1. MARC R. SMITH
231 OCEAN AVENUE APT. 2A
BROOKLYN, NY
917-754-5508
BIGSMITTY87@GMAIL.COM
Experience:
Sports Director: CBS Newspath: January 2009 to October 2015: Ran the office that provides sports
news and highlights for over 200 domestic and international affiliates. Cut and produced highlights and
sports content. Coordinated and or field produced events such as the Super Bowl, Thursday Night Football,
The US Open, The NFL and NBA Drafts, The NCAA Basketball Championship, The Big East Basketball
Championship and the Atlantic 10 Basketball championship. Proficient in setting up live remotes, identifying
and gathering news elements for network and local usage. Have used Final Cut Pro editing system as well
as Adobe Premier.
Northeast Regional Producer: CBS Newspath; Sept 1999 to June 2000 January 2002 to December
2008: Oversaw the newsgathering in the Northeast (Maine to Washington DC, Ohio and West Virginia) for
Newspath. Coordinate video feeds from CBS affiliates to Newspath and CBS News and vice versa. Set up
shoots and live remotes.
Northeast Regional Producer: Network News Service; June 2000 to December 2001
Oversaw the newsgathering in the Northeast (Maine to DC, Michigan, Ohio and West Virginia) for ABC
Newsone, CBS Newspath and Fox Newsedge. Coordinated tape feeds from CBS, ABC and Fox affiliates
for their News Services as well edit the video digitally. Produced abstracts for video items. Transferred back
to Newspath in January 2002.
Associate Producer; CBS Newspath, New York; Dec. 1997 to Sept. 1999: Produced national recaps
and feeds for Domestic and International clients. Handled file and refeed requests for those clients.
Produced liveshots for affiliates. Coordinated video feeds from various stations to be run on national and
international feeds.
WTVD-TV-Raleigh-Durham; May 1996 to Dec. 1997
Cut-In Producer-Wrote/produced the 5-minute morning news cut-ins.
Associate Producer- Organized pre-production for all evening news shows. Wrote stories and aided
producers in coordinating live-shots for shows.
Field/Package Producer-Coordinated live remote shots as well write packages.
Assignment Editor- Briefed and directed news crews on their assignments.Also researched data for
reporters and producers.
WCBS-TV- New York City-December 1994 to May 1996- Assignment Desk: In charge of the
assignment desk during overnight weekend hours.
Education:
M.A, New York University Graduate School of Journalism , Concentration; Broadcast Journalism,
May, 1996.
B.A, Cheyney University of Pennsylvania, Major; Communication Arts, Magna Cum Laude, May
1994.
2. REFERENCES
Bill Mondora: VP, News Director, KTTV and KCOP Los Angeles, CA 310-584-2014
Willard Ogan: Assignment Manager, Comcast Bay Area San Francisco, CA 415-615-4652
Cesar Aldama: News Operations Manager, WCAU-TV Philadelphia, PA MD 703-483-1988
Dave Hawthorne: Special Events Producer, CBS Newspath NYC 917-886-2215
Chris Scaglione: Executive Sports Producer, WCBS-TV New York, NY 212-975-3670
Krista Ruch: Executive Sports Prodcuer, WBBM-TV Chicago, Il 312-899-2331
Jackie Connally: Senior Sports Producer, WBZ-TV Boston, MA 617-781-7022