Jason Kornblatt

I'm a creative news producer with 23 years of experience in working under tight deadlines on live and taped broadcasts. I have a proven track record of pitching, booking, writing and producing current event, celebrity and comedy segments.  As Hot Topics producer at “The View,” I've provided on-air talent with solid guidance and research on every news, entertainment and human interest topic we've discussed over the past 17 years. I help co-hosts develop nuanced viewpoints and have written them countless jokes, including several which successfully elicited laughter, some say. I studied film making at Penn State, and parent in my spare time. 

Disney ABC Television Group - The View

Producer: 

March 2006 - Present   

New York, NY

-Produce 3 to 5 Hot Topics Segments each day.
-Create daily list of compelling news, human interest and entertainment stories. 
-Work with show talent to pinpoint and enhance their opinions. 
-Provide research material and monitor show for factual accuracy.
-Book and produce celebrity guests, news and human Interest stories
-Produce Joy's Comedy Corner segments and field pieces. 
-Supervise and mentor associate producers/researchers. 

Disney ABC Television Group - The View

Associate Producer/ Researcher

January 1999 - February 2006 

New York, NY

-Promoted four times. Progressed from Script Coordinator to Production Assistant to Researcher to AP. 
-Booked human interest guests. 
-Compiled comprehensive research packets on celebrity guests. 
-Briefed co-hosts on hot topics and wrote blue cards.
-Proofread and fact-checked scripts. 
-Negotiated fees for music and graphics usage. 
-Selected music for segments and acquired all photos and props. 
-Distributed all script changes to crew, talent and staff. 

Disney ABC Pilot - “The Whole Truth”

Producer 

May 2013 - Jul 2013 

New York, NY

-Booked human-interest guests for this legal-oriented talk show.                                                                               -Pitched all legal and current-event topics discussed on air.
-Researched legal rulings and fact-checked scripts

Comedy Central – “Upright Citizens’ Brigade”

Key Production Assistant

Mar 1999 - Oct 1999 · 

New York, NY 

-Coordinated actors' schedules and transportation. 
-Cast extras. 
-Drove actors to location and served as mobile liaison between set crew and production office. 
-Aided talent in prank segments, crafting fake backstories and setting up meetings with local businesses. 
-Supervised purchasing for craft services. 

Pennsylvania State University - College of Communications

Bachelor's Degree, Film/Video/TV Production

1994-1998