Patrick Santomauro Named Sr. Broadcast Producer For NJTV News

NJTV, New Jersey’s public television network, based in Newark, has hired Patrick Santomauro as senior broadcast producer for its news division, composed of affiliates NJTV News and NJ Spotlight.

Santomauro, an award-winning broadcast and digital news veteran, will be responsible for the day-to-day production of the network’s weeknight news program, NJTV News with Mary Alice Williams, and its online and social media components.

He will report directly to Jamie Kraft, senior managing editor.

Prior to coming to NJTV, Santomauro was a producer-manager at KABC/Disney-ABC Television Group in Los Angeles, where he managed broadcast and digital content strategy, edited scripts, videos and graphics, developed new newsroom technology and trained employees.

Previously, Santomauro’s news career included working as an executive producer for WHDH Boston, a producer at WKMG Orlando, Fla., and executive producer at KPSP Palm Springs, Calif.

Santomauro received his B.S. in broadcast journalism from the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University.