Sharon L. Newman562 Linwood Avenue

Ridgewood, New Jersey Phone: 201-450-1378

SharonLNewman@verizon.net

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Senior Executive Producer: (June 2013-present) Al Jazeera America, New York City, New York • Spearheaded improvements in story selection, writing and presentation for expanded morning

program and primetime news hours, generating double-digit rating increases • Oversaw development and production of award-winning primetime long-form specials, with

emphasis on informative narrative and high production values • Leading role in restructuring entire newsroom staff to better allocate resources

Senior Producer/Editorial Content: (January 2012 - June 2013) Channel One News/CBS, New York, NY • Coordinated editorial content and edit of 2 newscasts viewed daily by 5 million students • Engaged in talent recruiting and mentoring of young anchors & producers.

Executive Producer - CBS2 This Morning: (July 2008 to July 2011)WCBS-TV, New York, NY • Expanded morning show newscast with improved news, lifestyle and feature content for 2 1/2

hour daily program • Supervised morning show budget and staff of 25 writers, editors, anchors and reporters • Improvements led to dramatic increases in both household and rating shares Executive Producer: (May 2004 to December 2007) MSNBC, Secaucus, NJ and New York, NY • Developed, launched and supervised production, budgets and staffs for pioneering long-form

programs • Co-created and supervised production of The Most with Alison Stewart, an entertaining hour-

long review of news, lifestyle and feature issues trending on the web each day • Launched news/public affairs magazine program Connected Coast to Coast with Ron Reagan

and Monica Crowley • Worked closely with talent in program development and conflict solution • Developed and supervised innovative and highly-rated daily 2006 Torino Winter and 2004

Athens Summer Olympic preview and wrap-up long-form programs.

Executive Producer: (August 1993 to May 2004)World News Now, World News This Morning, ABC News, New York, NY • Responsible for editorial content, budget and staff of 45 for 2 hour daily news and feature

program • Created engaging recurring consumer and lifestyle segments • Led overnight Emmy-winning 9/11 aftermath coverage • Developed first-ever online audience-interaction during live network broadcasts with Anderson

Cooper, along with several other early social media innovations • Mentored young network anchors including David Muir, Alison Stewart and Chris Cuomo

Network Radio Correspondent/Anchor: ABC News Radio & NBC Radio, Unistar (RKO) Networks & USA TODAY Skyradio

EDUCATION

B.A. Communications Studies: Magna Cum Laude - State University of New York at Oswego