Emmy Award-Winning Executive Producer
Journalism leader.
AI-native newsroom builder.
14+ years shaping fast-moving broadcast news. Now building the infrastructure that makes modern newsrooms smarter, faster, and more impactful.
Leadership. Clarity. Results.
Emmy-winning Executive Producer with more than a decade leading teams, guiding creative strategy, and delivering high-impact storytelling across live television and special projects. Known for working fast, thinking clearly under pressure, and creating content that cuts through.
Sharp instincts and strong editorial judgment, trusted to set a vision, build structure, and protect creative momentum. Combines real-world broadcast experience with emerging tools — blending craft, clarity, and a focus on what actually connects with people.
Executive Producer
Own the overall vision for Spectrum News 1 Kentucky's most-watched newscasts. Lead anchors, reporters, and producers through story creation to deliver compelling, timely, and accurate coverage. Drive statewide story ideation and build a positive, high-performance team culture.
- Lead Spectrum News Kentucky's most-watched newscasts with more than 200,000 daily viewers
- Championed Spectrum News Kentucky's largest live remote broadcast with 15 crew members deployed across four cities — earned 2023 Emmy Award for Special Event Coverage
- Develop and mentor a team of 20+ anchors, reporters, and producers
- Strategize content placement based on consumer data to achieve higher viewership
Executive Producer
Responsible for the integrity of Louisville's most-watched morning newscast. Oversaw writing, editing, video selection, and guest segments. Demonstrated leadership and sharp decision-making during high-pressure breaking news and severe weather coverage.
- Oversaw all aspects of Louisville's most-watched morning news program with an average of 60,000 daily viewers
- Led a team of 15 producers, anchors, reporters, photographers, and editors
- Planned 20 hours of live remote coverage annually leading up to the Kentucky Derby — record viewership in 2021
- Mentor and develop new producers and reporters through consistent feedback and annual reviews
- Implemented social media strategy to drive engagement across platforms
- Collaborated across departments to achieve weekly sales and promotions goals
Building the newsroom of tomorrow. Today.
Self-funded and independently built AI infrastructure inside a Fortune 500 company. Five projects. Fifteen-plus tools. Every one in active use.
Ingested the full 2026 Kentucky legislative session — 131+ committee meetings — using AssemblyAI transcription and automated AI analysis to surface story leads in real time.
Monitors 12 Kentucky news outlets twice daily, scores every story on impact and uniqueness, and surfaces the angle the original reporter missed — not just what they covered.
Converts any broadcast package script into seven production-ready formats — intros, VOSOTs, teases, headlines, summaries, editorial feedback, and web stories — in seconds.
Nightly RSS capture feeds a tagging interface that writes follow-up reminders directly to a shared Google Calendar — so stories worth revisiting don't disappear into the rundown.
Replaced an antiquated VLC workflow with a browser-based dashboard covering 244 statewide camera feeds. Built in 4.5 hours. Live in the control room at $18/month.
Big goals.
Real results.
Get Drew.
Open to Executive Producer, Managing Editor, and AI Innovation roles.
andrewbennett08@gmail.com