Paul Dougherty

Current

• Principal at Post Literate Productions

Past

• freelance editor at PERKON
• Editor & Motion Graphics at News Corporation
• editor - Travis Tritt Biography at CBS News Productions

• Edited at Post Factory at MSNBC
• Editor at the Economist on CNN
• Editor at Pseudo
• freelance Avid editor at Stable Films
• Dateline at NBC
• Editor at Catalog 1 (Time Warner)
• Editor at ABC News
• editor at Fountainhead Creative
• Editor at Time Warner FSN
• Avid Consultant at Directors International
• Consultant at Avid Technology
• editor at MPCS
• freelance editor at BBC New York
• Senior Editor at Encyclopedia HBO-CTW
• Editor & Post Production Supervisor at Pee-wee's Playhouse- Broadcast Arts
• freelance editor at Unitel

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Education

• Syracuse University

Connections

82 connections

Industry

Media Production

Websites

• work @ Museum of Modern Art

Paul Dougherty’s Summary

I've a freelance editor, Post Literate is the name of my editorial services company which offers video editing and motion graphics. Projects alternate between short & long-form projects. Besides news/doc editing a mainstay in recent years has been fashion-centric videos for Ralph Lauren, Kenneth Cole, Marc Jacobs and Givenchy. Lately editing several web videos for Saks.com. Free-lance editing work done at client site or my Avid studio.

Paul Dougherty’s Specialties:

Avid. Final Cut, Photoshop, After Effects, Compressor

Paul Dougherty’s Experience

• Principal

  Post Literate Productions

  (Privately Held; Myself Only; Media Production industry)

  1990 — Present (19 years )

  Post Literate is the name of my (video) editorial services company.

• freelance editor

  PERKON

  (Media Production industry)

  2002 — 2009 (7 years )

  lately doing several web videos for Saks.com

• Editor & Motion Graphics

  News Corporation

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; NWS; Entertainment industry)

  August 2007 — November 2007 (4 months)

  Edited News Corporation identity/brand HD (high definition) video for the Newseum, Wash. DC

• editor - Travis Tritt Biography

  CBS News Productions

  (Media Production industry)

  October 2005 — November 2005 (2 months)

• Edited at Post Factory

  MSNBC

  (Privately Held; Broadcast Media industry)

  June 2003 — July 2003 (2 months)

  Edit HD documentary "Thoroughbred - Stable to Stardom"

• Editor

  the Economist on CNN

  (Public Company; Broadcast Media industry)

  2003 — 2003 (less than a year)

  Edited segments for the reports by the Economist Magazine that were made for the Lou Dobbs newscast on CNN. Additionaly there was a stand-alone one hour year-ender program.

• Editor

  Pseudo

  (Media Production industry)

  1999 — 2000 (1 year )

• freelance Avid editor

  Stable Films

  (Media Production industry)

  1994 — 1995 (1 year )

• Dateline

  NBC

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Broadcast Media industry)

  1994 — 1994 (less than a year)

  Edited at Dateline for several months before taking a position on a PBS project.

• Editor

  Catalog 1 (Time Warner)

  (Online Media industry)

  1994 — 1994 (less than a year)

  Catalog 1 was an on-line shopping channel meant for the Time Warner Full Service Network (FSN). This interactive TV system was the main thust of T-W before retooling for the (then new) web. The year before I edited a promotional video to indroduce FSN to the business community working out of Joe Quinlin's television unit at Time Inc.

• Editor

  ABC News

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

  February 1994 — July 1994 (6 months)

  Edited some of the original Biography programs made by ABC News for A&E's series. Subject were Hillary Clinton and George Wallace.

• editor

  Fountainhead Creative

  (Media Production industry)

  January 1992 — January 1994 (2 years 1 month)

  freelance Avid editor

• Editor

  Time Warner FSN

  (Media Production industry)

  1993 — 1993 (less than a year)

• Avid Consultant

  Directors International

  (Media Production industry)

  1990 — 1991 (1 year )

• Consultant

  Avid Technology

  (Media Production industry)

  1990 — 1990 (less than a year)

• editor

  MPCS

  (Media Production industry)

  1988 — 1989 (1 year )

• freelance editor

  BBC New York

  (Public Company; Media Production industry)

  1982 — 1989 (7 years )

• Senior Editor

  Encyclopedia HBO-CTW

  (Media Production industry)

  1988 — 1988 (less than a year)

• Editor & Post Production Supervisor

  Pee-wee's Playhouse- Broadcast Arts

  (Broadcast Media industry)

  August 1986 — November 1986 (4 months)

  Lead editor on the first season of Pee-wee's Playhouse.

• freelance editor

  Unitel

  (Media Production industry)

  1982 — 1986 (4 years )

Paul Dougherty’s Education

• Syracuse University

Additional Information

Paul Dougherty’s Websites:

• work @ Museum of Modern Art

Paul Dougherty’s Groups:

•    Documentarians
•    NY:MIEG
•    Radio & Television Professionals Network
•    Television Editors - Avid & F.C.P.
•    Avid

Paul Dougherty’s Honors:

Emmy - Editing Daytime 1996 for Pee-wee's Playhouse
Work now on exhibit at Museum of Modern Art thru 11/09

Paul Dougherty’s Contact Settings

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