Overview
I am a Society of Broadcast Engineers Certified Professional Broadcast Engineer®, currently working as a Technical Production Manager (TPM) at The Weather Channel.
What does that mean? Well, take a look at my résumé and/or my LinkedIn profile.
My “Long Form” Résumé
(This just shows the first page. Click anywhere on my résumé, above, to see it all as a pdf file.)
ENG Safety
While News Operations Supervisor at WAGA-TV in Atlanta I actively promotied safety for technicians, photographers, reporters, and engineers operating in and around television Electronic News Gathering (ENG) vehicles, commonly known as “live trucks.”
People have been seriously injured and killed when their live truck mast came in contact with energized power lines. …
Professional Awards
Emmy™ Award: Outstanding Achievement: Television Special Achievement Excellence – Technical Achievement (“Peachtree Road Race”), Southeast Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, 2006
Emmy™ Nominee: Outstanding Achievement: Television News Programming Excellence – Daily Newscast (“FOX5 News at 6:00”), Southeast Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, 2006
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Publications
“Advice From: Andy Funk”. The Publicity Hound (Joan Stewart Public Relations) Issue 21, July/August 2001: p 8
“Getting Stories On Local TV News”. Public Relations Tips from the Professionals section, American Radio Relay League web site, 1999
“How a Newsroom Intranet Helps the Whole Staff”. Wired Journalist: Newsroom Guide to the Internet, Third Edition (Radio and Television News Directors Foundation) 1999: pp. …