Overview
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Education
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Thomas Dionisio

Arlington,VA

Overview

6
6
years of professional experience

Work History

Senior Broadcast Director

DC News Now
09.2022 - Current
  • Directing 6pm and 9pm newscasts and 11pm sports show 'Game Night'
  • Direct pre-recorded newscasts and specials
  • Designated ENPS and Ross 'Super User'
  • Training staff on all broadcast techniques and positions
  • Coding rundowns in ENPS
  • Directing via Ross Overdrive automation systems
  • Supervising on-air talent, production crew, and floor managers
  • Working in unison with producers to understand content, tone, structure, and pace of the newscasts
  • Perform regular maintenance on all broadcast equipment
  • Coordinate with guests to set up Zoom interviews

Freelance Director

BBC News
06.2023 - 01.2024
  • Freelance Director for BBC News Washington
  • Directed 6 hours of rolling coverage during onset of Israel and Palestine war on 10/07/2023

Broadcast Director

WWAY TV 3
11.2021 - 08.2022
  • Directed evening and weekend newscasts
  • Coded rundowns in ENPS
  • Directed via Vizrt automation software
  • Filled in as audio operator, camera operator, and teleprompter operator when not directing
  • Edited commerical promos in Premiere Pro

Producer/Director

Conserve Wildlife Foundation of New Jersey
09.2018 - 12.2018
  • Produced and directed a 30-second 'For Air' PSA for CWFNJ
  • Worked directly with David Wheeler, Director of the non-profit, to create the PSA in correlation with his vision and message he wanted to convey

Education

Bachelor of Fine Arts - Media Production

William Paterson University of New Jerse
Wayne, NJ
12.2018

Some College (No Degree) - Digital Media Studies

Montclair State University
Montclair, NJ

Skills

  • Directing (automation)
  • Technical Directing
  • Camera Operations (robotic and manual)
  • Audio Operations
  • Lighting
  • Large scale broadcast planning
  • Production Team leadership and management
  • ENPS
  • Ross Overdrive
  • Vizrt Mosart
  • Xpression
  • Chyron

Accomplishments

  • ENPS and Ross Overdrive 'Super User'
  • Certified 'Founding Member' of DC News Now (WDVM/WDCW)
  • Spearheaded and directed multiple successful Election Night newscasts with 10+ live field reporters covering key races all across the Nation's Capital
  • Directed celebrity interviews for Living Local, our daily lifestyle show, including with the cast of Netflix' Outer Banks, Actor William Dafoe, Stranger Things star Sadie Sink, and more
  • Directed interviews for our weekly politics show Capitol Review with guests such as Maryland Governor Wes Moore, Former Maryland Governor Larry Hogan, and other political figures in the DMV

Affiliations

  • Academy of Television Arts & Sciences: National Chesapeake Bay Chapter

Timeline

Freelance Director

BBC News
06.2023 - 01.2024

Senior Broadcast Director

DC News Now
09.2022 - Current

Broadcast Director

WWAY TV 3
11.2021 - 08.2022

Producer/Director

Conserve Wildlife Foundation of New Jersey
09.2018 - 12.2018

Bachelor of Fine Arts - Media Production

William Paterson University of New Jerse

Some College (No Degree) - Digital Media Studies

Montclair State University

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