Liz Hart
Founder, Talent Representation
Liz Hart’s career working with broadcast news talent spans more than 25 years. She is known within the television news industry as one of the leading talent agents who negotiates top contracts and salaries for her clients and for navigating and developing the careers of hundreds of on-air television journalists.
Prior to founding Hart Talent Management, Liz was Vice President of Digital News/Programming with the NWT Group. Her role was to expand the digital space of social media clients, including training and overseeing client profiles in the social media arena along with client placements in local and national news.
As a top producer with Napoli Management Group, Hart successfully navigated her clients into highly sought-after broadcasting positions including: CBS News, CBS Syndicated Television, CNN “New Day,” CNN correspondents, NBC’s Weekend Today, ABC News, NFL Network and in every Top 20 local market.
She is reputed for having a keen eye and recognizing the untapped potential in emerging talent and is a trusted representative to many hiring managers who have worked with her over the years.
In 1994, Hart Talent and Management was first founded in San Francisco, California.
Liz served as Vice President/General Manager for one of the leading talent recruitment firms in the country, Don Fitzpatrick Associates in San Francisco, beginning in 1988. She successfully placed news managers and broadcast journalists nationwide, as well as overseeing the day-to-day operations and budgets of the company.
Her broadcasting career began in 1985 at KPIX Television in San Francisco.
Hart holds a B.A. degree in Mass Communications from California State University East Bay and was chapter president of The Society of Professional Journalists, Sigma Delta Chi. Liz resides in Los Angeles, California.
You can reach Liz at: Liz@HartTalentManagement.com
Maria Staubs
Our Spring 2022 Intern
Maria Staubs is a sophomore at Arizona State University's Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication in Phoenix where she is majoring in broadcast journalism and minoring in film and media production. During her time at ASU, Maria has worked as a print reporter for Downtown Devil and as a broadcast news reporter for the Cut Network. She is the Executive Producer of the Cut Network where she continues to report, set the weekly newscast order, and oversee teams of reporters, social media, and editors. This experience will prepare her for when she works at Cronkite News as a reporter. When she isn't reporting, she is writing short films for Maroon and Gold Entertainment.
With sincere gratitude to our supportive friends, The NWT Group and DHC