John Morgan
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Profile
Experienced, creative and highly skilled director with proven motivational and leadership abilities. Highly skilled in live broadcast television directing, production, and editing. Staff supervision and project management. Graphics design, field and studio camera operation, audio production and lighting.
Experience
Director, KGW Television; Portland, OR 8/93 to 5/07
Directed and TD’d fast-paced, live shot intensive newscasts, breaking news, sports programs and special productions. Operated Grass Valley Kalypso production switcher, Chyron Duet and Quantel Graphics. Coordinated floor director, audio, tape, camera, graphics, and master control operators. Prepared production cues and automated elements for air. Worked with producers, and talent to create show rundown, and format and compile scripts. Generated and managed automated production cues for tape and graphics. Produced, edited and converted content for KGW.COM. Also acted as AD and broadcast operator, running audio, cameras and graphics.
Satellite Coordinator / MCO, KYES Television; Anchorage, AK 8/92 - 5/93
Scheduled and coordinated all satellite operations. Supervised and trained staff, maintained and operated equipment. Acted as operations manager. MCO duties included implementing and maintaining on air logs, switched all on air material. Produced and edited promotional material, edited program content for broadcast and operated camera.
Engineer, APRN (Alaska Public Radio Network); Anchorage, AK 8/92 - 5-93
Directed and engineered live news segments to network stations. Pre-produced news elements and other programs for APRN, APR and National Public Radio.
Technical Director, WOUB Television; Athens, Ohio 1989
Switched and supervised production staff for live multi-camera newscast.
Instructor / Teaching assistant, Ohio University; Athens, Ohio 1989
Instructed students in the College of Communications classes and labs in all aspects of audio production for Radio, Television, studio multi-track recording and live sound reinforcement.
Education
Ohio University, Athens, Ohio - Bachelor of Science, Telecommunications 1989
References
Available upon request.
