Discover Top Senior Editors in Fresno, California, USA

Austin Meyer is a documentary filmmaker and photographer based in Oakland, CA. He is a National Geographic Explorer and his work has been featured by HBO, Hulu, Apple TV, National Geographic, The New York Times, Washington Post, The Atlantic, PBS NewsHour, and Al Jazeera among others. Meyer graduated from Stanford University with a B.A. degree in creative writing and an M.A. degree in journalism. After graduation, he was selected as the winner of the New York Times’ International Reporting Trip with Nicholas Kristof competition, for which he reported for the New York Times in Baltimore, India, and Nepal. Meyer has worked as a videographer at the Los Angeles Times and was awarded an IDEO storytelling fellowship, during which he reported for Slate on the social and environmental impacts of hydropower dams along the Mekong River in Southeast Asia. In 2018 Meyer was awarded a National Geographic Explorer grant to create a documentary film on maternal healthcare in Zambia. His documentaries have screened at the American Documentary, Mill Valley, & Milwaukee Film Festivals, as well as in the National Geographic Short Film Showcase and Atlantic Selects series. Meyer’s purpose as a documentarian is to tell stories that change the way people walk through the world by inspiring empathy, curiosity, and wonder. He is passionate about telling vulnerable and intimate stories that are emotionally moving, break down stereotypes, and compel people to take action in order to make our world a better place. www.austinmeyerfilms.com @austinmeyerfilms on social media

• Documentary DP
• Video Editor - Documentary
• Reporter / Journalist
• Production Company
• Editorial Photographer / Photojournalist
• News Shooter / Video Journalist
• Video Editor - News
• Fixer
• On-Air Reporter / Host
• Mobile Journalist / Livestreamer
• Non-Fiction Film Director
• Senior Producer / Project Manager
• Video Editor - Commercial
• Event Photographer
• Executive Producer
• Senior Editor
• Product Photographer
• Creative Director

I'm a journalist based in the San Francisco Bay Area who's recognized for connecting to people and relaying information that's vital. A 2022 Kiplinger Fellow at the Scripps School of Journalism at University of Ohio, I'm skilled at localizing climate stories and promoting solutions. My most recent nonfiction book, "GIRL WARRIORS: How 25 Young Activists Are Saving the Earth" (April 2021, Chicago Review Press), earned a Kirkus starred review ("Engaging, brilliant, and intersectional: a must for shelves everywhere."). My next book, Climate Champions: 15 Women Fighting for Your Future, is due out in 2023 (Chicago Review Press). I'm currently interviewing "Gen Z climate-change activists discuss some of the most pressing issues facing our planet," for "Unearthed" at YAHOO. I've also planned and executed live stream interviews at outlets such as The Lonely Whale.

• Mobile Journalist / Livestreamer
• Copywriter
• Digital Content Creator
• Content Strategist
• Reporter / Journalist
• On-Air Reporter / Host
• Senior Editor

Josh Freund is an award-winning documentary, narrative and commercial filmmaker. His diverse clientele range from leading brands like Nike, Mattel, Chevrolet, and Jameson Whiskey to Grammy-winning musicians. Josh's first feature film Do U Want It? won Audience Award at New Orleans Film Festival in 2017 and at SF IndieFest in 2018 and will be streaming in October 2019. He owns and operates ABIS Productions, New Orleans’ premiere video production company dedicated to creating video content for bands and musicians. Josh graduated with a BSJ from Northwestern’s Medill School of Journalism in 2012.

• Documentary DP
• Commercial DP
• Creative Director
• Non-Fiction Film Director
• Video Editor - Commercial
• Fixer
• News Shooter / Video Journalist
• Field Producer
• Production Coordinator / Crewing
• Senior Editor
• Video Editor - Documentary
• Corporate Videographer

Kevin is an award winning director, producer, shooter and editor based in San Francisco. He has created videos for Bloomberg, CNBC, CNET, Reuters and various independent clients. He has experience as a one-man-band videographer as well as a director of full tv production crews. His passion for video storytelling has allowed him to travel across the US and internationally. He has over two decades of professional experience with cameras, lenses, lighting, sound, editing software and music production. He 2009 He has received numerous accolades and awards including two Emmy Awards in Videography and Producer/Editor for his work at Plum TV in Vail, CO.

• Art Director
• Music Composer
• Sound Designer
• Creative Director
• Senior Editor
• Video Editor - Commercial
• Video Editor - Documentary
• Commercial DP
• Documentary DP
• Drone Operator
• News Shooter / Video Journalist
• Corporate Videographer
• Video Editor - News
• Sound Mixer
• Field Producer
• Gaffer
• Series Producer / Show Runner
• Motion Graphics Designer

I am an award-winning tech reporter with more than a decade of journalistic experience in two major media and tech markets — India and the United States. Before moving to the Bay Area in the summer of 2022, I spent more than six years as the India-based tech correspondent for BuzzFeed News covering the impact of Silicon Valley tech companies on the culture, society, and politics of more than a billion people in the region. My work has influenced tech coverage. I’ve won a Mirror Award for Excellence in Media Industry Reporting (and been a finalist for a second time), and a Nieman Fellowship at Harvard.

• Reporter / Journalist
• Senior Editor

My name is Jason Beal, a cinematographer, photojournalist, licensed drone pilot and story telling from the SF Bay Area, based in Sacramento. I currently work full-time as an enterprise-special projects photographer for ABC10 News in Sacramento. I have 6+ years of professional video production experience, going back to 2012 with the US Army. I use the Sony FS5 and A7SII, with prior experience with Canon and Fujifilm. I have experience with DSLRs and shoulder mount cameras. I edit with Premiere and Final Cut X, with some experience in AVID and After Effects.

• News Shooter / Video Journalist
• Creative Director
• Video Editor - News
• Editorial Photographer / Photojournalist
• Documentary DP
• Commercial DP
• Video Editor - Commercial
• Video Editor - Documentary
• Fixer
• Drone Operator
• Colorist
• Corporate Videographer
• Event Photographer
• Field Producer
• Senior Editor
• TV News Producer

I love working with ambitious marketing leaders who recognize and embrace the value of high-quality content. Executives and teams I work with rely on me to deliver thoughtful material that is carefully researched, beautifully written, and meticulously executed. Infusing copy with SEO keywords is in my wheelhouse, and as a former journalist, drawing information and insights from subject matter experts comes naturally to me, I'm also accustomed to working hand-in-glove with designers. I work across domains, but I have particular experience in fintech, healthtech, edtech, and femtech.

• Content Strategist
• Senior Editor

Dennis Donovan has over 10 years industry experience as an editor and cinematographer. He's shot and edited docu-style content, commercials, news stories, and narrative projects for various companies across the country. He is passionate about giving back to his alma mater, conducting editing, camera and lighting workshops for film students whenever possible. As an active collaborator, Dennis values building lasting and deep, creative relationships with the artists he works with.

• Video Editor - Commercial
• Video Editor - Documentary
• Video Editor - News
• Corporate Videographer
• Commercial DP
• Colorist
• Senior Editor

I am a passionate filmmaker, video editor, and content producer based in Oakland, California. I produce and edit brand videos, documentaries, educational videos & social media content exploring culture, food, lifestyle, wellness, technology, and critical social and climate change issues. I lead projects from concept to completion. I enjoy creative collaboration and bring my storytelling skills to every project.

• Post-Production Manager
• Video Editor - Documentary
• Senior Producer / Project Manager
• Non-Fiction Film Director
• Video Editor - News
• Senior Editor
• Motion Graphics Designer
• Copy Editor
• Series Producer / Show Runner
• Digital Content Creator
• Field Producer
• Line Producer / On-Location

3 Lopez Media is a 2X Emmy Award-winning production company. We empower organizations with customized communication solutions that showcase their unique services, stories, and values. We aim to build strong, trustworthy relationships between companies and their audiences, and effectively communicate the expertise and capabilities of our clients.

• Production Company
• Video Editor - Documentary
• Production Coordinator / Crewing
• Event Photographer
• Art Director
• Creative Director
• Non-Fiction Film Director
• Senior Editor
• Full-Service Live Production
• Corporate Videographer
• Digital Content Creator

• Immersive/Spatial Video Capture
• Senior Producer / Project Manager
• Video Editor - Commercial
• Sound Mixer
• Production Company
• Field Producer
• Senior Editor
• Executive Producer

Mathew Ramirez Warren is a documentary filmmaker and journalist, whose work has been featured on PBS, National Geographic, The New York Times and NBC. His feature-length documentary directorial debut, We Like It Like That, was broadcast on the PBS show America ReFramed, made Rolling Stone’s “15 Must See Movies at the SXSW Film Festival 2015” list, NBC’s “10 must see Latino and Latin American films of 2015” list, and won Best Documentary at the UrbanWorld film festival. It is distributed internationally by Saboteur Media and is available to stream free on all PBS digital platforms. In 2016, he produced and directed Eddie Palmieri: A Revolution on Harlem River Drive, an episode for the Red Bull TV documentary series The Note, and in 2017 he field produced several segments for the National Geographic documentary series Chain of Command, covering international migration through the Darien Jungle in Colombia and Panama, and ISIS recruitment among Trinidad and Tobago’s Muslim community. ​He founded Muddy Science Productions, a full service film, television, web media and advertising production company, and has developed, produced and edited content for brands, media outlets, organizations and entertainment companies, including Tag Heuer, Converse, Fania Records, TCS Global, Maker's Mark, Inside Hook, Wax Poetics Magazine, Discos Fuentes, California Teachers Association, The Pollination Project, Net Impact, HEAL Food Alliance, CURYJ, The Foreign Policy Association and the Institute of International Education. ​His latest directorial effort, Weed Dreams, is a feature-length documentary currently in post-production about Oakland's first of its kind Cannabis Equity Program. For this project he has been awarded a Berkeley Film Foundation Grant, a Miller Packan Documentary Film Fund Grant, an SF Film Documentary Film Fund Grant, and a Sundance Institute Latine Collab Scholarship.

• Non-Fiction Film Director
• Senior Editor
• Video Editor - Commercial
• Video Editor - Documentary
• Video Editor - News
• Full-Service Live Production
• Field Producer
• Production Company
• Senior Producer / Project Manager
• Documentary DP
• Corporate Videographer
• News Shooter / Video Journalist

Kelly Whalen is an award-winning documentary filmmaker and multimedia storyteller with more than 20 years of experience producing for national PBS, MSNBC, NPR, the New York Times, and the Guardian. She is currently the Senior Producer of Arts and Culture at KQED, where she covers creative communities through a lens of equity and justice. She is the creator of the award-winning national series If Cities Could Dance, featuring movement artists across the country who represent their cities' identity and cultural traditions through dance. She has extensive international reporting experience, including working in Central and Eastern European countries working with Roma journalists and University of Miami students to produce documentary videos to increase the visibility of discrimination and other problems that Europe’s Roma communities face and to promote their social inclusion. (This work was part of her appointment as Visiting Knight Chair in Visual Journalism at UM.) For many years, Kelly was a producer at Not In Our Town, a national PBS documentary series and grassroots organizing project to help communities better respond to and prevent hate crimes and acts of bigotry. Her other work has explored police abuse of powers and racial injustices in the criminal justice system.

• Documentary DP
• Video Editor - News
• Reporter / Journalist
• Video Editor - Documentary
• Video Editor - Commercial
• Creative Director
• Field Producer
• Non-Fiction Film Director
• Senior Producer / Project Manager
• Senior Editor

Howdy! I'm an award winning director, cinematographer and editor based in California. I work with brands, agencies, NGOs and production companies. As a director: I have an extensive background in developing and pitching ambitious projects to executive leadership. My films have a unique look and feel characterized by truth and authenticity in the storytelling and dynamic and creative camera work. As a cinematographer: I always try to work in service of the story. I'm capable of giving it a unique identity in the visual approach or can find beauty in simplicity. I'm highly collaborative and am capable of taking direction or leading the way creatively. As an editor: I pride myself on crafting compelling stories. I try to uncover poignancy and vulnerability in the characters. All my edits have a creative edge and careful attention to detail, taking the effectiveness of every shot into consideration. Freelancer and co-founder & director at The Elevens.

• Video Editor - Commercial
• Video Editor - Documentary
• Creative Director
• Non-Fiction Film Director
• Senior Editor
• Landscape Photographer
• Portrait Photographer
• Commercial DP
• Corporate Videographer
• Documentary DP
• Field Producer
• Colorist

Alessandra Ram is an award-winning producer, journalist and founder of Good Luck Media, the first journalism studio for climate. As a field producer for Al Jazeera, she reported from Flint, Puerto Rico, Thailand, the US-Mexico border, Canada and all over her home state of California. She received two Emmys and two National Edward R. Murrow awards for her documentary coverage of the refugee crisis and environmental justice. Her stories have garnered tens of millions of views and been shared widely across platforms. In 2020, she launched an immersive YouTube show about tourism and social media. She also led social strategy and editorial partnerships for WIRED, where she covered events in tech, entertainment and business. She started her journalism career as The Atlantic’s social and video fellow — a first for the 166-year-old magazine. Alessandra is a judge for the Edward R. Murrow Awards with the Radio Television Digital News Association.

• Senior Producer / Project Manager
• Field Producer
• Series Producer / Show Runner
• Fixer
• Executive Producer
• Reporter / Journalist
• Social Media Producer
• Senior Editor
• Line Producer / On-Location

Nick Marchuk is a 27-year-old independent filmmaker originating from Minsk, Belarus. At the age of 8, his family and he immigrated to Northern California where he was raised and developed his passion for storytelling through film. In addition to his work as a filmmaker, he is also deeply interested in technology and how it continues to shape and advance society. His natural curiosity drives him to seek out new experiences and challenges, and he brings this innovative approach to his work as a filmmaker. He is known for his award-winning short films PREMONITION, and ROBBERY INTERMISSION. When he’s not writing or directing his own projects he works on various freelance projects. Most frequently as a Gaffer/Grip on sets and Editor in post production.

• Grip
• Digital Content Creator
• Creative Director
• Video Editor - Commercial
• Gaffer
• Production Assistant
• Senior Editor

Here at Polarlight Productions, full-service production agency that shines a light on businesses, brands, and non-profits by creating one-of-a-kind visual stories that inspire viewers. We are dedicated to creating stories that drive exposure and growth. Our commitment to our clients is to create affordable, educational, and impactful visual stories that people want to watch and share. We offer everything from logo design to high-level creative pieces. Located in Sacramento CA, where we have a team of talented individuals who come alongside us as needed to create exactly what each client desires. We have a full filming studio, with top-of-the-line equipment, an editing bay, and studio space.

• Production Company
• Commercial DP
• Drone Operator
• Senior Producer / Project Manager
• Line Producer / On-Location
• Production Coordinator / Crewing
• Fixer
• Field Producer
• Documentary DP
• Corporate Videographer
• Non-Fiction Film Director
• Creative Director
• Video Editor - Commercial
• Motion Graphics Designer
• Executive Producer
• Senior Editor
• News Shooter / Video Journalist

As a podcast producer and editor, I help businesses and associations develop and produce compelling podcasts that align with their mission and marketing objectives. I have over 11 years of experience in podcasting, including both audio and video production. I offer a full range of podcast production services, from editing, producing, show development, booking, writing, to audience growth. I have worked with clients from various industries and sectors, such as tourism, voter education, arts, and the non-profit sector. I enjoy collaborating with my clients and empowering them to share their voice and vision through podcasting.

• Podcast Producer
• Series Producer / Show Runner
• Sound Mixer
• Senior Producer / Project Manager
• Senior Editor

Justin McAleece is a multi-talented director and cinematographer of narrative and documentary projects both personal and commercial. He has been dedicated to filmmaking since 1999 and has won dozens of awards and directed hundreds of hours of content and lensed even more. He has conducted hundreds of interviews in a variety of spaces and is equally comfortable directing a team of 50 in a corporate setting or shooting solo on the Serengeti. Justin also wrote, produced, directed, and edited the feature comedy Brick MADNESS and often returns to his comedy roots.

• Non-Fiction Film Director
• Senior Editor
• Commercial DP
• Documentary DP
• Creative Director
• Colorist
• Sound Designer
• Animator / Visual Effects Artist

Reporter, editor, film and video maker, drone operator. Thrilled to tell true stories from all walks of life.

• News Shooter / Video Journalist
• Corporate Videographer
• Drone Operator
• On-Air Reporter / Host
• Translator
• Video Editor - News
• Video Editor - Commercial
• Editorial Photographer / Photojournalist
• Mobile Journalist / Livestreamer
• Reporter / Journalist
• Copywriter
• Copy Editor
• Senior Editor
• Fixer