NEWS / The Embedded NBA Correspondent
Elie Seckbach has been covering the behind the scenes of the NBA since 1997. His style is unique, asking original questions others never pose, dealing with much more than - just basketball. Over the years Elie has developed great rapport with key players among them Kobe Bryant, Shaq O'Neal, Chris Webber, Elton Brand, as well as boxing star Dmitry "Star of David" Salita. The players find his style very refreshing as he does his best to be entertaining, informative and original.
* Correspondent - The Los Angeles Daily News -(2007)
* TV * Assignment Editor Special Assignment Unit - FOX 11 NEWS
Special Assignment Producer / News Writer CBS 2 NEWS
While at CBS Elie was responsible for writing news stories, selecting video and graphics for daily afternoon shows. He helped coordinate and produce a sweeps series titled "Into The Heart of Israel". He spent two weeks in Israel setting up interviews, location shoots and generating story ideas. At FOX 11 News he works on the Assignment Desk and produces news segments periodicly.
* Radio * US Correspondent for Israel National News (1998 - 2001)
Elie wrote and delivered radio segments on spot news, sports and music.
* Print * Sports writer/editor for 'Shalom L.A.' the largest Hebrew paper on the West Coast. USA Correspondent for 'Hazofe Daily' - one of Israel's largest papers. (1997 - present).
*On Air * Elie's TV appearances include: ESPN, FOX, INSIDE STUFF, YATZPAN (most popular Israeli talk show) and IBA News - Israel's Ch.1 newscast in English.