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Brad Hirst


Experience

Executive Producer 
Fox Business Network New York, NY
(2007 - present)
As Executive Producer supervise staff and all editorial aspects of production of Countdown to the Closing Bell with Liz Claman.
Oversee Twitter, Facebook and other social media aspects of Countown to the Closing Bell with Liz Claman and LizClaman.com.
Executive Producer for Lou Dobbs Tonight for 4 years. Broadcast became the highest rated program on FBN.
Designed social media plan for Lou Dobbs Tonight. Plan is still being used and is the most viewed for all of FBN.
Developed, launched and produced Lou Dobbs Tonight, The Willis Report, The Tom Sullivan Show and Money for Breakfast with Alexis Glick.
Developed a 3 hour morning digital business news program called FoxBusiness.com Live to coincide with the launch of the Fox Business iPhone app.

**Ratings for Countdown to the Closing Bell with Liz Claman have increased more than 100% in the last year and a half. Liz Claman's Twitter has gone from 20,000 followers to more than 82,000.

Sports Director
News 12 Networks
(2005 - 2007)
Supervised sports staff and all editorial aspects of sports productions at two local news networks.
Wrote, reported, produced, shot, edited and anchored sports feature stories and segments.

Senior Producer
ESPN 
(2003 - 2005)
Line produced, supervised news production staff and coordinated segments for a 2 hour national sports morning show, Cold Pizza. 

Executive Producer
News 12 The Bronx 
(2002 - 2003)
Oversaw all editorial aspects of 24 hour local cable news channel, line produced the 5PM newscast and coordinated production of all 12 daily half hour newscasts. 

US Sports Correspondent 
Network of the World Digital satellite TV Network, U.K
(2000 - 2002)
Wrote, reported, shot and edited feature stories.

Producer
CBS Sports
(1999 - 2000)
Wrote, produced and edited various feature story pieces for College Football Today, NFL Today and Emmy nominated Road To The Final Four.

Producer
Fox Sports News
(1998 - 1999)
Booked and coordinated guest appearances for half hour sports talk program The Last Word With Jim Rome.
Coordinated live event coverage as a field producerfor New York related sports news stories.

Broadcast Associate
ABC Sports
(1997)
Coordinated production of Emmy award winning opening tease for Monday Night Football.

Producer
Newsport Sports News  
(1995 - 1997)
Produced sports news program Newsport Journal and NewSport Talk with Chet Coppock. 

Combat Journalist
US Army
(1990 - 1992)
Spent 2 years covering Operation Desert Storm.
Won 2 Fourth Estate Awards for Military Journalism.

Education 

Cornell University

Department of Defense Information School