JAMIE BRIGHT FORMAN
Dateline NBC, NBC News, New York, NY
Freelance Producer February 2003 - Present
Booking Producer
Talent Producer for Stone Phillips
Associate Producer
Assistant Producer
Book subjects for breaking and long term news stories, pitch new story ideas, manage several monthly magazine proposals, and develop long-term segment projects. Conduct taped interviews. Travel extensively to book, pre-interview and field produce. Write scripts and questions for correspondents. Train new employees and schedule personnel for breaking news coverage/booking department.
Featured stories include: "The Magnificent 7", the McCaughey Septuplets meet the world, one-hour network exclusive (Ann Curry), 7 years of continuous NBC coverage of the McCaugheys’ story, "GTE Operator", in- flight conversation with Todd Beamer (Stone Phillips), "No Greater Love, Flight 93", one hour special with the victim’s families (Jane Pauley),"Tools for Living", first artificial heart recipient (Stone Phillips), "Brave New World", exclusive coverage of international human cloning project (Stone Phillips), "Speaking Out", OJ Simpson, Lang and Vanatter’s first network interview (Tom Brokaw), "The Ties that Bind", TWA Flight 800, one-hour covering one year with a victim’s family (Sarah James).
Your Media Coach Inc., YourMediaCoach.com, Pennsylvania.
President
Train authors and experts how to pitch network, local and cable television news and entertainment programming. Write pitch letters for clients and provide coaching for television, radio and magazine interviews. Provide videotaped on-air training using network news crews.
Corporate Clients:
Radio and Television Interview Report (RTIR), Bradley Communications
Five Cent Lemonade
The Sally Jessy Raphael Show, Multimedia Inc., New York, NY
Associate Producer
Travel Coordinator
Booked two one-hour shows per week; 5-14 guests per show. Booked show experts, wrote host’s scripts and materials, pre-interviewed guests, and generated story ideas.
HONORS
-Emmy Award for Best Report in a Newsmagazine- 2002
"No Greater Love-Flight 93", Jane Pauley, Dateline NBC
-Emmy Nomination for Outstanding Interview- 2002
"GTE Operator", Stone Phillips, Dateline NBC
Cine Golden Eagle Award
Sigma Delta Chi Award
Headliner Award
Chris Award
Edward R. Murrow Award
American Women in Radio and Television Honorable Mention
Fellow- IRTS, International Radio & Television Society Scholarship
Mentor- Lower Merion High School Career Shadowing Program
INVITED GUEST APPEARANCES
National Publicity Summit 2006, 2005, 2004
WFHR-AM CBS affiliate, "Bookmarks and Art"
Book Expo America 2004
Community College of Philadelphia Career Workshops
Philadelphia Public Relations Association Media Panel
IRTS Producers Panel-How to Get Booked on TV
Iowa State University
AE Rho Broadcasting Society Annual Convention
National Booksellers Association Convention 1995
Lower Merion High School Career Expo
"Eye on Springfield", host of NJ cable news program
EDUCATION
Bachelor of Arts in Radio, Television and Film
University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland
Boston University, Summer Theater Institute
