JOHN-CARLOS ESTRADA WWW.JOHNCARLOSESTRADA.COM • JOHNCARLOSESTRADA@GMAIL.COM • (202) 550-2890 • @MR_JCE John-Carlos Estrada www.johncarlosestrada.com • johncarlosestrada@gmail.com • (202) 550-2890 • @Mr_JCE BROADCAST EXPERIENCE SKILLS KAVU-TV | Victoria, TX | 2013-present LANGUAGES: News Anchor/Producer “Newscenter25” English & Spanish - Anchor KAVU-ABC's 6 p.m. & 10 p.m. newscast VIDEO EDITING: - Write & produce the 10 p.m. newscast Final Cut Pro, Adobe - Anchor & producer a Spanish-language news block for our station’s Univision-KUNU Premiere, AVID & iMovie - Report in the field for special stories & during sweeps (including a special assignment from San Diego, CA) NEWSROOM: - Manage our news team Facebook & twitter account (doubled our Twitter followers & AP ENPS, AVID iNews, added about 4,000 additional likes on Facebook) CNN Newsource, & ABC - Interim News Director (August/September 2014) Pathfire - Mentor & copy edit reporter packages and web stories SHOOTING: DSLR, Panasonic P2, Mini MSNBC | New York, N.Y. | 2010-2013 DV & TV studio pedestal Segment/Line Producer “The Cycle” & “The Dylan Ratigan Show” cameras - Generated and executed news segments through all stages of creative production including OTHERS: research, writing, editing video & copy editing scripts WordPress, Syndicaster, - Wrote scripts for video packages and copy for headlines Engerizer - Back-up line produced in the control room including breaking news - Worked various major events: Election 2012, Libya Crisis, Osama bin Laden capture SOCIAL MEDIA: Twitter, Facebook, Vine, NBC News | New York, N.Y. | 2012-2013 Vimeo, LinkedIn & Tumblr Segment Producer “Weekend Today” REFERENCES - Wrote and produced a weekly segment called the “Weekly Rewind” for Jenna Wolfe - Searched websites for the most viral videos, topics, or photos of the week John Garcia, KAVU, - Pitched stories to the Executive Producer and host for final approval JGarcia@Victoriatelevision.co m ABC News | Washington, D.C. | 2009-2010 Production Assistant “Assignment Desk, GMA, World News” Yvette Miley, MSNBC-VP, yvette.miley@nbcuni.com - Managed day-to-day desk operations by directed calls - Assisted correspondents & producers by running teleprompter & logging interviews Brian Nerkowski, MNSBC - Assisted with special events: Health Care Town Hall at The White House, Holocaust Senior Producer, Shooting, DC Metro Crash brian.nerkowski@nbcuni.com EDUCATION Georgeanne Thanos, ABC Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism | New York, N.Y. | 2011-2013 News-DC Manager, Masters of Science in Broadcast Journalism georgeanne.t.thaos@abc.com The George Washington University | Washington, D.C. | 2005-2009 Bachelors of Arts in International Affairs focus Latin America Betsy West, Columbia Univ. Professor, betsywest@gmail.com 1601 N. DELEON #4 • VICTORIA, TX 77901 • (202) 550-2890 • @MR_JCE .