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CARRIE HALPERIN
Official Portfolio
ABOUT
Carrie Halperin is an award-winning journalist, digital strategist and product manager. She has worked as a producer for CNN's 'Fareed Zakaria GPS', a video journalist for The New York Times, and a producer/journalist for ABC Network News. At ABC she wrote and produced for 'Good Morning America', 'Nightline', 'World News' and '20/20'. She is currently working as a product manager for Gannett/USA TODAY.
Past projects include ABC News' award-winning series 'Be the Change: Save a Life' with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, that tackled global health issues, the acclaimed PBS series 'E:2, The Economies of Being Environmentally Conscious', Michael Moore's, 'Sicko'. 'Bloomberg Technolology', Tom Steyer's 2020 presidential campaign, and product for ARRP's Staying Sharp program.
Carrie was awarded a 2012 Jefferson Media Fellowship as well as a 2013 Knight Science Journalism Fellowship at MIT.
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WORK
I’ve put together a selection of my most recent and memorable work. I’m proud of each and every piece in my Journalist Portfolio, and hope you will enjoy reading them as much as I enjoyed writing them. For any inquiries, please get in touch.
BLOOMBERG
Bloomberg Technology
As a Producer and Booker for Bloomberg Technology and Studio 1.0, Carrie's responsibilities included booking and producing technology guests as well as writing for the daily hour-long program. The show featured segments with top technology business leaders and Fortune 100 executives including leaders from Facebook, Microsoft, IBM and Square. Other duties included booking technology business magnates for the monthly Studio 1.0 program. In her role for Studio 1.0, Carrie handled all the shows logistical concerns including project management of all future show rundowns, and booking of feeds and managing production crews.
TOM STEYER 2020
Presidential Campaign Lead Producer
Part product/project manager, part supervising producer, Carrie designed and maintained the workflow of thousands of videos from the campaigns producers. She also helped optimize UX and web design to improve the campaign's user journey. Carrie's role as a lead producer also involved running an internal team and working with agencies/vendors to develop content and place ads .
THE NEW YORK TIMES
Pulitzer Prize Winning Ebola Coverage
As a Video Journalist for The New York Times, Carrie covered everything from short breaking news stories to longer in-depth projects, including the Times' Pulitzer Prize winning Ebola coverage. She was assigned to write, shoot, and edit her own material, essentially acting as a one-man band. She also worked with a team on larger deep-dive projects.
ABC NEWS
Be the Change: Save a Life
Carrie helped lead a large initiative at ABC News', the award winning global health series "Be the Change: Save a Life", in partnership with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. The campaign raised awareness about global health issues. Part of her role included booking, writing and field producing. She also built and curated ABC News' global health websites.
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The campaign successfully raised millions of dollars for global issues and launched a new foundation, 'The Million Moms Challenge' with the UN Foundation that is still operating today.
ABC NEWS
Good Morning America/ World News/Â Nightline/Â 20/20
While working for ABC News, Carrie wrote for a weekly climate and energy blog she created, called 'Changing Cities'. She was also part of the business development committee at ABC Network News. The purpose of the committee was to generate and follow-through on new business ideas for domestic and international markets.
Other responsibilities included booking, shooting, writing and producing segments for America This Morning, Good Morning America, World News, Nightline and 20/20. The segments ranged from news of the day to health, the environment, technology and travel. For this position, Carrie produced both domestic and international stories, traveling to at least 7 countries during her tenure.