SJGC Bldg. Room #3027

Tuesday/Thursday • 10:00 a.m. -11: 00 a.m.
or by Appointment or Online (via Zoom)

RTV 3320C - 002 TV News • Tu. Th. - 11:00 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.

RTV 3681C - Advanced TV News • Tu. Thu. 2:00 pm. - 3:15 p.m.
(extended lab, Mondays and Wednesdays: 9:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.

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My career in investigative journalism, law and education spans over three decades. I spent 17 years at ABC News, where I won two Emmy awards. My second Emmy was for my investigative documentary about Boeing’s once flawed 737 MAX plane called “Falling From the Sky” for the 20/20 newsmagazine program.

My experience includes being a former Executive Producer of an investigative unit at WSB-TV in Atlanta, and supervising reporters during breaking news in the newsroom. In addition to my experience in journalism, I am an attorney licensed in New York, and New Jersey. I have also taught law and ethics courses for over 6 years as an adjunct instructor at Fordham University and Florida International University. I’m a former New York State licensed private investigator.

I hold three passports: Canadian, German, and American

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• Investigative Journalism

• Journalistic Law and Ethics

• Broadcast Journalism

• Creative writing, poetry, and fiction

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TELEVISION EXPERIENCE

• Investigative Producer • July 2025- Aug. 2026.
  WAVY-TV 10, Portsmouth, VA,
  
  
• Executive Producer of Specials and Investigations • Sep 2023- Oct 2024
  WSB-TV, Atlanta, GA
  Managed a unit of 9 people and supervised the production of ~20 special reports per month
  
  
• Senior Investigative Producer, Investigative Unit • Jan 2006- May 2023
  ABC News, New York, NY
  Oversaw and produced investigative reports for ABC’s Investigative Unit and contributed to all ABC News programs, including Good Morning America, 20/20, Nightline, World News Tonight, and ABC News Live
  
  Won Emmy award for international investigation of Boeing’s 737 MAX debacle in 2021, Falling from the Sky, a two-hour documentary for 20/20; spearheaded the concept and directed the investigation
  
  (Prior to Aug 2018: Coordinating Investigative Producer, Producer)

• Freelance Producer/Writer,
  Multiple Programs • Nov 2004- Nov 2005
  A Current Affair, America's Most Wanted, and CNN's Nancy Grace
  Obtained first exclusive television interview with Joran van der Sloot, the prime suspect in the disappearance of missing teenager, Natalee Holloway, for A Current Affair

• New York Bureau Chief,
  Celebrity Justice (Telepictures) • Jul 2002- Oct 2004
  New York, NY
  Supervised New York staff; produced and wrote reports for daily syndicated news magazine program about celebrities and the courts
  Obtained exclusive interview with Whitney Houston’s father about his lawsuit against his daughter

• Investigative Producer,
  Disclosure (CBC–TV) • Jul 2001- Jun 2002
  New York, NY
  Directed, produced, supervised research, and wrote investigative reports for CBC news magazine program
  
  
• Investigative Producer,
  The Fifth Estate (CBC–TV) • Sep 1999- Jun 2001
  Toronto, Canada and New York, NY
  Directed, produced, and wrote reports for CBC-TV’s flagship investigative program
  
  
• Investigative Producer,
  W-Five, (CTV NEWS) • Jul 1998- Aug 1999
  Toronto, Canada
  Produced investigative reports for national news magazine program. Won RTNDA Canada award for hidden-camera investigation exposing a bogus travel agency
  
  
• Investigative Producer/Reporter,
  Newswatch (CBC–TV) • Jan 1994- Apr 1998
  Montreal, Canada
  Produced investigative reports for Newswatch, CBC-TV’s local evening newscast in Montreal, and for CBC-TV's evening newscast covering Edmonton and Calgary, (1994-1995)
  
  
• Story Coordinator/Producer,
  A Current Affair (FOX TV) • Jan 1993- Jun 1993
  New York, NY
  Obtained phone interview with cult leader David Koresh

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

• Adjunct Instructor • May 2023- Present
  Florida International University, Miami, FL
  Teaching online courses in Law and Ethics with up to 100 students through the Lee Caplin School of Journalism

• Adjunct Instructor, Fordham University, Jan 2017- Dec 2021
  New York, NY
  Developed and taught a course on journalistic ethics for Department of Communications and Media Studies

NEWSPAPER EXPERIENCE

● Worked for several daily and weekly newspapers including the now defunct Montreal Daily News (1988), the Suburban - a weekly (1990), and the New York Post (1993)

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• 2021 - News and Documentary Emmy Award: Falling from the Sky

• 2018 - News and Documentary Emmy Award: Nightclub Massacre- Terror in Orlando

• 2014 - News and Documentary Emmy Awards, Nomination

• 2012 - News and Documentary Emmy Awards, Nomination

• 2000 - RTNDA Canada Dan McArthur award for Investigative Journalism

• 1999 - Gemini Awards, Nomination

• 1998 - Canadian Association of Journalists Award

• 1997 - Columbus International Film and Video Festival, Hon. Mention.

• 1996 - Columbus International Film and Video Festival, Hon. Mention.

• 1996 - Columbus International Film and Video Festival, Hon. Mention.

• 1995 - Canadian Association of Journalists Award, Finalist.

• 1995 - Columbus International Film and Video Festival, Hon. Mention

• 1994 - Columbus International Film and Video Festival, Bronze Plaque

• 1994 - Columbus International Film and Video Festival, Hon. Mention

• 1994 - Yorktown Short Film & Video Festival, Golden Sheaf Award

• 1993 - Gemini Awards, Nomination

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• RTV 3320C - 002 TV News
• RTV 3681C - Advanced TV News

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• Gerald Wagschal | LinkedIn