John Ehrhart
Evansville, WY ***36
adu2vg@r.postjobfree.com
Education:
Bachelor of Science, Journalism, Arizona State University
NPPA Seminar, “Flying Short Course”
Poynter Institute, “Covering Race Relations in Your Community”
Work History:
• September 2022-January 2023, KCWY/KGWN, Wyoming
Interim News Director
• November 2019-April 2020, WDTV, Bridgeport, WV
News Director
• June 2007-April 2019, KCWY, Casper, WY
News Director
• September 2005-June 2007, Tsunami Productions, Baltimore
Producer, Writer, Editor
Syndicated programming.
• June 2003-September 2005, Adventure Productions, Baltimore
Producer, Director, Writer, Editor
Commercial production, corporate videos and syndicated programming
• February-May 2003, KVVU, Las Vegas
Assignment Manager
Meredith VP of News asked I fill position on a temporary basis while otherwise engaged in freelance production work in Baltimore and Washington, DC.
February 2000- July 2000, WBAL, Baltimore
Assignment Desk
Fall 1998- June,1999, WJLA-TV, Washington, D.C.
Assignment editor, freelance
1998: WIAT-TV, Birmingham, AL
Assignment manager.
February 1983-June 1998: WMAR-TV, Baltimore, MD
Photographer/editor, then assignment editor.
June 1980-February 1983: WCPO-TV, Cincinnati, O.
Photographer/editor. In addition to daily coverage, learned to tech live ENG from both truck and helicopter sources.
Part of a Peabody Award-winning team when we were taken hostage and remained on the air. Weekend photo/edit supervisor.
August 1979-June 1980: WREX-TV, Rockford, IL
Learned to shoot and edit videotape and film, functioned as night shift reporter, photographer and editor, up-dubbed to two-inch tape, then ran the studio camera. Also reported and wrote packages for sports. Left as chief photographer.
Awards:
Peabody, WCPO-TV: for coverage during involvement in hostage situation at the station
Emmy, public affairs show, “Normandy: 50th Anniversary of the Invasion”
Emmy, news series, “Waste Patrol”