Shawna Thomas's Email Addresses & Phone Numbers

Assignment Editor - Political Desk @ NBC News From 8/2007-11/2008 I was assigned to NBC’s political desk to plan and carry out NBC’s Emmy Award-winning Decision 2008 coverage. This included keeping track of candidate schedules, producer/correspondent assignments, booking crews and satellite trucks as well as cultivating relationships with the presidential campaigns. This also included planning coverage for...

Assignment Editor - Political Desk @ NBC News From 8/2007-11/2008 I was assigned to NBC’s political desk to plan and carry out NBC’s Emmy Award-winning Decision 2008 coverage. This included keeping track of candidate schedules, producer/correspondent assignments, booking crews and satellite trucks as well as cultivating relationships with the presidential campaigns. This also included planning coverage for larger events like debates, primary nights and conventions. From August 2007 to May 2009 (1 year 10 months) Greater New York City AreaNews Associate @ NBC News From August 2006 to July 2007 (1 year) Greater New York City AreaGovernment Relations Liaison @ National Meat Association From July 2002 to July 2004 (2 years 1 month) Washington D.C. Metro AreaSenior Producer and Senior Editor at Meet the Press @ NBC News Shawna Thomas was Senior Producer of NBC’s “Meet the Press.” In this role Shawna oversaw the broadcast’s digital profile and many aspects of the broadcast itself. With respect to digital, she was in charge of the show’s social strategy, collaborating with outside social media properties, working with digital sales to establish news partnerships, editing digital offerings from the NBC News political unit, and occasionally writing pieces for NBCNews.com. She also managed assignments, coordinated interviews, produced segments and wrote for the show itself. Shawna joined “Meet the Press” as the Senior Editor in the Summer of 2014 with the task of spearheading the show’s digital vision and coordinating that vision with the political coverage that already existed online to help further NBCNews.com as a 24/7 resource for political news. From July 2014 to August 2016 (2 years 2 months) Washington D.C. Metro AreaWhite House Producer @ NBC News As a part of a three-person producer team, Shawna was responsible for much of the editorial content that came out of the White House and fed all NBC News platforms as well as producing spots for White House correspondents. She is also intimately familiar with the logistics of covering the president day-to-day, which included field producing as well as planning and executing live transmission pools of the president’s events for all five major U.S. networks. From August 2011 to July 2014 (3 years) Washington, DCCapitol Hill Producer @ NBC News Shawna was responsible for editorial coverage of the House of Representatives. This included monitoring congressional hearings, press conferences and developing contacts with Members and their staffs. The position also required using digital journalism skills to increase NBC’s tape and live coverage on the Hill From January 2010 to August 2011 (1 year 8 months) Washington D.C. Metro AreaAssociate Producer @ NBC News NBC’s NextMedia was a team of producer/shooter/editors that utilized the one-man-band model to produce shows and pieces for NBC News as well as outside clients. As part of this specialized unit, time was spent planning multi-camera field shoots, working with paid clients on a business webshow and working with the Today Show. From May 2009 to February 2010 (10 months) Greater New York City AreaNews 21 Fellow @ University of Southern California From May 2006 to August 2006 (4 months) Greater Los Angeles AreaGraduate Assistant @ University of Southern California Annenberg School of Communications From September 2004 to May 2006 (1 year 9 months) Greater Los Angeles AreaContent Development Executive @ Quibi Shawna Thomas is a Content Development Executive for Quibi, primarily developing short-form news programming with NBC News, CBS News and BBC News for the new mobile platform, which launched in April of 2020Note: Quibi does not review or consider any unsolicited creative material. DC Bureau Chief, VICE News Tonight on HBO @ VICE Media Shawna Thomas was the Washington DC Bureau Chief for VICE News overseeing politics and DC-based policy coverage for HBO’s Emmy award-winning nightly newscast: VICE News Tonight. Thomas has spearheaded the show's major political stories including groundbreaking coverage of the Alabama special election, the 2018 midterms, and “She’s Running" — a four-part series shot in real time that followed Democrat Katie Hill’s successful bid for Congress. Thomas was also senior producer on VICE News Tonight’s award-winning "Charlottesville" special episode which earned four Emmys. From August 2016 to October 2019 (3 years 3 months) Washington D.C. Metro Area