Resume PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY Two-time Emmy Award winning media professional with over 17 impactful years at ABC News and more than three decades in network and syndicated television. Leveraging comprehensive industry experience, as well as a background in law to create compelling content. TV EXPERIENCE WSB-TV, Atlanta, GA September 2023- November 2024 Executive Producer of Specials and Investigations Manage a unit of 9 people and supervise the production of ~20 special reports per month ABC News, NY, NY. January 2006 – May 2023 Senior Investigative Producer, Investigative Unit Oversaw and produced investigative reports for ABC’s Investigative Unit and contributed to all ABC News programs, including Good Morning America, 20/20, Nightline, World News Tonight, and ABC News Live Won Emmy award for international investigation of Boeing’s 737 MAX debacle in 2021, Falling from the Sky, a two-hour documentary for 20/20; spearheaded the concept and directed the investigation (Prior to Aug 2018: Coordinating Investigative Producer, Producer) Freelance Producer/Writer November 2004 – November 2005 A Current Affair, America's Most Wanted, and CNN's Nancy Grace. Obtained first exclusive television interview with Joran van der Sloot, the prime suspect in the disappearance of missing teenager, Natalee Holloway, for A Current Affair. Celebrity Justice (Telepictures), NY, NY. July 2002 – October 2004 New York Bureau Chief Supervised New York staff, and produced and wrote reports for daily syndicated news magazine program about celebrities and the courts. Obtained exclusive interview with Whitney Houston’s father about his lawsuit against his daughter. Disclosure, Canadian Broadcasting Corp. (CBC–TV), NY, NY. July 2001 – June 2002 Investigative Producer Directed, produced, supervised research, and wrote investigative reports for CBC news magazine program. The Fifth Estate (CBC–TV), NY, NY. September 1999 – June 2001 Investigative Producer. Directed, produced, and wrote reports for CBC-TV’s flagship investigative program. W-Five, Canadian Television Network (CTV NEWS), Toronto July 1998 – August 1999 Investigative Producer. Produced investigative reports for national news magazine program. Won RTNDA Canada award for hidden-camera investigation exposing a bogus travel agency. Newswatch (CBC–TV), Montreal January 1994 – April 1998
Investigative Producer/Reporter. Produced investigative reports for Newswatch, CBC-TV’s local evening newscast in Montreal, and for CBC-TV's evening newscast covering Edmonton and Calgary, (1994-1995). A Current Affair (FOX TV), NY, NY. January 1993 – June 1993
Story Coordinator/Producer. Obtained phone interview with cult leader David Koresh. TEACHING EXPERIENCE Adjunct Instructor, Florida International University, Miami, FL May 2023- Present Teaching online courses in Law and Ethics with up to 100 students through the Lee Caplin School of Journalism Adjunct Instructor, Fordham University, New York, NY Jan 2017- Dec 2021 Developed and taught a course on journalistic ethics for Department of Communications and Media Studies NEWSPAPER EXPERIENCE Worked for several daily and weekly newspapers including the now defunct Montreal Daily News (1988), the Suburban - a weekly (1990), and the New York Post (1993) SKILLS French speaker; proficiency in Accurint, LexisNexis, Delvepoint, former NYS licensed PI and licensed New York State attorney AWARDS 2021 - News and Documentary Emmy Award: Falling from the Sky. 2018 - News and Documentary Emmy Award: Nightclub Massacre- Terror in Orlando 2014 - News and Documentary Emmy Awards, Nomination. 2012 – News and Documentary Emmy Awards, Nomination. 2000 – RTNDA Canada Dan McArthur award for Investigative Journalism. 1999 – Gemini Awards, Nomination. 1998 – Canadian Association of Journalists Award. 1997 – Columbus International Film and Video Festival, Hon. Mention. 1996 – Columbus International Film and Video Festival, Hon. Mention. 1996 – Columbus International Film and Video Festival, Hon. Mention. 1995 – Canadian Association of Journalists Award, Finalist. 1995 – Columbus International Film and Video Festival, Hon. Mention. 1994 – Columbus International Film and Video Festival, Bronze Plaque. 1994 – Columbus International Film and Video Festival, Hon. Mention. 1994 – Yorktown Short Film & Video Festival, Golden Sheaf Award. 1993 – Gemini Awards, Nomination. EDUCATION Fordham Law School (Evening Division), New York, NY, February 2009 Juris Doctorate G.P.A 3.41; Dean’s List: 2008; Evening Student of the Year Licensed attorney in New York and New Jersey McGill University, Faculty of Law, Montreal, Canada, 1996-1997 Received Leon Levinson Award (for selected journalists to study law) Concordia University, Montreal, Canada, April 1987 B.A., Creative Writing and English Literature Banff Centre for the Arts, Banff, Alberta, 1985 Creative Writing Fellowship (summer session) REFERENCES Available upon request OTHER Triple nationality/American, Canadian and German Citizen.