DOUGLAS STEWART

146 WELLS ST.

MANCHESTER, CT 06040

C 860-682-7386

DougStewart2@mac.com

 

Experience

WTIC-TV - Hartford, CT 1995-Present

 

August 2012 to present - Digital Content Producer / Community Outreach Coordinator

October 2006 to August 2012 - Operations Manager / Web Producer

April 2003 to October 2006 - Operations Manager 

August 1997 to April 2003 - Assistant Chief Photographer 

January 1995 to August 1997 News Photographer/Editor 

 

  • Produce stories for FOX61.com and FOX61 broadcast on a variety of news topics using text, video and interactive elements and archive footage, still images or graphics

  • Write scripts for videos used on air, and social media platforms such as Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and YouTube.

  • Edit video using industry standard editing and compression software for uploading to the internet

  • Use SEO best practices to label insure our content received the widest possible audience

  • Created digital content for the 250th anniversary of the Hartford Courant

  • Supervised college journalism interns 

  • Manage the FOX61 Storm Closing system with nearly 2,000 accounts for schools, churches and businesses

  • License FOX61 video to outside production companies, including finding footage and negotiating price

  • Conduct tours for all age groups of Hartford Courant/FOX61, including research of the paper’s history

  • Responsible for planning coverage of events such as elections, OpSail, jury verdicts in significant trials

  • Produce, Develop and teach interactive classroom instruction for FOX61 Student News for middle school, high school and college classes including workshops on Video Production

  • Responsible for developing training seminars, operations procedures; supply management; purchase vehicles, communications equipment

  • Planned news coverage including events resulting in Team Effort Emmy Awards in 1999 - Worcester Firefighter Funerals, 2000 - Op Sail, 2002 - 9/11 Anniversary, 2005 - Sub Base Closing

  • Supervised editing staff, set standards for output and archive setup and supervised installation of Avid nonlinear editing system

  • Participated in daily assignment meetings including suggesting and setting up stories; assist in planning election and special event coverage

  • Attended Poynter Institute, RTNDF, NPPA workshops on leadership, ethics and photography, including develop the program for NPPA Northern Short Course 2001

  • Covered New Hampshire Primary, Democratic National Convention 1996, 2000

  • Nominated for a New England Emmy award 1996, 2001; Society For Professional Journalists award,1995

  • 1998 AP Awards, First and Second Places

 

Boston University - Boston, MA   Fall 2013

Journalism Department - Part Time Faculty

  • Taught Multimedia Journalism Fall 2013 JO304- Using applications such as Final Cut X, Google Maps, and sound editing to produce digital news content

 

Manchester Community College - Manchester, CT   Fall 2013 - present

Communications Department - Part Time Faculty

  • Taught Video Film Making ART 166/185 - Taught video production and editing using applications Final Cut X, taught about platforms for video distribution, commercial production concepts. Guided students through the process of making their own commercials and short documentaries. 

 

Quinnipiac University - Hamden, CT  2008-2009

Interactive Communications - Part Time Faculty                                                                                                           

  • Taught Writing for the Web ICN 506 Fall 2008, Spring 2009  

  • Taught Reporting for the Web JRN 305 Fall 2008

  • Advisor - graduate student final project in Interactive Communication 

 

National Lesbian & Gay Journalists Association (NLGJA) - Washington, DC - 2000-Present

  • Provide leadership in vision and strategy for a national minority journalism organization. 

  • Provide leadership in developing the professional development curriculum through annual convention programming

  • Researched and wrote the Anti-Harassment policy for NLGJA

  • Developed and taught workshops at national conventions on: Interesting New Resources On The Web (2011); The Real World - Your First Job (2010); Web Producing (2009); Web Multimedia Gear Essentials (2008); Web Video 101 (2007); Making a Better Resume Tape (2003); Reporter / Photographer Teamwork (2002)

  • Vice President Broadcast 2007 - 2009

  • National Board Member 2005 - 2007

  • New England Chapter President 2000–2005

  • National Conventions Programming Chair 2003, 2005, 2010, 2013

 

WGGB TV - Springfield MA   1989-1995

News Photographer/Editor

  • Shot and edited local breaking news and features; Operated live truck

  • Setup computer bulletin boards on America On-Line

  • Associated Press awards - 1994 First Place Breaking News Photography, Holyoke Mill Fire; 1994 Second Place Sports Feature, UMass Field Hockey Coach, 1995 Breaking News, Springfield Water Main Break

 

DIMENSION MEDIA SERVICES - Meriden, CT 1986-1989

Production Manager

  • Developed instructional tapes for company wide use, wrote and produced local ads and sales promotions; Shot, wrote, directed and edited commercials for local clients

 

Education

Quinnipiac University Hamden, CT

Masters in Interactive Communications, 2008

 

Emerson College  Boston, MA

Bachelor of Science, Mass Communication, 1982

 

Community Volunteer Experience

Member of the advisory board for Howell Cheney Technical School (Manchester, CT) multi media program- 2009 to present