Jason Kornblatt
Hot Topics Producer - @ ABC News' 'The View'
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About
I'm a creative news producer with 23 years of experience in working under tight deadlines on live and taped broadcasts. I have a proven track record of pitching, booking, writing and producing current event, celebrity and comedy segments.
As Hot
Topics producer at “The View,” I've provided on-air talent with solid guidance and research on every news, entertainment and human interest topic we've discussed over the past 17 years. I help co-hosts develop nuanced viewpoints and have written them countless jokes, including several which successfully elicited laughter, some say. I studied film making at Penn State, and parent in my spare time.
Experience
Disney ABC Television Group - The View
Producer:
March 2006 - Present
New York, NY
-Produce 3 to 5 Hot Topics Segments each day.
-Create daily list of compelling news, human interest and entertainment stories.
-Work with show talent to pinpoint and enhance their opinions.
-Provide research material and monitor show for factual accuracy.
-Book and produce celebrity guests, news and human Interest stories
-Produce Joy's Comedy Corner segments and field pieces.
-Supervise and mentor associate producers/researchers.
Disney ABC Television Group - The View
Associate Producer/ Researcher
January 1999 - February 2006
New York, NY
-Promoted four times. Progressed from Script Coordinator to Production Assistant to Researcher to AP.
-Booked human interest guests.
-Compiled comprehensive research packets on celebrity guests.
-Briefed co-hosts on hot topics and wrote blue cards.
-Proofread and fact-checked scripts.
-Negotiated fees for music and graphics usage.
-Selected music for segments and acquired all photos and props.
-Distributed all script changes to crew, talent and staff.
Disney ABC Pilot - “The Whole Truth”
Producer
May 2013 - Jul 2013
New York, NY
-Booked human-interest guests for this legal-oriented talk show. -Pitched all legal and current-event topics discussed on air.
-Researched legal rulings and fact-checked scripts
Comedy Central – “Upright Citizens’ Brigade”
Key Production Assistant
Mar 1999 - Oct 1999 ·
New York, NY
-Coordinated actors' schedules and transportation.
-Cast extras.
-Drove actors to location and served as mobile liaison between set crew and production office.
-Aided talent in prank segments, crafting fake backstories and setting up meetings with local businesses.
-Supervised purchasing for craft services.
Education
Pennsylvania State University - College of Communications
Bachelor's Degree, Film/Video/TV Production
1994-1998
