
Lauren McCay
The News Hustle...
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Conceptualize, research and pitch enterprising story ideas for the E-Team on Good Morning Cleveland.
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Shoot, write and edit my own stories as well go out with a videographer for certain stories, depending on the topic
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Use connections in the community and viewing area to be 'in the know' about community issues, events, interesting people, and breaking or exclusive content.
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Be ready at any time to cover breaking news or weather
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Manage my own social media accounts for branding and story content such as Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram
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Reporter Live on stories in studio and out in the field
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In the past...
Throughout my years working at ideastream (WVIZ/PBS and 90.3 WCPN/NPR) I did the following:
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Conceptualize, research and pitch show ideas for the hour-long live daily radio/TV show, “The Sound of Ideas.”
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Also for "The Sound of Ideas" I select and vet guests, edit and collect audio, manage and create content on social media, update the website, phone screen calls & line produce during the show, as well as prepare all the information for the host each day.
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Created, host, produce & field produce 15 (so far) Beyond the Dish segments and I am currently producing half hour Beyond the Dish Specials.
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Field produced & co-produced 11 health documentaries-many of which have won multiple awards, including About Blood: Sickle Cell Anemia, which I found the patient for and wrote part of the script.
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Shoot & edit multiple projects for Health, Applause (our arts & culture magazine TV show), Ideas (our weekly news roundtable TV & Radio show) and the web.
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Produced & co-produced 3 Live Health Outreach Televised Events
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Produced a year of Feagler & Friends (a weekly news roundtable TV), including the Finale show
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Produced our live radio remote show called Open Air (pre-show & day of)
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Produced Nearly 2 years of VizKids promotional and educational TV spots.
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Produced 3 years of promotional & informational Health Information Spots
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Created new ways to promote programs on both TV and Radio like the Be Well Addiction show, Beyond the Dish and Applause.
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Voiceovers for TV promos every week.
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Producer for Newsdepth (our newscast for kids), including writing the reoccurring ‘Know Ohio’ segment every week.
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Reported & Produced 10 different web exclusive pieces
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Produce, Booth, & Phone Screen for The Sound of Ideas-our daily news discussion show.
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Done Reports on multiple topics including arts & culture, health and news.
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Produced 3 Childhood Literacy Productions for an outside Chicago company
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I have won a Gracie Award for my on-camera work within the first year of me being on air, as well as an Emmy nomination & Communicator award for the Beyond the Dish series.
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Produced 4 years of the TCO July 1 Public Square Concert
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I have also help produce other major productions like the annual WVIZ/PBS Televised Auction, Live Radio & TV Pledge, and much more