ALISHA LUDWICK              NOVEMBER 2023 - present

Personal Growth and Development

  • Explored and defined personal goals to develop an intentional path forward

  • Enhanced understanding of health, fitness, wellness and nutrition programs to improve and influence personal and community health goals

  • Immersed self into the community to better understand the goals and values of those around her

  • Developed translational value of leadership and operations management skills

WFLD - CHICAGO              JUNE 2022 - NOVEMBER 2023

Executive Producer, Good Day Chicago

  • Oversaw editorial and production logistics of six hours of live local morning news program

  • Identified content creation and oversaw execution through local, network and national teams

  • Oversaw a team of 20 producers, associate producers, reporters, anchors, assignment desk and production staff

  • Led partnerships with the Chicago Bears, Fox Weather, TMZ, Sherri and The Jennifer Hudson Show for network promotion opportunities

  • Built and led partnerships with local non-profit organizations, including PAWS, CARA, Girls on the Run and the Jesse White Tumblers

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SCRIPPS NEWS (formerly Newsy) - CHICAGO JUNE 2017 - JUNE 2022

Senior Futures Editor					OCTOBER 2021 - JUNE 2022

  • Planned promotional and sponsorship opportunities alongside series and live events

  • Built and managed budgets around special event and international field reporter story deployment

  • Coordinated with The E.W. Scripps 60-plus local stations to build a strong enterprise approach to coverage of key moments

  • Oversaw a planning calendar that kept company leadership informed of events in the long-term to allow for proactive planning, budgeting and promotional opportunities

Senior Director of Linear Programming, Live Ops	JANUARY 2019 - OCTOBER 2021

  • Senior hiring, onboarding and training manager who designed a company-wide training operation implemented through the parent company human resources department

  • Designed live programming strategies for Newsy’s 24-hour, seven day-a-week national news network to increase a growing audience seeking fair, objective, professional news and information

  • Oversaw all live and as-live programming across the linear network

  • Leader of manual and automation control rooms workflows

  • Led management for live control room operations, editing and visual asset management

  • Supervised live programming news managers across all day parts and geographic locations ensuring quality and ethical standards are met

  • Managed a team of 50 producers, reporters, writers, editors and directors to deliver on timely, relevant news headlines to inform the viewer

  • Drove cooperative content partnerships with company and industry leaders

  • Worked weekly with data analytics, creative, and marketing teams to enhance current offerings and lean in to consumers’ needs

  • Managed multimillion dollar personnel and operations budgets

  • Coordinated all programming operations with ad traffic and master control hubs and closed captioning to prevent on-air failures

Executive Producer, Programming			JUNE 2017 - DECEMBER 2018

  • Oversaw development of news and as-live programming

  • Developed news and special programming to build 14 hours of live news programming and four hours of weekly special programming

  • Developed special event coverage protocols

  • Developed national and international news event coverage protocols

  • Developed standards for news programming production and streamlined newsgathering operations

  • Drove new standards in workflow management

  • Designed company standards for special event logistics

  • Mentored colleagues on writing, production, and on-air presentation with timely, regular feedback

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CBSN - CBS News - NEW YORK CITY DECEMBER  2014 - JUNE 2017

Line Producer, News and Special Events		DECEMBER 2014 - JUNE 2017

  • Oversaw editorial production of 12 hours of live, primetime news and special events

  • Led development of digital content during live news hours

  • Developed special event coverage protocols for the 2015 and 2016 presidential campaign and election cycle

  • Managed a team of producers to develop strong content on the news of the day responsive to immediate ratings data analytics

  • Managed a team in charge of online content publication and social media platforms with use of search engine optimization (SEO) standards

  • Drove new standards in workflow management

  • Managed scheduling and special event logistics

  • Designed and implemented procedures for newsroom operations as part of the CBSN launch

  • Mentored young colleagues with regular feedback on their work

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Al Jazeera America - NEW YORK CITY JUNE  2013 - DECEMBER 2014 

Line Producer, News and Special Events		JUNE 2013 - DECEMBER 2014

  • Hired ahead of the 2014 launch of the Al Jazeera Media Network’s expansion into the United States

  • Worked across all day parts, overseeing editorial production of an international news hour, working with correspondents dispatched across the country and around the world to cover stories rarely found in U.S. media

  • Coordinated live events from around the world, including the uprising in Egypt, offering an American audience a global view of events impacting their lives

  • Launched workflows for the editorial and production team

  • Developed special and live event coverage protocols implemented across the network

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KPRC CHANNEL 2 NEWS - HOUSTON MAY 2011 - JUNE 2013 

Senior Line Producer

WJXT4 - JACKSONVILLE JANUARY 2006 - MAY 2011 

Line Producer

KOMU - COLUMBIA, MO JUNE 2002 - DECEMBER 2005 

Line Producer