Kaiden Keitt

Hello! My name is Kaiden I’m an ambitious, dependable, and determined graduate of Rowan University with degrees in Radio, Television and Film + Sports Communication and Media.

Content Producer at News 12 (2025-04 – Present)

• Monitor newswires, social media, emails, and breaking news tips to identify, verify, and develop stories for broadcast and digital platforms.
• Gather and confirm information from law enforcement agencies, fire departments, New Jersey State Police, Port Authority, NJ Transit, hospitals, municipalities, and public information officers to ensure accurate and timely reporting.
• Coordinate breaking news coverage by dispatching field crews, managing daily assignments, maintaining coverage schedules, and supporting newsroom operations during developing events.
• Write, edit, and publish digital news stories for News12.com producing timely, accurate content while updating stories as new information becomes available.
• Pitch story ideas, conduct newsgathering, and collaborate with producers, reporters, anchors, and editors to coordinate coverage across television and digital platforms.
• Regularly produce digital content in addition to assignment desk responsibilities, balancing multiple deadlines in a fast-paced newsroom.
• Assist with creating and publishing social media content during breaking news and special event coverage.
• Monitor audience analytics and digital trends to identify emerging stories and maximize engagement opportunities.
• Process story tips, answer newsroom phones, file press releases in ENPS, and maintain assignment logs, and shift handoff notes to support seamless newsroom communication

WABC Eyewitness News Desk Assistant at WABC 7 NY Eyewitness News (2023-03 – 2025-07)

• Assist in finding content for newscasts that enhance on air quality for the #1 news station in the market
• Operate teleprompter for the number one local news station ABC7 at 4 pm, 5 pm, 6 pm, and 11 pm.
• Work with the sports department to build a show rundown, write scripts, and cut highlights
• Assist the assignment desk in making phone calls and monitoring social media/scanners, for breaking news and notifying colleagues on updates on story updates
• Support the assignment desk with story research pitches and interviews
• Aid the assignment desk, producers, directors and anchors during breaking news situations
• Assisted in finding footage/information for mass shooting in Lewiston Maine, and the 'Eyewitness to Gilgo Beach' series

BA in Radio, TV, & Film; Sports Communication & Media Studies – ROWAN UNIVERSITY (2019-01 – 2022-05)