Senior Producer Profile: Lisa Habib

Equipment:

• Power Mac 6100 - 40MB RAM

Five most commonly used applications: Netscape Navigator, CNN network-wide news gathering system Basys, CC:Mail, Microsoft Word, Lexis-Nexis

Overall role: "To guide the web site for editorial content and keep it current and interesting by harnessing the talent of our diverse staff."

Daily duties:

• Attends network-wide editorial meetings.
• Keeps the staff informed of network policy.
• Reads in to find out what's going on in the world, with the network and on the site.
• Prioritizes stories.
• Consults the web editors on special projects.
• Chooses content to promote CNN air.
• Monitors breaking news and developing stories.
• Communicates with the assignment desks at the network.
• Solves editorial problems.

Personal stats:

• 32 years old
• Bachelor's degree in Communications from Auburn University
• Lisa has worked at CNN for 11 years. She began her career at CNN Radio, where she spent two years tape editing and one year reporting. After three years of writing, copy editing and producing cut-ins at Headline News, Lisa switched networks to become a lead writer at CNN. Four years later, she joined Interactive as a writer and became senior producer in May 1996.

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