Lauren McCay

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Freelance:

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NAACP                                                                                                                                                                    November 2022-Present

Correspondent/TV Host

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Carmax/Edmunds-Car Reviews                                                                                                                                June 2022-Present

TV Host/Field Producer (Senior)

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Food Network/It's Compli-Plated                                                                                                                             March 2022-May 2022

Story Producer/Interviewer

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Netflix/Barbecue Showdown                                                                                                                                      January 2022-March 2022

Senior Story Producer

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FOX/MasterChef Season 12                                                                                                                                       September 2021-November 2021

Story Producer

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Youtube Original "Instant Influencer" Season 2                                                                                                       June 2021-September 2021

Story Field Producer/Post Producer

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HBOMAX Baketopia                                                                                                                                                August 2020-December 2020

Story Producer/Creative AP

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Oxygen/Bunim-Murray Production "Shade the Light"                                                                                           July 2020-August 2020

Development Producer/Researcher

True Crime Series

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Mystic Art Pictures                                                                                                                                                  July 2019-December 2019

Freelance Casting Producer

E! Entertainment Reality show, Steph Curry's 'Holey Moley' game show,

Kevin Hart's 'What the Fit' show

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Broadcast Journalism Experience: 

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WEWS-News 5                                                                                                                                                            November 2015-May 2019

E-Team Enterprise Community Reporter, GMC 'Good Morning Cleveland'

Multi-Media Journalist/Reporter, 'The Now' (local & national)

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WVIZ (PBS)/WCPN (NPR) ideastream®                                                                                                                 January 2011-November 2015

Multi-Media Producer, 'The Sound of Ideas,' a daily live public policy Radio & TV Show

Content Manager/TV Host 'Beyond the Dish' (also in Arts & Culture, News, Health, Education & Politics)

 

Ohio Center for Broadcasting                                                                                                                                    August 2013-May 2019

Freelance Instructor of the Story Structure & Broadcast Style Writing Class

 

Cast Iron Productions, Inc.                                                                                                                                         May 2012

Freelance Recruiter/Videographer for a National Wal-Mart Commercial

 

BG 24 News a live, 30 minute newscast                                                                                                                      January 2006-May 2009

General Manager, Producer, Reporter, Writer, Anchor

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On Air Experience:

 

Beyond the Dish series via “Applause”                                                                                                                     June  2012-November 2015

Creator/Producer/Host

WVIZ/PBS ideastream

 

WCPN/WVIZ Live Pledge                                                                                                                                      October 2012-November 2015

On-Air Talent #3 (Thank you gifts)

ideastream

 

Cancer Corner                                                                                                                                                         October 2012

Freelance Reporter

216 TV station

 

WVIZ Auction                                                                                                                                                        May 2011

Auctioneer for the “B” Board

WVIZ/PBS ideastream

 

106 & Park                                                                                                                                                               August 2003

Introduced the ‘New Video of the Day’

BET(CBS)

 

Internships:

WTOL News 11/ CBS Affiliate, Toledo, OH                                                                                                        May 2009-August 2009

Newsroom Intern

• Wrote news stories for the web and live newscast.

• Edited video and floor director for the Saturday morning show.

• Reported on and off camera.

 

E! Entertainment Network Internship, Los Angeles, CA                                                                                    May 2008-August 2008

Assistant Junior Producer and Correspondent

• Gathered and researched celebrity news, transcribed interviews & reported (off-camera) for social events.

 

WBGU/PBS, Bowling Green, OH                                                                                                                         May 2007-August 2007

Assistant Junior Producer and Film Talent

• Worked on the sets for educational and news broadcasts.

• Wrote portions of the content and was chosen to be talent for the educational film “Science at Work: Part II.”

 

Technical Expertise:

Linear and non-linear editing, EZ news, I-News, Final Cut Pro 7 & 10, Vegas Editing, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe InDesign CS5, Microsoft Office, Understanding of PC & Mac platforms, EDIUS editing system, (AP) ENPS production system, DECKO Graphics System, Precis Database, XL2 Cameras, Panasonic Cameras, and S-VHS cameras, Understanding of Internet usage: up/downloading, Sadie, ENCO

 

Education:

Bowling Green State University (BGSU) Cum laude                                                                                            August 2009

Major: B.S. in Broadcast Journalism Minor: Interpersonal Communication

 

Awards & Acknowledgements:

 

Beyond the Dish (Created, Produced & Hosted this series)

2013 Gracie Award- Outstanding Host-Entertainment/information in local television

2013 Emmy Award Nomination

2014 Emmy Award-Lifestyle Program-Feature/Segment

2015 Emmy Nomination-Lifestyle Program

 

About Blood: Sickle Cell Anemia (found profile patient & helped produce the 30-minute TV show)

*Emmy Award 2013- Health/Science-Program or Special

National Headliner 2013 Award-Health Television Special-Second Place

Hermes Creative Awards 2013-Honorable Mention

Ohio Society of Professional Journalists 2013-Best Minority Issues Coverage & Best Medical Health Reporting

 

Newsdepth (helped write VOs, and other scripts for the 30-minute newscast)

2013 Communicator Award-Programs/News: Children

 

Be Well: Addiction (created the TV promo & open and co-produced the live outreach program)

2013 Communicator Award-Film/Video: Social Responsibility

 

Julia Child Campaign (produced 3 different TV promo spots)

*Emmy Nomination 2012

 

Surviving Stroke (produced a web exclusive piece & helped produce the 30-minute TV show)

Ohio Society of Professional Journalists 2012-Best Medical/Science Story-First Place

 

Health Series: Transplant Stories, MiddleAging: Aches & Pains, Sleep: A Wake-Up Call, Surviving Stroke & Be Well (helped produce each show & co-produced the health outreach program)

*Emmy Nomination 2011-Community Service