Paul has worked on eight Olympics for both CBS Sports and NBC Sports. He won his sixth Emmy in the category of Outstanding Live Special for the 2020 Summer Games in Tokyo: 

"I've edited for two Olympics hosted by Japan: Six weeks in Nagano as Supervising Editor on the WInter Games for CBS Sports; and with NBC Sports on the 2020 Tokyo Summer Games. These were actually postponed to 2021 because of COVID. Also for this reason, much of the crew worked remotely at NBC's Sports sprawling facility in Stanford, Connecticut. My first time at their amazing campus. 

It had been a long time since I worked with NBC on an Olympics, and it was great to be back. Samples of my work from that event are featured here, including a “coming-up” promo, an equestrian piece with a cameo from Bruce Springsteen, and a cultural story on Japan’s “Lucky Cat” that received wide attention. 

During Tokyo, I served as "Craft Editor" for Sports Desk on Olympic Zone shows. Our group provided material to regional NBC affiliates who customized it with their talent and local flavor. Our element allowed affiliate to produced their own unique Olympic Zone broadcast, typically airing just before Primetime and often directly after local news—a high visibilty slot that generated impressive ratings and positive feedback. 

Its hybrid format made Olympic Zone unique in NBC's broadcast. The shows incorporated the urgency and fast-turnaround of news with the production value of sports entertainment. Producers I worked with came from both news and sports backgrounds. Some of the news producers had never edited with music before! Others were not used to the pace and pressure of fast-turnaround in a news environment. Helping each producer adapt to new workflows and re-discover their comfort level became part of the job for the Sports Desk editors. 

The Olympics can be exhausting – long hours and little sleep, but the collaborations were highly rewarding and productive."