 1995, economic development
The National Press Foundation
1995 Fellow, studies focusing on politics and economics, Washington D.C.
Kaiser Family Foundation
Kaiser Foundation Media mini-fellowship for 2005, focusing on critical health challenges to Tennessee
Kaiser/National Press Foundation Media mini-fellowship for 1998, focusing on public health issues
The Poynter Institute
Guest lecturer for 2005 Producer seminar
1997-1998 Leadership Development program
Cox Leadership Program/Atlanta 2001
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Media Professionals Worldwide -
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Akamai Community -
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BEMCON: Broadcast and Electronic Media Consultants -
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Webcasting Academy -
Masters of Digital Assets -
DigitalMediaBuzz.com
Andrew Finlayson’s Honors:
National Association of Television Arts and Sciences
Emmy Award in 2007 for Overall Station Excellence from the Midwest NATAS
Emmy Award in 2004 and 2005 Midsouth NATAS
Emmy Award 1998-99, 2001-2002, and 2002-2003 from NorCal NATAS
AP Outstanding News Operation and Best Newscast 2007
MyFoxChicago one of four finalists for Best Overall Local TV Web Site, Editor and Publisher Eppy Awards
Radio Television and News Director Association
Edward R. Murrow 2004 and 2006 Regional honor for Overall News Excellence, Major Market
Best newscasts honors 1999, 2000, 2001 from NorCal RTNDA
1995 Best Serious Feature Award, NorCal RTNDA,
Edward R. Murrow 1992 Regional honor Best news series/documentary
Radio Television and News Director Foundation
1994 grant from RTNDF/RIAS to report from Germany
1996 RIAS Visiting American Journalist Fellowship, "Politics, Economics and the Media in the Unified Germany".
Director’s Community Leadership Award by the Chicago FBI 2007
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