KentChapline.com

RESUME/CURRICULUM VITAE, FEBRUARY 2012

I’ve been an evolving electronic journalist since 1992. During that time I have covered firsthand nearly every significant news event in the south-central U.S. With the exceptions of the Oklahoma City bombing and the Enron collapse, if it was major news in this part of the country I was either on the scene or produced coverage for my station’s crews who were there:

• The Branch Davidian standoff & fire at Waco, 1993
• Timothy McVeigh’s and Terry Nichols’s federal OKC bombing trials, 1997
• The 1999 OKC tornado outbreak
• The Shuttle Columbia disaster, 2003
• Hurricane Katrina, 2005
• Texas’s raid of the FLDS compound near Eldorado, 2008
• Fort Hood shootings, 2009
• Texas Rangers bankruptcy auction, 2010
• Super Bowl 45 seating fiasco, 2011

I’ve learned new skills as my industry has changed. When I got my first journalism job in 1992, there was no such thing as a news website.  Today I manage a large website that features original content from four broadcast stations.  Keeping up with the changes in media is one of my favorite parts of my career.

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RELEVANT SKILLS AND TRAINING

• Experienced digital media manager, including social media & mobile platforms
• Experienced team builder and leader
• Excellent news writer and copy editor for both web and broadcast
• Expert at covering breaking news online and on television
• Experienced mentor to young journalists and students
• Proficient with several web content management systems
• Avid iNEWS superuser
• Avid LeaderPlus election software superuser
• Basic Adobe Photoshop touch-up skills
• Basic HTML skills

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

October 2005- Present: Executive Producer of Digital Media, KTVT-TV / KTXA-TV / KRLD-AM &FM, Dallas-Fort Worth

• Responsible for all news/editorial content on stations’ website, cbsdfw.com.  Highlights include:
  • January 2011: Supervised development of interactive Texas Legislature maps published on cbsdfw.com as a public service-type story
  • February 2011: Led cbsdfw.com team which broke Super Bowl 45 seating fiasco story worldwide
  • August 2010: Conceived, planned, and supervised innovative live blogging coverage of Texas Rangers bankruptcy auction inside federal courtroom, which attracted 35,000+ users during the 18-hour auction
• Supervise staff of five digital media producers, including making hiring decisions
  • Built digital media team from scratch in 2005
  • Reorganized digital media team in Oct. 2010 when CBS merged existing websites of KTVT/KTXA, KRLD-AM, and KRLD-FM
• Lead stations’ social media efforts (Facebook, Twitter, Google Plus, live chat, text messaging, UStream Live Video, text & video blogs)
• Work closely with other station departments to execute their web projects
• Developed and defined job as first & only person to hold it at KTVT/KTXA
• Increased traffic (pageviews) to site 930% during job tenure
• Serve on multiple beta testing teams for CBS Digital Media Group, testing new systems & products for CBS-owned stations’ websites
• Administer iNEWS newsroom computer system for 250+ users
• Administer LeaderPlus election computer system for all election coverage

July 2003-October 2005: Newscast Producer, KTVT-TV

• Produced M-F 5 p.m. newscast
• September 7-15, 2005: worked as field producer in New Orleans, assigning, coordinating, and supervising three crews for station’s coverage of Hurricane Katrina’s aftermath
• Administered iNEWS newsroom computer system for 250+ users
• Administered LeaderPlus election computer system for all election coverage
• Mentored several interns who went on to successful careers in broadcast news

September 2002-July 2003: Special Projects Producer, KTVT-TV

• Conceived & executed high-profile stories for ratings periods
• Served as field producer for station’s coverage of Hurricane Lili in October 2002, traveling to southeast Texas to supervise and coordinate station crews
• Served as field producer for multiple remotely-produced newscasts
• Administered iNEWS newsroom computer system for 250+ users
• Administered LeaderPlus election computer system for all election coverage

July 2000-September 2002: Newscast Producer, KTVT-TV

• Formatted, developed, and produced hour-long M-F 4 p.m. newscast

January 2000-July 2000: Senior Account Executive, Springbok Technologies, Richardson, TX

• Conceived, developed, and executed public relations campaigns for four clients in high-tech industries
• Supervised team of three Account Executives

July 1999-January 2000: Special Projects Executive Producer, KOCO-TV, Oklahoma City

• Conceived & executed high-profile stories for ratings periods

• Supervised election coverage
• Co-administered NewStar newsroom computer system for 100+ users

April 1997-July 1999: Senior Newscast Producer, KOCO-TV

• Produced M-F 5 p.m. newscast
• Produced multiple live special programs & reports (from studio and field), including eight-plus hours of continuous commercial-free live coverage of historic May 3, 1999 Oklahoma City tornado outbreak. See video archive of KOCO’s coverage here.
• Produced multiple live special programs & reports (from studio & field), including continuous live coverage of Timothy McVeigh & Terry Nichols federal verdicts and several OKC bombing anniversaries
• Supervised election coverage
• Managed newsroom internship program

May 1995-April 1997: Newscast Producer, KOCO-TV

• Produced M-F 6 p.m. newscast

September 1993-May 1995: Newscast Producer, KTSM-TV, El Paso

• Produced M-F 5 & 10 p.m. newscasts

September 1992-September 1993: Associate Newscast Producer, KXAS-TV, Dallas / Fort Worth
ACADEMIC TEACHING EXPERIENCE

January 2012-present: Adjunct Professor, Schieffer School of Journalism,Texas Christian University, Fort Worth