Production Team
Scott Newell
A veteran television producer who has covered some of the biggest national stories of the last two decades, Scott Newell brings a varied and rich background to the Collins Learning project. The winner of 16 EMMY® awards, Scott has produced a variety of network TV programming for such outlets as NBC News, ABC News, Fox Broadcasting, truTV and the Food Network.
Significant events Scott has covered include the attempted bombing of a Detroit-bound jet on Christmas Day, 2009, the rescue of ex-Iraq POW Jessica Lynch and the crash of United Flight 93 on 9/11/2001. In addition to his experience as a reporter and producer, Scott is an accomplished TV editor and videographer and regularly covers the worldwide car industry in an ongoing series of videos.
Lydia Esparra
Lydia Esparra is an EMMY® award-winning anchor and reporter who worked in Cleveland, Ohio, for 11 years at WJW-TV and WKYC-TV. Lydia began her career in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale market and was an anchor and reporter at WFXL in Albany, Georgia, and WTVM in Columbus, Georgia.
Currently a freelance producer and on-air talent, Lydia's work has been seen on NBC's Today Show and Entertainment Tonight. She's a graduate of The Ohio State University. Lydia currently serves as an Honorary Board Member for the Arc of Greater Cleveland, a chapter of the world’s largest grassroots organization of and for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
Stephen R. Campanella
Stephen R. Campanella is an EMMY® award winning producer who has produced hundreds of episodes of nationally televised programs, network specials, feature films, commercials and public service announcements including the commercials "You Can Be Anything You Want," “Hey Mom,” PSA “Dancing Wheels” with Christopher Reeves, “A Time to Celebrate” with Hal Holbrook, celebrating Ohio’s Bicentennial as well as the HGTV’s series “Room by Room," on which he was Executive Producer.
For four years Stephen was Vice President of Broadcast and Entertainment for Beachwood Studios in Cleveland, Ohio. In 1995 he founded BELLTOWER Productions, Inc. Stephen is a member of both the Producers Guild of America and the National Academy Television of Arts and Sciences.
* Photos by Stephen R. Campanella
