Shonty Hawkins

Shonty Hawkins is an accomplished professional in newsroom technology, currently serving as Executive Director at Fox Corporation since April 2020, after previously holding the role of Director in the same department. Prior experience includes a tenure as News Operations Manager at Sinclair Broadcast Group/WJLA News Ch8 from April 2015 to April 2020, and as Senior Systems Analyst at Gannett/WUSA9 from February 2014 to April 2015. Early career roles include Systems Analyst at WUSA-TV, Broadcast Engineer at WUSA9, and Remote Productions Chief Engineer at Army Television Pentagon, where responsibilities included the maintenance of remote production equipment and acting as Executive In Charge during shoots. Shonty Hawkins’ career began with the role of CCTV Branch Chief at US Army Japan/78th Signal Battalion from 2000 to 2002.