ALYSSA NAKAMOTO

www.alyssanakamoto.com | anakamoto@tegna.com | @alyssanak | (424) 558-1724

EXPERIENCE:
KTHV-TV (CBS) Little Rock, AR
December 2015 to present
Producer
Lead producer on 2.5 hour morning show - crafting an informative, accurate, creative, and engaging show.

November 2016: produced the highest PUT rating at 6am hour since November 2011
Experimented with, and changed the format of the shows to brand 2 different morning teams.

Use social media tools, like Chartbeat and Crowd Tangle, to find trending stories, and pick content viewers are
interested in.
Line produced extended severe weather coverage.

KUSA-TV (NBC) Denver, CO

June 2015 to December
2015
Broadcast Producer (Tegna Talent Development Program)
Produced the 11 a.m. and 12 p.m. newscasts - stacked a creative, fast-paced show, wrote stories, segments and teases,
line produced, and communicated with talent.
Wrote stories for morning, mid-day, dayside, and nightside shows, and wrote anchor packages.

Pitched and produced content for 9News newscasts, website, and social platforms.
Booked guests for segments, field produced in-house and remote shoots.

Annenberg TV News, USC Los Angeles, CA

Jan 2012 to May
2015
Creator/Executive Producer/Producer Sports Scene, Annenberg Media Center Sports Show (Nov 2014-May 2015)
Created, organized, and produced a weekly USC sports show, the first cross-platform multimedia program in the new
Annenberg Media Center.
Led production meetings, communicated and collaborated with hosts, correspondents, directors, and supervisors.
Developed creative story ideas, angles, and segments by using different sets and reporting methods.
Created weekly rundown for 15 to 30-minute show, wrote and copy edited scripts, edited entire show, booked guests.
Sports Director (May 2014-May 2015)
Supervised anchor/producer, and team of 50+ to produce a live, nightly, day-of-air sportscast.

Pitched and developed stories, coordinated interviews with USC athletes and coaches.
Supervised special coverage, including National Signing Day and Pro Day, led breaking sports news coverage, updated
website and social media.
Created, arranged, and coordinated new Skype segment with Pac-12 Networks hosts, analysts, and reporters for
newscast and website.
Producer (Jan 2014-May 2014)
Created rundown for 30-minute live, nightly, 6 p.m. newscast.

Supervised team of 50+ in writing scripts, setting up interviews, creating graphics, editing video, and executing stories.
Pitched and developed story and package ideas, wrote teases and welcome, copy edited scripts.

Supervised the live execution of the newscast, managed show timing in the control room.

SKILLS:

ENPS, Axis and Vertigo Graphics, Edius, iNews, Adobe Premiere, Crowd Tangle, Tagboard, Slack, Facebook, Twitter

EDUCATION:
University of Southern California, Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism
B.A. Broadcast & Digital Journalism, Minor: Sports Media Studies

Graduated May 2015