Discover Top Audio Storytellers in Newark, New Jersey, USA

William Martin is a BAFTA nominated documentary filmmaker focused on gender inequality, immigration, queer rights, and climate change. He graduated in 2021 with a master's in journalism, with a focus on News and Documentary. He also has a bachelor of arts degree from NYU Tisch in photojournalism. With funding from the Fund for Investigative Journalism and as a migration fellow with the Ground Truth Project, William created a 30 minute documentary examining the Trump administration’s controversial choice to continue detaining asylum seekers during the COVID-19 pandemic. Celeste and Maria, two undocumented women, survived both COVID-19 and human rights abuses while detained at Otay Mesa ICE detention center in California. No Way, Which Way, was a BAFTA student film awards shortlist and was selected for the Toronto Women's International Film Festival. Most recently, William was awarded grants from BAFTA and the Fund for Investigative Journalism to explore how the U.S. Border Closure has impacted transgender asylum-seeking migrants in Mexico’s dangerous border cities in the midst of Covid-19. After two years, the short film, Sin Hogar (No Home), will be released this late Fall. Here's a preview of the content published with The New Humanitarian—selected for IQMF Amsterdam and Tulum WE film festivals. William was also a Great Big Story Genesis student fellow, one of four students globally awarded an opportunity to create a short film. His story, The Dolphins of Laguna, follows the fishermen of a small town in Southern Brazil who have been collaborating with dolphins for over 100 years to catch fish. Safico, 68 years-old, has been fishing with one particular dolphin, Caroba, for 45 years. Safico goes to great lengths to both protect and uphold the tradition of fishing with dolphins. With funding from National Geographic, his documentary, Daughters of Drought, investigated how Malawian women are impacted by climate change. The film won Best Short Documentary at the Toronto International Women Film Festival and will be published with WaterBear in August. His video journalism is currently featured in Time, Teen Vogue, The GroundTruth Project, BRIC Media, and Al Jazeera.

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Jenny Schweitzer is a filmmaker and video journalist based in New York City. Her work been featured by the New York Times, The New Yorker, The Atlantic, National Geographic, AEON, and numerous other international media outlets. Her short, "The Magic of Chess", received a "Best of Year" nomination at the 2020 Vimeo Awards. Her short films have had their premieres at Hot Docs, DOC NYC, Nantucket, Seattle International Film Festival, and Aspen Shortsfest. She recently completed a 6-part series for Amazon Studios consisting of short companion videos for the Todd Haynes film Wonderstruck. Schweitzer attended the Rhode Island School of Design before transferring and graduating from NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts.

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Filmmaker/journalist/photographer with an established track record of producing impactful, innovative work for media companies such as the BBC, The New York Times, NBC, The Guardian and Al Jazeera over the last decade. Currently in New York – via Latin America, London and Moscow. Portfolio: www.frederickbernas.com Videos: www.vimeo.com/frederickbernas Instagram: @frederickbernas Other clients include: The New Yorker, NOWNESS, LA Times Studios, VICE, The Economist, TIME, Bloomberg, Reuters, AP, Monocle, UNHCR, Rolling Stone, Great Big Story, Atlas Obscura, Insider, Spiegel TV, CNBC, Fusion, 60 Second Docs, Wired, Vocativ, TBD Media, International Committee of the Red Cross, Global Citizen, CNBC, Roads and Kingdoms, CBS, France 24.

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I am an Adjunct Fellow at the Center for European Policy Analysis. I hold a Ph.D. in Political Science from Columbia University. My publications have appeared in peer-reviewed journals, the Washington Post‘s political science blog the Monkey Cage; the Huffington Post; the New Republic; Politico; and the American Interest. My research has been referenced in publications such as the New York Times, Bloomberg, the Economist, the Dish, and the Telegraph. I am frequently invited to give talks at U.S. universities and think tanks, including the Kennan Institute at Wilson Center, the Atlantic Council and the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.

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I'm an international affairs journalist with more than a decade of experience working as a producer (field, segment and planning), correspondent and shooter. I have worked out of East Africa, Southeast Asia, the Middle East and the US, and am well versed in both international and (US) domestic affairs. My TV broadcast/video news outlets include Al Jazeera America/English, CBS News, VOA, NowThis and Bloomberg QuickTake. I also have bylines in The Guardian, the Washington Post and Guernica.

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Julia Muldavin is a trilingual video journalist and producer with a focus on human rights, social justice, conservation, and culture. She manages all aspects of video production, from pitching, field production, and camera operation to script-writing and post-production. Website: www.juliamuldavin.com

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Sara Ganim is a Pulitzer prize-winning journalist and former CNN correspondent who regularly publishes in print and broadcast. A multi-platform reporter, Ganim has reported and written for newspapers, wire services, cable television, radio, podcasts and documentaries and has won several of the industry’s top awards. 

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Shaquana Bell is a voice actor with experience in non broadcast, podcasting, eLearning, explainers, animation, medical narration, and documentary. Visit her website to hear some of her recent work and contact her to partner on your next project.

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I’m originally from Bangladesh. I have been in the United States about six years.I am an enterprising, enthusiastic, and experienced journalism professional who enjoys fast-paced and dynamic workplaces. My 18+ years of combined experience inthe broadcasting and digital journalism spaces have prepared me to continually take on new and more complex challenges with additional responsibilities and interesting stories to tell. My background showcases my expertise in the fields of Television. Such as Presentation, Reporting, News Room Leading, Editing, and Production. Last I was working TBN24 Television for five years from October 2014 to December 2019 as a Chief News Editor and Presenter in Chief. This is online Bangla community Television base in New York. Also I was working Independent Television, ( Dhaka, Bangladesh) , Channel One, Bangladeshi First 24 hours News Channel CSB, Bangladesh Television-BTV. In addition I worked in FM Radio station. Furthermore I worked part time in Print Media as a contributor. I graduated with a Masters degree in International Relations from University of Dhaka Bangladesh in 2006. Recently I completed Audio Essentials Bootcamp workshop from Columbia Journalism School at Columbia University NY. Also I completed Professional Education in Visual and Social Media Storytelling from Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY. In addition I completed workshop about,* Digital Media: Verification Tools, * Create Compelling Data Journalism Visualizations from The Association of Foreign Correspondents in the USA.My peers, clients and business partners alike recognize me as an effective communicator, relationship builder and leader.

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An award-winning, versatile journalist who has reported from North America, the Middle East, Africa, Asia, and his native Britain for more than a decade. Strong editorial judgment and leadership skills with the ability to grasp and distill complex issues with ease and lead digital and broadcast coverage. A multimedia all-rounder who can write news, features, and analysis, shoot and edit video, take photos, and produce radio and podcasts. Also an accomplished television reporter and presenter. Enjoys high-intensity, deadline-news environments. A big network of contacts among diplomats, politicians, economists, and campaigners. Comfortable working in war zones and the White House (as well as the UN, courts, Davos, and Congress). Packs a complete travel media kit into a flight bag. Certified in battlefield medicine. Clients range from Al Jazeera to the BBC, Foreign Policy, Esquire, Fox News, France 24, CBC, Deutsche Welle, PRI’s The World, CBS News, dpa, RTÉ, The Times, The Lancet, The National, Monocle, and APTN. Has covered everything from the election of Donald Trump to Somalia’s mental health crisis, weaving together potent human interest stories with trenchant analysis. Received global media awards for reporting on immigration during the 2016 US election, the Westgate terror siege, human rights abuses in Iran, the endgame to Sri Lanka’s civil war, and the slow recovery from Haiti’s earthquake. Speaks English and Spanish. Holds a bachelor’s degree in English from Sussex University and a postgraduate diploma in newspaper journalism.

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Over the last 18 years, I have worked in almost every field of film, TV and video production and television journalism, and have spent the last nine years managing my own news and media production company. I have an excellent knowledge of the industry, as well as a proven track record of running a company and managing staff, projects and budgets. I have lived and worked in many different countries, all over the world, producing anything from news and feature stories, to sport, to branded content and everything in between. My experience overseas has given me a truly unique perspective on global current affairs and has fostered a deep interest in exploring every story I come across from as many different perspectives as I can see. I also have experience of working in conflict zones, covering major riots in China in 2008 and 2009, and I was in Libya for one month, during the fall of Tripoli, working for APTN. I have also covered several natural disasters, including the 2008 Sichuan Earthquake and flooding in Southern China. As well as possessing exceptional writing skills, my work in TV and new media, has given me a unique skill set, enabling me to get a message out to the widest possible audience, in the most engaging way and often to a tight budget. Working as a video journalist/producer, I have acquired further skills as a story-teller. I am an excellent lighting cameraman and video editor, filming on a wide range of cameras and formats and able to script and edit to tight deadlines. I am also a skilled Steadicam operator, with my own rig, suitable for most requirements. Post-production-wise, I consider myself an expert in the use of Premiere, Audition, Photoshop, Lightroom and After Effects, as well as several other programs in the Creative Suite. I also regularly edit with Final Cut Pro, Avid and Davinci Resolve. I am equally at home in the pre-production office, in front or behind the camera, in the edit suite or in a live studio environment. As well as working extensively with all kinds of video production, I am also an accomplished photographer, and often combine photography with my video work.

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Thinker, doer, connecter, maker, and photographer. I am a Korean American immigrant with a love for visual storytelling. I believe strongly in the power of an engaged community, whether with my neighborhood, my city, my country, or my planet. I always work collaboratively so I can better express my clients' values and ethos. I believe the process of making the work is intrinsic to the final outcome and surround myself with like-minded team members. Rhode Island School Of Design BFA Photo. Some publications I’ve shot for are New York Times Magazine, T Style Magazine, Time, Newsweek, New York Magazine, New Yorker, Teen Vogue, Glamour, Details, Bon Apetit, W Magazine, Domino, Cosmopolitan, House & Garden, Elle Decor, *wallpaper, Monocle, Oprah, Real Simple, Martha Stewart, Dwell, Fader, Esquire. Mostly, I enjoy working one on one with people and getting to know them and fulfilling their visual needs.

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Xinyan is an award-winning video journalist and filmmaker based in Washington DC. Born and raised in Wuhan, China, Xinyan started her journalism career in 2012 working as a producer for BBC News in Beijing covering the Asia Pacific region. In 2018, she launched the North America video team for Hong Kong’s flagship newspaper South China Morning Post in New York, and later joined the BBC's Washington DC bureau in 2020 as a senior video journalist. Xinyan's 23-min BBC documentary China’s Science Revolution won the 2015 BBC Storytelling Fund and was Highly Commended for Excellent Online Production at the 2016 AIB Awards. Her 15-min short film for South China Morning Post, Fighting Fentanyl: the Drug from China Destroying American Lives, won the Gold Prize for Best Use of Online Video at the 2019 WAN-IFRA Asian Digital Media Awards. A BBC News video feature she shot, Are America's unvaccinated changing their minds?, won a White House News Photographers Association's Eyes of History Digital Storytelling award in 2022. Now working as an independent filmmaker, she has directed and produced for the BBC, CNBC, PBS NOVA, Newsy and Channel New Asia. Xinyan is a Firelight Media Documentary Lab fellow, a Brown Girls Doc Mafia Sustainable Artist fellow and an alumnus of the Yaddo Residency.

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Versatile news anchor and correspondent based in Washington, DC. Able to produce, shoot and deliver a story on camera. 20+ years of experience in the media business. Wide experience in broadcast, radio, print and digital journalism. White House hard pass holder. What can I offer? -Ability to work in seven languages (English, Spanish, Russian, French, Italian, Portuguese and Catalan). -Extensive experience reporting for global audiences. -Deep knowledge of international politics, culture and the arts. -Established record covering hard news in those fields. -Excellent on air reporting and anchoring skills. -Demonstrated ability to meet deadlines and work under pressure. -Excellent production, editorial, writing and interviewing skills. -Ability to find and recognize stories that impact the audience. -Ability to turn complex information into easy-to-understand and entertaining news pieces for the general public. -Strong social media presence (@briciosegovia).

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Baltimore native Brandon Woody was referred to as an artist on the rise in the region by the Baltimore Sun in 2015 at the age of 17. Since then, Woody has gone on to become an international artist, performing with his band, Upendo, curating projects for major museums, collaborating with international brands and performing at major venues and institutions around the globe. Woody uses music as a tool for healing, genuine connection and celebrating community. Woody started his own band, UPENDO in 2015. Since then, the group has gone on to perform internationally with regular concerts across the east coast. Notable performances from the band include their 2019 performance at the Harlem Stage, 2021 performance at the Walters Art Museum, Baltimore’s 2022 Vegan SoulFest, the 2022 closing of Baltimore’s Lexington Market, and their 2022 residency at the University of Maryland. Upendo’s concert experiences are comprised of original music composed by Woody and fellow Upendo collaborator, Troy Long. Woody has also had the privilege of performing alongside artists such as Stefon Harris, Tarus Mateen, Tim Green, Theljon Allen, Sean Jones, Robert Glasper, Derrick Hodge, Solange, Craig Alston, Terri-Lyne Carrington, Quincy Phillips, Benny Maupin, Jon Faddis and Danilo Perez, who have all greatly influenced his artistry and musical taste. Woody’s career as a composer and recording artist has granted him the opportunity to score films such as Unwavering: The Power of Black innovation, The Unveiling of God, Keep What You Sow, Aliferous, Paint it Black Baltimore and Three Blind Mice. Woody has also produced and arranged horns for Emma Vie, Sudan Archives, Tye Tribet, Miranda Curtis, Kevin Sinatra and Klein. This work garnered the attention of international brands which lead to his collaborations with Calvin Klein (One Future), Saucony, Vogue Italy, Nike, Reebok X Eames, Union Los Angeles, High Snobiety X Newport Jazz Festival, Somewhere DC. Brandon has also curated projects with the Baltimore Museum of Art, Walters Art Museum, Reginald F Lewis Museum, August Wilson Center, MOMA PS1. Woody also had the opportunity of casting musicians and acting as a band leader in an upcoming Apple TV series, Lady in the Lake to be released in the fall of 2023. In 2021, Woody was named a Bach/Conn endorsed Artist and was named the Best musician to watch by the Baltimore Magazine in 2022. Brandon’s other accolades include the 2021 Best Musician of the Year Award by the Baltimore Crown Awards, 2020 Emerging Voice Award by the Festival of New Trumpet and articles by the Baltimore Banner, Baltimore Sun, True Laurels, BmoreArt, Makers of the USA, Paper Magazine and Schone Magazine. Woody also works to share his knowledge and love for music with those who want to learn. In his spare time, Woody private lessons and masterclass and has taught for institutions such as the Peabody Preparatory, University of Maryland, the New Jersey Performing Arts Center, Accent Pontiac and public schools such as Cecil Elementary, A Philip Randolph High School, Temple X Schools, and Highlandtown Elementary #215.

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Arielle V. King is a 24-year-old environmental educator, facilitator, writer, and content creator passionate about making environmentalism inclusive and accessible to all. Arielle focused on storytelling and amplifying the voices, work, and legacies of those traditionally excluded from mainstream environmentalism. She has a background in environmental racism analysis, developing anti-racism policies for municipalities and school districts, political ecology, civil rights law, and centering community input in environmental governance. She is the Tik Tok and Podcast Host for Intersectional Environmentalist, a climate justice nonprofit dedicated to radically imagining a more equitable and diverse future of environmentalism. Arielle has earned a BA in Environmental and Sustainability Studies, a Master’s in Environmental Law and Policy, and a Juris Doctor degree focused on environmental justice and civil rights law. She sits on the Board of Directors for Our Climate and Positive Tracks and is a member of the CDC Climate Action Plan Advisory Panel.

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Jezz Chung is a multidisciplinary artist based in New York City, exploring the intersection of personal transformation and collective change. With a background in movement, performance, healing justice, and community organizing, Chung blends elements of their personal history as an autistic, disabled, multiply neurodivergent, queer, Korean American into their work to explore accessible, equitable, liberated futures. They have been featured internationally in Paper Mag, Vogue Italia, and Spain’s El País, they’ve written for Washington Post and i-D, and were named a Pride 30 honoree by Logo TV and a mental health advocate by Made of Millions. They were a featured artist for 1969 Gallery's "Pure Joy: 14 Disabled Visual and Performance Artists" curated by Chella Man and have a book with Chronicle Books due Spring 2024 titled THIS WAY TO CHANGE. You can follow their journey @jezzchung on social media and learn more about their work at jezzchung.com.

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I believe that indigenous people, stories and ideas can contribute to understanding and solving the world's biggest and most pressing challenges. This belief inspires my writing and gives strength to my voice. My work has appeared in The Guardian, Jacobin Magazine, Huffington Post, Salon, Fusion, Indian Country Today and other publications. I was awarded High Country News’ 2017 Diverse Western Voices Award and the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation’s Indigenous Fellowship. I grew up in a single-mother household in Oakland California, and am a proud member of the Canim Lake Band Tsq'escen and a descendant of the Lil'Wat Nation of Mount Currie. I graduated Phi Beta Kappa and Magna Cum Laude with History Departmental Honors from Columbia University and received a Clarendon Scholarship to read for a master's in Global and Imperial History at the University of Oxford, where I graduated from Somerville College in 2016.

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Sam Baumel is Principal and Founder of Wood Metal Rocks, a production company based in New York City. Sam works with brands, local businesses and nonprofits to find an authentic voice and translate their story for the screen. He takes pride in cultivating longstanding collaborative relationships with specialists across the media and creative technology spectrum. Sam has been producing video for a decade and is particularly dedicated to the development of virtual reality as a medium for artistic expression. His work has been showcased at festivals, galleries and in publications around the globe. Sam studied business and film production at NYU and University of London. He volunteers teaching photography with the Slideluck Youth Initiative and attends the Video Consortium Book Club. For leisure, Sam enjoys walking, bicycling and kayaking to the City’s most sacred spots.

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Michna has composed original music and themes for Nike LeBron, Sony Playstation, and Wired Spoken Edition. His songs have been featured in Showtime's "Billions," HBO's "Silicon Valley," Netflix's "Blood and Water" as well as Vice, MTV, and ESPN. As a music composer for hire he takes pride in being approachable, congenial, inclusive, and musically versatile. No project is too small or too large. There is always a musical solution to be created that is high quality, original, and delivered on schedule. Michna received a Bachelor of Music from the University of Miami Frost School of Music and has over 20 years experience working in both live music and electronic production. As a solo artist he has released 2 albums on Ghostly International and 5 albums on Manhattan Production Music. He lives and works in New York City.

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