Discover Top News Shooters / Video Journalists in Hartford, Connecticut, USA

I am a multimedia journalist and video producer. I have over 15 years of professional video production experience, preceded by NYU Film School and continuing while I attained an MS from Columbia Journalism School. My photography and/or video work has been featured in The New York Times, WNET Channel 13's MetroFocus, PBS, NationSwell, The Huffington Post, The New York World, Food and Wine, The Finger Lake Times and Italy's RepubblicaTV and D Magazine. I constantly strive to apply my production skills to my journalistic and documentary work. This includes commissioning original recordings of public domain music, familiarity with image and sound archives, and advanced proficiency in post-production skills such as sound mixing and color correction. I speak proficient Japanese and have produced a couple Japanese language pieces, including a short documentary on the Japanese Obon festival.

• Documentary DP
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• News Shooter / Video Journalist
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I'm a producer/director/editor for TV, film and web. I have several documentaries in various stages of production. I've done work for PBS consistently for years Including: INPUT ‘Fellow’ Helsinki and Pre-selection Panelist Tokyo, representing PBS, at presentation to international media producers in Finland 2014. Judged media for Tokyo 2015 Director/Editor of 3 AMERICAN EXPERIENCE “Freedom Summer Shorts” Series Producer of “The March@50” Cross Platform series for PBS Producer of Independent Lens Doc “More Than a Month" Co-developed More Than A Mapp, mobile app using GPS as a Black History storytelling tool. Producer at Wall Street Journal TV and Dow Jones. Member of the Motion Pictures Editors Guild, I cut doc series and specials for networks including ABC, A&E, TLC, Nat Geo, and History. Producer/director of a number of corporate and narrative projects. Have shot and produced internationally for the U.N.

• Documentary DP
• Fixer
• Video Editor - News
• News Shooter / Video Journalist
• Video Editor - Documentary
• Video Editor - Commercial

Producer, Director, D.P. with over a decade of experience bringing impactful stories to life across film, TV, and digital media. I specialize in managing end-to-end production, from initial concept to final cut, with a focus on narrative-driven projects. My work includes producing the *PBS American Masters* YouTube series "Renegades," where I oversaw budgeting, logistics, and creative direction for high-profile premieres, and directing *Royalty Free: The Music of Kevin MacLeod*, a feature-length documentary with a successful international release.Known for my strong organizational skills and collaborative approach, I thrive in fast-paced environments where adaptability and communication are key. Whether coordinating logistics, managing crews, or refining scripts, I approach every project with a commitment to excellence and an eye for detail. Let's work together to bring your vision to life, with strategic insights and hands-on support that will elevate your project from start to finish

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Daniel Medina is a Filmmaker & Photographer with fifteen years of experience working alongside other Filmmakers and Photographers and also running his own company, DMproducciones back in Colombia, his native country. Daniel specializes in Corporate, wedding, and Product Film/Photography achieving his goals of capturing the best life and organic moments but furthermore is also responsible for bringing your ideas to life, as per his slogan, “Make it visual, make it real” which leads him to the idea to venture into the documentary film business as a short-term goal. Detail-oriented, funny, honest, and a team player, Daniel is a powerful force in the workplace and uses his positive attitude and tireless energy to encourage others to work hard and succeed. Daniel is inspired daily by his wife and son. In his free time, Daniel likes to have dinner with his wife, go to the movies and play video games with his son."

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• Drone Operator
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• Post-Production Manager

My name is Sonja Stark of PilotGirl Productions. I’m a female DP, videographer, editor and streaming tech. I’ve shot productions all over the world. Since 1995, at least 70 countries (I’m also a travel writer on the side). I have decades of experience shooting and editing ENG, broadcast, documentary, web, commercial, industrial, educational and non-profit. I’ve earned several New York State Emmy Awards and a National Broadcaster Award while working for CBS-TV. Certifications include New York State Women in Business Enterprise, FAA Part 107 UAS and PADI open water SCUBA certification license. I own the Sony FX9 6K as well as the Sony FS7. I can live stream using 4 cellular bonded services with my LIVEU 200 encoder for ENG work or the AJA encoder for local streaming. I also own the Sony alpha A7sIII DSLR camera and DJI Ronin-S for b-roll requiring a gimbal. I rely on the the 18-110mm ENG lens alongside other Sony e-mounts & primes. I also own Sachtler and Miller tripods, the DJI Mavic 3 Pro, multiple GoPro kits, DJI Osmo, 9-foot Dana Dolly slider, HMI Joker 400, green screens, 1×1 LED lighting, 15″ teleprompter, wired/wireless/shotgun audio kits and more.

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Joe Zeitouny is a filmmaker and documentarian interested in exploring the vast world of culture and musical expression through narrative, observational documentary, and formal documentary work. He is currently a student at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee with a path to graduate in 2024 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in film. Within the past eight years, he has worked alongside the Boston Celtics to rebirth the Waltham High School TV broadcasting program to document the high school's basketball team, made promotional films for the Waltham Parks department to help with community engagement, and was a marketing intern for Alira Health to inform the actions the company was taking to become more environmentally friendly. He has worked on numerous documentaries independently and with a team of other like-minded creatives. During the summer of 2023, he went to Dublin, Ireland, to film a feature documentary with the Cuala Foundation to capture asylum seekers' hardships and the road to getting citizenship. He had also worked on short documentary films about the Black Lives Matter movement in Waltham, MA, and Minneapolis, MN. He has been working with UW-Milwaukee's doc/UWM to produce, direct, film, and edit shorts for companies about UW-Milwaukee alumni. Some companies that he worked with are Trek, The Brady Street Improvement District, and American Scores MKE. He is also a narrative cinematographer and gaffer who worked in many corporate and student films. Currently, he is working on a short documentary about local jazz in Milwaukee.

• Documentary DP
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• Non-Fiction Film Director
• Production Assistant
• Commercial DP
• Video Editor - News
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• Video Editor - Documentary
• Landscape Photographer
• Product Photographer
• Event Photographer
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• Social Media Producer
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Hi, Been working with cameras since I was a kid. Began working professionally with cameras in 2007 and have been expanding my knowledge and passion ever since. Starting in the extreme sports documentation side of things, I've slowly expanded through weddings for a short while and landed on promotional video production. Working for several years in a marketing department for a ski mountain, I learned how to work in harsh conditions and with a variety of people and goals. The majority of my experience is in one or two-man operation but have been dabbling in larger productions in more recent years. My business partner and I started Maine Mountain Media in 2014 and have been growing the company and enjoying the life of self-employment. We love to work with a variety of clients so we don't get stuck in a rut and creating everything from 15-second spots for web advertising to 2 or 3-minute longer-form documentary style videos. If you're looking for high quality product, with a flexible work-flow and timeline, we might be a perfect match.

• Corporate Videographer
• Production Assistant
• Video Editor - Commercial
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• News Shooter / Video Journalist
• Drone Operator
• Video Editor - Documentary
• Fixer
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I am a 4K/HD videographer and Adobe Premiere editor located in Boston. My production package includes the Sony full-frame FX3 v2 cinema camera and the Sony A7Riv full frame mirrorless. All of my lighting is LED and includes floods, fresnels and accent instruments made by Intellytech, Lowell and Dracast. My audio package is based on Sennheiser, Tram, Azden and Zoom products. In keeping with today's production standards, I've invested in several mobile camera devices: a gimbal, an Edelkrone slider and tripod dollies. I have been working independently in video production since 1997. The kinds of productions I have worked in: corporate and business promotions, formal and candid interviews, auditions, how-to demos, trade show product demos, investor updates, patient/customer profiles, medical procedures, brand promotion; corporate meeting, conference, and seminar documentation; distance learning, employee training, podcasts; directing and editing multi-camera coverage of meetings, concerts and theater; shooting/editing artist profiles, independent narrative films and documentaries. My recent documentary work has had a focus on the issues of military veterans coping with civilian life after discharge and with advocating for policy changes toward LGBT perceptions of active duty personnel. The arts are another focus for me. In all of my work, the lighting and framing aim to capture as authentically as possible the thoughts and experience of the subject.

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• Video Editor - Documentary
• Corporate Videographer
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As a television journalist, videographer and editor trained in investigative and field reporting, I have successfully produced award-winning stories for decade for multi-platform local and national news outlets. I grew up in New Jersey, where I read the news into my parents camcorder as a kid, so it's not surprising I wound up immersed in video production. Early in my career, I learned to pursue my instincts, rather than follow the pack. This gave me courage to leave my first news job out of college, as an assistant producer at Fox News Channel, to anchor for an online business news start up in the midst of an economic meltdown. This helped me jump into the world of on camera reporting. Over the past 12 years my career has evolved from an intern at NBC's Today Show to reporting for major-market newsrooms including PBS and PIX11. I've investigated rail safety in the wake of deadly crashes and revealed crossing equipment failures at one of the nation's largest transit agencies, prompting reparative action by lawmakers and the agency, as well as a nod from the National Association of Television Arts and Sciences. During my role as a correspondent for NJTV, I uncovered hundreds of deceased voters names still on the rolls and casting ballots. I've learned that successful stories come when you can pull the personal human experience out of the data and documents. Recently I forged a partnership that enables me to rebuild dilapidated housing in burgeoning areas of my home state, allowing me to further another passionate mission - entrepreneurship, economic development and beautifying neighborhoods in my home state. My career has afforded me the freedom to indulge in my passions for travel, wine collecting and cooking. Additional competencies: - Video & audio engineering - Video editing on Final Cut & Premiere - Image editing on Photoshop - Light coding - Web / social media

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• Production Assistant

Jeff is a documentary filmmaker and journalist based in New York City. In recent years, he has collaborated on feature-length documentaries for HBO and PBS Frontline, and contributed reporting to the New York Times. Jeff learned to shoot and produce working alongside renowned documentarians Jon Alpert and Matthew O’Neill at DCTV, New York’s most honored community media center. In 2008, through a KWD Project for Peace Grant, Jeff received funds to equip a media lab on the Isthmus of Tehuantepec in Southern Mexico with video and audio equipment and train a small indigenous youth group to make short films. The youth group and their work is featured at the end of his award-winning undergraduate thesis film, which received the Betty and Harry S. Shapiro Endowed Award in Anthropology at Brandeis University and is distributed internationally by DER. Jeff’s work continues to be informed by a strong background in community media and non-fiction story-telling. He lives in Hamilton Heights with his wife, Laís and his son, Martin.

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Gordon T. Skinner is the Executive Producer of [Re]-Frame Media, LLC. His films include: Save Out Seaport; Cornelia Street Café; The Kunas of San Blas; Sitting in the Fire; Strategic Omissions; Lost Innocents. Skinner is a UC Berkeley Investigative Reporting Program 2017 Associate, and has held fellowships which include: Tribeca Film Institute, Film Independent, & Lincoln Center Institute. Skinner was filmmaker-in-residence with the South Street Seaport Museum/the New York Harbor School where he taught media literacy and documentary filmmaking. Some of his commissioned works: His Holiness The Dali Lama; Echoing Green’s Purpose 360º conference; Border Crossers; Dance for pole 3D @MoMA/PS1; and Occupy Wall Street: Evolution of a Revolution. Commercial credits include: Westin Hotel, Jersey City/Starwood; Latin-American Culture Week/teleSUR; Text4Baby; Olatunji: Drums of Passion/Symphony Space. Skinner commemorated JS Bach’s 330th birthday filming Bach In The Subways with a 200-person flash-mob in New York’s Grand Central Station. Skinner has produced projects for MTV, TV-Japan, NHK, ESPN and Sony Music’s Automatic Films.

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• Video Editor - Documentary
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Don Downey is a documentary director/writer/shooter/editor with a portfolio of public issue and narrative films. Downey's creative ability blends story with visual. He has a background in broadcast news, documentaries, and web series. He is a former NBC television affiliate reporter. He is also a fiction writer. Downey’s films elicit powerful stories from widely varying subjects. He worked on an environmental film on the Hopi reservation, numerous climate change films, as well as documentaries on sustainable cities with the Rockefeller Foundation. He has a resume of human-interest and promotional films ranging from health care, to contemporary art profiles, to corporate image. His film, Time in the Barrel: Death & Life in Vietnam looks at the disturbing impacts of war, and won the Portland Film Festival. Downey’s strengths are skilled interviewing, an informal yet efficient production style, imaginative writing and sharp editing.

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Matteo was born in Trento, Italy and grew up in Conegliano, a little town outside Venice. From a very young age, he has been fascinated by the world of movies and journalism. He started pursuing his passion for print journalism by writing film reviews for several websites in Italy. Graduating with a degree in Communication Sciences from the University of “Roma Tre”, his final thesis focused on the history of American sitcoms and their relationship with the ancient Greek theater. In 2011, he moved to New York City to work at the subsidiary of the RAI (Italian National Television) and soon after decided it was time to pursue a film career. Matteo was accepted into an intensive documentary film program at the New York Film Academy, from where he graduated in 2012. He is currently living in New York City and working on multiple projects and TV shows, including two new documentaries. He also produces for the Italian Radio News.

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• Video Editor - Documentary
• Video Editor - Commercial

I am an award-winning journalist and content creator who has enjoyed telling stories since I was a child. Travel, hair, and food are just a few of my passionate topics. For more than 20 years, I have been at the forefront of sharing stories that resonate deeply within communities across multiple continents. My authentic approach resonates with audiences, sparking conversations and inspiring action. I am also the host and co-creator of 'It's Pretty Good with Mel,' a streaming show where I explore NYC's food scene, that’s now streaming on Sling TV. Most recently, I launched my own digital publication, 'Sharing with Mel," where I highlight voices and stories not typically seen in the main media. My transparency through storytelling has allowed me to build a loyal following who trust me to keep things real. My goal is to empower others to embark on their own journeys while seizing the opportunities that life presents.

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I'm Daniel "Don Solaris" Melguizo. I'm 39, from Spain, and living in New York City since 2005. I'm mainly interested in telling stories about normal people who do extraordinary things. That is a broad concept but the essence is always the same: A community that is benefitted by the actions of one particular person, to show the rest of the world that there's something else besides the comfort bubble we like to reclude ourselves in. To denounce the wrong doing of some, portraying the good work of others. Issues like immigration, poverty, human rights, education and art interest me. I've worked in all kind of environments. Im always close to the action and I never hide behind my camera. Being bilingual English-Spanish plays a big role in this task which is my integration among those who make the story Im filming. I recently rode my motorcycle from NYC to Argentina, to find real stories. Ive already edited a series of profiles about unknown people that is worth seeing up close.

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• Sound Mixer
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• Video Editor - News
• Video Editor - Documentary
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Hi. I am an Emmy Award-winning writer/producer/director with over fifteen years' experience. I was a senior producer at ABC News, where I oversaw the network's slate of original digital video programming, where I was responsible for the content and creative direction of these series, as well as the development of new series. I also spent eleven years with Comedy Central, heading up the network's award-winning digital video initiatives and overseeing a team of writers, producers and editors. I've also produced mobile live-streaming video for the New York Post and Page Six. Additionally, and independently, I produced "Containment: Life After Three Mile Island," an hour-long documentary on the 1979 nuclear accident, and a mockumentary starring Ed Helms, "Zombie-American." I'm interested in a broad range of topics, including (but not limited to) history, travel, the environment, warfare, baseball, comedy, books and literature, and culture.

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I have worked in journalism for eight years, branching often into marketing and sponsored content. At my core I am a storyteller, specializing in cinematography. As a field producer I have risen to challenges in many austere environments, including Iraq, Korea, India, Mexico and Standing Rock. I have also done on-camera correspondent work for documentary projects in Haiti and across the United States. I believe documentary filming is simple, but not easy. I don't wait for inspiration; I keep a camera ready for when it comes. I toil at the technical, ace the audio and prioritize verité. I know how to find the perfect shot, but I'm Zen enough to settle for good if chasing it might disturb the honest vibe of a scene. If the video feels true, I know the work is worthy. When I'm not in the field, I'm happiest sharing what I've learned with others. I've taught college students as well as working professionals, typically offering hands-on field production and editing skills. As a Marine veteran, I also mentor service members through their transition to civilian life - especially those angling for careers in journalism. I believe veterans are under-represented in the media industry, and they offer a diversity of experience and first-hand knowledge that is invaluable to newsrooms.

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Evan Kay is a Director of Photography, Producer, and Editor dedicated to crafting authentic and compelling stories around the globe on people and places that inspire and influence us as humans. Evan loves working collaboratively and thinking outside the box when developing new projects and stories for both agencies and clients alike. With over 20 years of production experience and 10 years working in-house as a Creative Director, Evan has the tools and skills to produce and help a client deliver a successful campaign. Specializing in documentary, travel and outdoor action/lifestyle projects, Evan's work has been on the cover of Outside Magazine, featured in ESPN, PBS, Scholastic, Kendal Mountain Film Festival, MADE HERE, and more. Evan has an active carnet and has filmed international projects in New Zealand, Australia, Japan, Spain, Italy, Switzerland, Argentina, Portugal, France and Uruguay. ​ Evan is fully insured and a licensed FAA Part 107 commercial drone operator.

• Video Editor - Commercial
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• Fashion Photographer
• Corporate Videographer
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• Full-Service Live Production
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• Social Media Producer
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• Copywriter

Specializing in delivering a premium look and feel for interviews, narrative, b-roll, events and livestreams by utilizing the latest camera, lighting, streaming, and drone technology. Leveraging storytelling with over twenty years of experience producing professional video content around the world for television, feature films, web and social media, including commercial and corporate video production - working with some of the largest companies in the world in addition to numerous small businesses, NGOs, and non-profits. Sam is a team player most often taking on the role of DP - overseeing the image, look, and composition of the shots. His strong technical knowledge of cameras and lighting in addition to the production process as a whole, means he can focus his energy on the creative process, as the technical processes are second nature for Sam and his crews. For certain projects, Sam takes on the role of Producer, from documentaries to corporate videos to live streams and more.

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• Corporate Videographer
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• Digital Content Creator
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• Production Coordinator / Crewing
• HD Live Operator
• Social Media Producer

Shelby is a freelance photographer, videographer, and photo editor based in San Francisco. Her work has been featured in The New York Times, NPR, Washington Post, Bloomberg, The Wall Street Journal, The San Francisco Chronicle, Kaiser Health News, Texas Tribune, Newsday, USA Today, among others. Prior to moving to California, she worked as a multimedia producer and editor at Newsday. She was awarded an Emmy for Sports Photographer for her documentary, "Empress.” She was also awarded a Peabody for the investigative series, “Long Island Divided.” As a News21 fellow, she investigated hate crimes in America as a lead photo editor, photographer, and videographer. The team produced a documentary called “Hate in America,” which won several awards, including the Edward R. Murrow Award and the Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award. She was a multimedia producer and photo editor for The Texas Tribune from 2015-2018, and the photo editing fellow for the Science desk at NPR in Washington D.C. in 2017. Shelby received a Master's degree from University of Texas at Austin School of Journalism in 2018, and a bachelors of science in Nutritional Science from Texas A&M University.

• Editorial Photographer / Photojournalist
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• Video Editor - Documentary
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