John is a three-time, Emmy-Award winning TV News reporter and producer with more than 40 years experience. * He's written and produced the local six o'clock news in four markets. He was the news assignment manager at a local TV station and an assignment editor at a major network news bureau. All that occurred between 1971 - 1989 * Then, as a freelance reporter, John wrote and produced more than 1,800 news, public policy, financial literacy and self-help videos. One series of videos trained thousands of law enforcement officers how to investigate Internet and computer crime. Another series taught thousands of students how to succeed in college. TV News Reporter. WJLA-TV (ABC Affiliate) Washington, DC. (1979 - 1989)* John's beat at WJLA was personal finance, consumer news, the economy, business, the energy industry and the Federal government - basically anything that involved money. * He filed more than 3,000 reports as he covered countless White House events, Congressional hearings, key Supreme Court rulings, Federal budget issues, every State of the Union speech and every presidential address regarding the economy, budget and taxes. His reports provided big picture perspective as well as the impact on the average person with field reports from factories to farms. * In addition, John covered a variety of spot news events - from blizzards to the attempted assassination of President Reagan. *John was management's go-to guy for training new reporters and producers.
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