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Adrienne Roark

Broadcast Media

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Adrienne Roark's Bio:

Adrienne Roark is the President and General Manager at KOIN 6 in Portland, Oregon. She joined the station in June, 2014. Prior to joining KOIN, Adrienne was the Vice President and News Director at CBS11 in Dallas, Texas. She joined the station in March of 2010 from CBS Television’s CBS4 in Miami, where she was the news director.  While there, she created an award winning Investigative Unit; worked closely with 60 Minutes on a major story on Medicare Fraud, and did the first ever on-air story shot entirely with an iPhone. Before joining the team in Miami, Adrienne was the assistant news director at WESH in Orlando.  There, she helped get sister station WDSU through Hurricane Katrina by setting up an emergency newsroom for WDSU and overseeing 53 days of continuous hurricane coverage. Adrienne also previously worked in Miami as an executive producer at WTVJ; in Cleveland as an executive producer of special projects and investigations and in Columbus, Ohio as an executive producer, a special projects producer, news producer, and editor.Adrienne is a veteran journalist with close to 25 years of news experience.  An Ohio native, she began her career as an intern at WBNS in Columbus.  She holds a bachelor’s degree in communications from The Ohio State University and was a 2008 Poynter Ethics Fellow.  Adrienne is also a member of the Advisory Committee for the College of Arts and Sciences at Ohio State. She is a three-time regional Emmy winner and has received six regional Edward R. Murrow Awards. When she’s not at work, Adrienne can usually be found with her husband watching their sons, Alex, 14, and Stephen, 9, play in local tennis matches.

Adrienne Roark's Experience:

  • President and General Manager KOIN-TV at Lin Media

    June 2014 - Present | Portland, Oregon

  • News Director at WFOR-TV

    January 2007 - September 2010

    Direct all on-air and online news operations for the CBS owned & operated television station in the 16th largest market in the country.

  • Ethics Fellow 2008 at Poynter

    2008 - 2008

    Named a Poynter Ethics Fellow for the Class of 2008 at the Poynter Institute, a nationally respected school for journalists. One of of eighteen members of the 2008 class, a diverse group of hard-working journalists from print, broadcast and online.

  • Assistant News Director at WFOR-TV

    January 2007 - June 2007

    Managed daily on air and online content of a staff of 135. Coordinated all major news story coverage including major national stories: Super Bowl, Anna Nicole Smith.

  • Assistant News Director at WESH-TV

    March 2005 - January 2007

    Managed all daily on air and online content. Built Investigative Unit. Directed major story coverage: Shuttle launches, Brush Fires, Tornados.

  • Executive Producer at WTVJ/NBC6

    December 2001 - March 2005

    Directed all on-air presentation for the 5, 530, 6, 10, and 11 p.m. newscasts. Directed all on-air presentation during 2004 Hurricane Season. Oversaw key strategic station partnerships with outside media organizations and businesses.

  • Executive Producer at WCMH-TV

    August 1999 - December 2001

    Directed all on-air presentation for newscasts. Created Investigative/Special Projects Unit.

  • Executive Producer Special Projects at WKYC-TV

    March 1998 - August 1999

    Oversaw on-air presentation for the 11 p.m. newscast. Created and launched Special Projects/Investigative Unit.

  • Senior Producer at WCMH-TV

    September 1995 - March 1998

    Directed on-air presentation for 5 and 6 p.m. newscasts. Produced 6 p.m. newscast.

  • Producer at WBNS-TV

    January 1992 - September 1995

    Produced the morning news. Prior to that edited the afternoon newscasts. Started at WBNS as an intern.

  • Vice President and News Director at KTVT-TV

    March 2010

    Direct all on-air and online news operations for the CBS owned & operated television station in the 5th largest market in the country.

Adrienne Roark's Education:

  • The Ohio State University

    1989 – 1993
    BA

  • Theodore Roosevelt High School

    1985 – 1989

Adrienne Roark's Interests & Activities:

Writing, reading, running, tennis, the Ohio State Buckeyes




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