MATTHEW
NELSON

Control room operations & broadcast automation
Montclair State University  ·  Film & Television B.A.  ·  May 2027
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Live Production / Technical Operations
01 // About

HOW I GOT
HERE

I got into television through a stack of nearly 150 S-VHS tapes in a storage room at my high school. I started digitizing them and ended up making a documentary about the school's broadcast program and the people who had been part of it.

At Montclair State, I wanted our News Lab class to try a show using the studio cameras and control room. My professor said yes, as long as I produced it too. So I put together the crew, wrote the script and packages, and served as technical director for our College Television Awards special.

Since then, I've built News Kit to help our students plan shows and run them in vMix. I like figuring out how to make the technical side easier for the rest of the crew, and it's been really rewarding to see people use something I built.

I'm now a senior producer and the operations lead at Montclair News Lab. I'm looking for opportunities to keep learning, work with a team, and get more experience in live news.

On set
02 // Projects

SELECTED
PROJECTS

Featured
News Kit — Broadcast Automation
Montclair State University · Montclair News Lab
2026 – Present
  • I built News Kit, a Google Sheets-based tool we use to plan and automate Montclair News Lab shows. Students can pitch stories, write scripts, build the rundown, and keep track of timing in Sheets, Docs and Drive.
  • Producers add camera changes, video rolls, and graphics right in the script. News Kit sends those commands to vMix through its scripting engine and prepares scripts for the control room and teleprompter.
  • I've used News Kit as Automation Director on multiple live broadcasts and trained five to six students on it and vMix. It also checks for missing media and unfinished stories before we go live, so we can catch problems while there's still time to fix them.
News Kit in action · 52 seconds
A look at the rundown, script cues, teleprompter, and live vMix workflow.
View the News Kit rundown Watch the full News Lab show · 18:28
Technical Director
College Television Awards Special
Montclair State University · Montclair News Lab
2026
  • I pitched a control room show to celebrate Montclair's College Television Awards win, put together the crew, and planned the camera and control room setup.
  • I wrote the script and packages and served as technical director for the special celebrating Montclair's 2026 College Television Awards win.
  • Watch the special
Documentary
FOCUS — Documentary in Development
Montclair State University · Executive Producer
Sep 2026 – Present
  • I'm working with two other executive producers on a documentary about the future of television, news, and digital media.
  • I coordinate our weekly meetings, assign story packages to student reporters, and arrange interviews with NJ PBS staff about their plans for a modern news organization.
Documentary
The VTN Story
South Brunswick High School · Viking Television Network
May 2023
  • I made a 40-minute documentary about 25 years of my high school's broadcast program, using archival footage and interviews with alumni.
  • I digitized nearly 150 S-VHS tapes for the film.
03 // Experience

EXPERIENCE

Jan 2026 – Present

Montclair News Lab

Senior Producer and Operations Lead. I manage our technical and day-to-day operations and have trained five to six students on vMix and News Kit.

2026

Cooking with Koppell

Technical director for the October 16 broadcast. I also operated PTZ cameras for the Homecoming edition featuring NJ PBS anchor Rob Nelson.

2026

Bateman Awards

Technical director for the awards broadcast.

Spring 2026

Spring Dance

Technical director and PTZ camera operator.

2026

President's Red Carpet

LiveU operator for the event.

2026

NJ PBS Installation

I helped with the installation, wiring CAT5 cables and soldering XLR cables.

SKILLS

// Broadcast Software
vMixGT Title DesignerAvid iNEWSVizrt GraphicsWinPlus XliteWinPlus IPNews Kit / vMix API
// Hardware & Gear
Sony MVS-6530Sony MVS-8000GLiveUSony Z150 / Z90 / X70PTZ CamerasCAT5 CablingXLR Soldering
// Post-Production
Adobe Premiere ProAfter EffectsPhotoshopIllustratorDaVinci ResolveAvid Media Composer
// Production
Technical DirectionLive BroadcastsControl Room SetupBroadcast AutomationCrew CoordinationCamera Operation
04 // Media

WATCH MY WORK

05 // Contact
Matthew Nelson
LET'S WORK
TOGETHER
Interested in working together? Email me or connect on LinkedIn.
Emailmbapnycn@gmail.com
LinkedInlinkedin.com/in/mattnel