TC. Charlotte · New York City
Broadcast journalistCommunications strategist

Stories that earn
attention.

I'm Tim Calahan—an Emmy Award-winning journalist and communications leader who turns complex ideas into stories people remember.

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500M+earned reach
100+original episodes
Emmyaward-winning

Broadcast clarity.
Strategic impact.

01 / Selected work

One career.
Two lenses.

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Broadcast journalism

Live. Clear.
Connected.

Years at the anchor desk shaped an instinct for the essential: find the human stakes, make every word count, and meet the moment.

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Strategic communications

Stories that move people—and the conversation.

Enterprise cardiovascular storytelling built around human stakes, clinical expertise, and media moments that matter.

Coverage secured with
CBSABCNBCThe New York TimesWBTVWCNC CharlotteWSOC-TV Channel 9The Charlotte ObserverNew York PostInside Edition

My role Story development · Media strategy · Patient and clinician coordination · Interview preparation

National placement · CBS NewsA pastor's heart was “hard as cement.”

A rare-disease story about cardiac arrest, advocacy, and a lifesaving heart-kidney transplant.

View coverage National placement · CBS NewsDoctors save a mother and baby after SCAD.

A complex clinical first told through courage, uncertainty, and hope.

View coverage Broadcast placement · WBTVSpeedway president survives a heart attack and receives a transplant.View coverage Owned storytelling · Daily DoseHis heart was for Hurricane Helene's victims—until it nearly stopped.Read the story National broadcast placement · Inside EditionA nurse at the airport became a stranger's lifeline.

Claire Cerbie recognized cardiac arrest, began CPR and helped save 63-year-old Ken Jeffries after he collapsed at Charlotte Douglas.

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Original series

Made in Kern County

Created and hosted more than 100 episodes celebrating local makers, innovators, and the people behind a community's identity.

03 / Consulting

Be ready when
the questions come.

Newsroom-tested counsel for executives, experts, and organizations: media training, high-stakes interview preparation, messaging strategy, and communications advisory.

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02 / Biography

At home in the
heart of a story.

Studio portrait of Tim Calahan wearing a blue blazer
Broadcast journalist · Communications strategist

I've spent my career inside stories—first reporting them live, then shaping them for organizations with something important to say.

As a lead evening anchor and executive producer, I covered breaking news, politics, and the people driving change in their communities. That work helped move a station from third to first in the ratings and taught me how trust is earned one story at a time.

Today, I bring that newsroom discipline to communications strategy, media relations, executive thought leadership, and complex healthcare storytelling—always looking for the clearest path from information to impact.

On-camera storytellingEarned mediaExecutive counselContent strategyMedia training

03 / Contact

Let's find the
story worth telling.

Available for broadcast, communications leadership, consulting, speaking, creative collaborations, and freelance assignments.

Emailcalahantim@gmail.com
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Based inCharlotte, North Carolina
FreelanceNew York City · Philadelphia · Washington, D.C.