Professional Resume

Patricio G. Espinoza latinworks-at-gmail.com

E X P E R I E N C E   &   S K I L L S

Journalism: Seasoned Emmy award winning Broadcast Journalist, Network Correspondent and Contributor. Experience includes traditional and new media.  Active blogger, columnists and national public radio and print contributor.  Strong live breaking news gathering and disaster coverage experienced.  Seasoned News Reporter, National Correspondent and News Anchor.  Award winning Investigative Reporter/Producer.  Experience with Local and National news. Long format News Magazines and well as Entertainment News.  Skills shooting and editing broadcast quality stories. News Management: Experienced in all aspects of news gathering having lead news teams of over 100 people covering local, regional and national news.  Strong Editorial decision making background and a solid understanding of technology and how to best take advantage of it to deploy efficient and competitive news coverage.  Hands on experience and skills with the latest on-line platforms, tools and interactive new media trends.  General Market and Spanish language experience.  Television, Radio, Web and Print work history.  Past responsibilities include: Network level News, Sports & Entertainment New Manager, News Director, Bureau Chief, Managing Editor, and Media Director, News Producer and Network News Field Producer. New Media:  Development, design and implementation of  Multi-Media rich websites, portals, communities and social networks.  Experienced with latest New Media Interactive Viral Tools and how to apply such to content driven sites be News, Sports or Entertainment.   Hands on skills with IPTV, WebCasting, WebBlogs, and PodCasting.  Able to manage and understand editorial, design, and coding teams.  Familiar with HTML, PHP, Java and Perl coding skills.   Additional Web Design skills and hands-on experienced. Consulting: Strong Journalism and Multi_media coaching for News, Entertainment and Corporate clients.  Media Relations and Natural Disaster Media Communications Handling Services.  News Media and Public Relations crisis handling and consulting. Staff and Technology selection experienced. Additional Key Skills: Fluent in Spanish. Work well under high pressure, and multitask responsibilities.  Able to lead by example, can handle all technical facets of breaking news, field operations and production. Commercial voice work experience.

M AJOR NEWS ASSIGNMENTS

The News Hour with Jim Lehrer, PBS - Mexico Elections 2006 ABC News, World News Tonight, NIGHTLINE, GMA, Field Producer A&E Biography, The Anna Nicole Smith story 2006, Field Producer/Reporter CBS & Discovery Ch. "What really happened" - Field Producer/Reporter Discovery Channel "2005 Survivors" - Field Producer/Reporter Katrina & Rita Hurricanes, Texas - Network Correspondent, Univision Katrina Specials - National News Magazine Correspondent, Univision The Victoria Trial - Correspondent - Emmy 2005 - TX Lone Star Chapter Waco - Standoff - NBC Spanish National Correspondent TWA Flight 800  - NBC Spanish National Correspondent Selena trial - NBC Spanish National Correspondent Cuba-US Planes shut down, NBC Spanish National Correspondent Mexico's elections - NBC Spanish National Correspondent Chiapas uprising, Mexico - NBC Spanish National Correspondent John Paul II: NY, Denver, Miami - NBC Spanish Nat. Correspondent Oklahoma City - Telemundo Network Field Producer Court-TV: Mug shots "The Railroad Killer" Field Producer GMA-ABC News: Rigoberta Menchu, Nobel Peace Winner interview Field Producer/Reporter Rodeo-Chediski Fires, Arizona, KTVK Reporter Work history with: ABC, CBS, NBC, CNN, Univision, Telemundo, Court-TV among others

A D D I T I O N A L,  A W A R D S   &   M E M B E R S H I P S

Five time Emmy Award recipient, TX Lone Star Chapter '06, '05, '04 Nine time Emmy nominee, TX Lone Star Chapter '06, '05, '04 Emmy Award Nominee, Rocky Mt. Chapter 2003 Poynter Institute Fellow: Power Reporting, Ethics & Newsroom Leadership NAHJ, Alternate Director, Region 7 Arizona Latino Media Association, Web design RTNDA: News Management Workshop by Columbia University. CBS & KFMB Minority Scholarship recipient. NATAS, Post-Production Scholarship finalist.  Radio, TV & Film, San Diego Community College. Memberships: RTNDA. NAHJ, NATAS, TAB, NAPTE