Lauren W. Brantley
Broadcast Producer, Weeknight Evening News
Atlanta, GA · (404) 555 0114 · name@example.com · linkedin.com/in/laurenwbrantley
Key Qualifications
EXPERIENCE
Nine years in local television news, six producing live daily newscasts
INDUSTRIES
Network affiliate television, regional news, severe weather coverage
SPECIALTIES
Rundown building, control room production, breaking news, anchor copy
SYSTEMS
Avid iNews, Avid Media Composer, Adobe Premiere, Ross Overdrive, Chartbeat
CREDENTIALS
Member, Radio Television Digital News Association
EDUCATION
Bachelor of Arts in broadcast journalism, University of Georgia
Executive Summary
Broadcast producer with nine years in local television news, six of them stacking and producing a live evening newscast in a major Southeast market. Builds rundowns that hold up under breaking news, writes tight anchor copy, and keeps a control room calm through severe weather.
Signature Achievements
- Grew the six o'clock newscast household rating from one point eight to two point four across two Nielsen November measurement periods.
- Produced five straight hours of live coverage during a 2023 tornado outbreak, the largest single day audience the station recorded that year.
- Reduced average show overruns from ninety seconds to under fifteen seconds by rebuilding the back half of the rundown into flexible blocks.
- Launched a nightly consumer segment that drew eleven hundred viewer questions in three months and now anchors the second block.
- Cut on air corrections by more than half in a year by adding a second source check to script approval.
Professional Experience
Broadcast Producer
Peachtree Broadcasting Channel Twelve, Atlanta, GA 2020 to present
Produces the weeknight six o'clock newscast for a network affiliate, working with two anchors, a weather unit and a crew of fourteen.
- Stacks the rundown each afternoon, assigns story lengths, writes lead copy and approves every script that reaches air.
- Runs the show live from the control room with the director and technical director, calling changes as stories move.
- Leads breaking news coverage, including continuous severe weather windows with crews in the field.
- Reviews Nielsen results weekly with the news director and adjusts story placement in the first block.
Morning Show Producer
Gulf Coast Television Seven, Mobile, AL 2016 to 2020
Produced three hours of live weekday morning news for a mid size market station with a newsroom of thirty two.
- Built and produced the first two hours of the morning block on an overnight shift starting at midnight.
- Rewrote wire and police reports into broadcast copy, checking every claim against a named source before air.
- Coordinated live shots with two field crews and reworked the rundown when a live position went down.
Licensure and Certification
Member, Radio Television Digital News Association
Education
Bachelor of Arts in broadcast journalism, University of Georgia
Core Skills
Rundown building · Control room production · Breaking news judgment · Broadcast writing · Severe weather coverage · Video editing · Fact checking · Audience measurement · Crew coordination