Discover Top News Shooters / Video Journalists in Syracuse, New York, USA

I’m the founder and filmmaker at Alita Films, a documentary production company. As a nonfiction visual storyteller, I create videos for a wide variety of brands, nonprofits, and news organizations. I’m always looking to tell true stories in new ways, from new and previously untold perspectives. I direct, produce, shoot and edit. My work for GE exploring 3D printing won the Best New Artist award at the Tongies. My first feature documentary Waiting for John, about the last surviving Cargo Cult, aired in PBS's award-winning Pacific Heartbeat series and screened in film festivals worldwide. With experience living and working internationally, I am comfortable with complex logistics, sensitive topics, and difficult situations. I’m inspired by the universalities in the human experience, counterintuitive notions, and the beauty found in the everyday.

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I am a freelance international reporter, with ten years of experience in written stories, photography, and video reporting. I have covered war, riots, political, economic and social crises, immigration issues, guerrillas, and elections in some thirty countries. I have six years of experience in Latin America. I have done reports in all the countries of continental America, from the US to Argentina, including Venezuela, Colombia, Nicaragua and Bolivia, as well as in some Caribbean islands, including Cuba. Previously I worked in Greece, Turkey and the Balkans, for three years. You can see part of my work on this web page: https://hectorestepa.wordpress.com/ You can see my video work by clicking this link: https://www.youtube.com/@h3ct0r3s I am a multitasking reporter. I produce my own reports, I do the photographs, the videos for TV, and the written reports. I speak Spanish (native), English and Portuguese.

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Originally an undocumented immigrant from Argentina, Eduardo Daniel Vilchez has been involved in media and video production since 2001 in all capacities in front and behind the camera. “A dreamer before Dreamers,” Mr. Vilchez knows the importance of supporting communities of color and the importance of mainstream narratives and how they bring about positive change where it is most needed. A filmmaker, photographer, and video journalist by training, Mr. Vilchez has recently worked as a freelance producer, cameraman, and editor for NBC/Telemundo and Univision, while also balancing large clients like Paris St.-Germain FC, BeIN Sports, Fox Sports, and Sony Music. He was also a media consultant and video producer for SOMOS Community Care in NYC and has recently done pro-bono work for The Door and The Clemente Soto Velez Cultural and Educational Center in Manhattan. Through his company BurnStrip Productions, LLC., first incorporated in 2010, Mr. Vilchez has worked tirelessly to provide affordable high-quality commercial media assets to small and medium sized companies and entrepreneurs.

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WWW.SCOTTRUDERMAN.COM Scott Ruderman is an award winning filmmaker who has worked on documentary film projects for Netflix, Hulu, Discovery, A&E Originals, Channel NewsAsia, and HBO. His documentary short, Piano Craftman, was awarded Best Director at the 2020 Madrid Art Film Festival and will screen at the BIG SKY Documentary Festival in 2021. In 2020, Scott worked as a cinematographer across the Netflix series (Un)Well and Hulu’s Taste the Nation. Scott was also a Director of Photography on Netflix's Explained and in 2019 he was the Director of Photography on Whiter Shade of Terror, a film about the the global spread of anti-muslim rhetoric and an increasingly violent white supremacy movement, which aired in 28 countries. In late 2018, Scott was a producer on the USA production of the Unanswered Ives documentary which was awarded the Czech Crystal for “Best Documentary Dedicated to Music, Dance and Theater” at the 2019 Golden Prague Film Festival. He holds a Master of Fine Arts degree in Social Documentary Film from the School of Visual Arts. Currently, I freelance on a contractual basis and willing to travel for production. I own state of the art camera gear, professional sound equipment and HD lighting.

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I am a Spanish-American documentary filmmaker and cinematographer based in Brooklyn, NY, currently finishing my first feature documentary, Freeing Juanita about a Guatemalan family attempting to free their niece from wrongful detention in northern Mexico. My first feature as cinematographer, The Art of Making It (2021), won the SXSW 2022 Audience Award in the Festival Favorites category. A recent short doc artist portrait I filmed for Art21 received a Vimeo Staff Pick.   The last documentary short I directed, Esquilas en la montaña / Bells in the Mountains (2017), screened at New Orleans Film Festival and San Francisco Documentary Festival. I got my start in film while studying at Vanderbilt University, in Nashville, TN where I graduated magna cum laude in 2013 with a BA in Anthropology and in Film. In Nashville I made my first videos, supporting workers' rights organizing and activist and social justice campaigns, like the Fight for $15 Movement.

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I started my career in filmmaking working on independent films in Seattle in the 1990s. I joined I.A.T.S.E Local 488 as a grip and worked on features and television series including DISCLOSURE, NORTHERN EXPOSURE, and others. In 1997, I left the film industry to attend graduate school and then teach filmmaking at Emerson College and Ithaca College while still working on independent films. In 2010, I was a delegate to Poland for the American Documentary Showcase with my short film NOTES ON LIBERTY. From 2013 to 2018, I was one of the primary filmmakers for the Cornell Lab of Ornithology where I shot and produced numerous short-form documentaries on birds and their habitats. I was the Director of Photography for the award-winning noir web series THE CHANTICLEER and in 2017 lived in Vienna, Austria as a Fulbright Scholar. I hold an MFA in Film and Video Production from the University of Iowa Graduate College.

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Samantha Schutz is a Director of Photography, Producer and Editor working across independent and commercial projects, from feature documentaries to network shows, web series, and children’s television. Recent projects include producing and shooting Ashton Kutcher’s Going From Broke for Flicker Filmworks Productions, shooting a documentary on The Drum Major Coalition for The Martin Luther King Center, shooting a pilot for the docu-reality series All Hands on Deck starring Debrah Messing, and shooting for The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. Sam was Senior Producer and DP for the Martha Stewart brand’s Everyday Food YouTube Channel, growing it to well over 1 million subscribers; the channel’s show Kitchen Conundrums with Thomas Joseph that Samantha produced and shot won a James Beard award. Samantha was Co-Executive Producer and Director on the Cooking Channel show Log On and Eat with Eden Grinshpan; and she co-created, produced, and directed the Cooking Channel's Eden Eats. Other projects include: shooting a pilot episode for Discovery Plus and Magnolia Network titled From Grandma with Love, directing for OXO's Chef in Residence campaign hosted by Eden Grinshpan, and producing the livestream At Home for the Holidays with Gordon Ramsay for Stage TEN productions. ​Additional credits include producing and shooting a 360VR viewing room featuring A Guided Tour of the Magnolia Market with Chip and Joanna Gaines, shooting a special for ABC Nightline News titled Death with Dignity, and shooting for Biz Kid$, a public television series about financial education and entrepreneurship for a pre-teen audience. Samantha creates digital media content on a wide range of industry leading formats, her work seamlessly finds a vision for any story whether it’s for television and documentaries, branded and integrated content for the web, or Livestream and 360VR. AWARDS: Kitchen Conundrums James Beard Award Winner; Martha Stewart Facebook Live Webby Award Winner

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Stephen has earned screen credits as a director, story editor, producer, field producer, director of photography, and editor on over 100 national television shows and projects. These have included programs for every one of the major networks, NBC, CBS, ABC, National Geographic, United Nations Films, Paramount, CNN, The History Channel, PBS, AP, Reuters, Discovery Networks, FOX News Channel, Travel Channel, Food Network and more. He has worked as a field producer for the 2010 Olympic Games. He has also served as a judge for the EMMY Awards, the International Documentary Association, and has also worked teaching media studies at The Park School of Buffalo. In addition to his documentary and television experience Stephen has directed and produced hundreds of promotional videos for corporate and NGO clients. Conflict Zone experience. Former medic.

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Award-Winning Producer & DP. Brian has excelled in media and broadcast production for over 18 years, distinguishing himself as a director, director of photography, and editor. His extensive portfolio covers a wide range of TV news and documentaries on history, science, crime, nature, entertainment, and politics as well as corporate branding and marketing videos for global clients. Brian has produced diverse programming for international news media, including SBS TV, MBC TV, JTBC TV, tvN, NHK TV, and TV Asahi. Currently, he is a producer and editor for VOA’s documentary series, which won the 2024 silver prize and the 2023 gold prize for Best Nonfiction at the New York Festivals TV & Film Awards. Brian resides in New Jersey with his wife and children, balancing his work with travels to the far-flung corners of the world.

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I specialize in editorial, documentary, and sports photography. My passion is creating photographs that cause people to stare, to form an opinion, and that create an immediate bond with the subject. I believe that it is the photojournalist's responsibility to combine the art of photography with an ethical understanding of journalism. I am a proud 20 years US Army Veteran with service in the conflict zones around the planet. I see photojournalism as a continuance of my public service. Past Publications include: The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Philadelphia Inquirer, The Washington Post, Time Magazine, London's Daily Mail, Newsweek, NBC News, Reuters, and The Associated Press. Currently based just north of New York City, I am available for worldwide assignment. I am prepared and equipped to provide editorial, feature, and sports images on time and on deadline.

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I've been in the video production field since 2011; in that time I've amassed a body of work from around the globe. I am currently Director, Editor, and Founder at Big River Film Co. Over the past seven years, I have worked to produce, direct, and edit commercials, social media campaigns, and an award-winning short film. My clients have included large national and international brands, such as Macy's, Pinterest, and Bacardí, as well as small businesses in the technology, construction, and tourism sectors. When I'm not pursuing my next creative project you can find me winding through back roads on my motorcycle, paddling in the nearest body of water, or shaking up a favorite cocktail. Utica, NY

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Alex Martin is a videographer/editor for a popular Vermont ski resort. After graduating from the University of Vermont in sociology, he worked for UVM Extension's "Across the Fence," a local TV show. He produced recreational and tourism videos for Lake Placid, and made Fox 44 TV commercials before moving to Smuggler's Notch Ski Resort. Experience: covering housing, long-form interviews, land use, environment, social justice, sports, winter sports, and animation. Jess Wisloski is a freelance VT-based web journalist. Previously she was the New York City editor for Yahoo!, managing homepage news stories in the metropolis. She's covered breaking and feature news at Village Voice, the Villager and the Brooklyn Papers, the New York Times and and on staff at the NY Daily News.

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With over a decade in the production industry, I have extensive experience with managing on-location shoots locally and nationally, both directly and as a freelance operator. Specializing in promotional productions for businesses and organizations, I routinely have a hand in everything from pre-production to editing, but my first love and primary role is as DP and camera operator. I’m able to provide a variety of experienced crew and equipment locally for projects large and small, and am happy to chat in more detail if you have any questions whatsoever. It would be my pleasure to work with you, and thank you for your consideration!

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I direct, produce, shoot, and edit nonfiction films in Burlington, Vermont and around the country. Previously I was a producer on staff at The Atlantic in Washington D.C. I was a finalist for the 2015 National Magazine Award for two short documentaries chronicling the effects of housing discrimination in Chicago. My projects have been featured in film festivals across the country and been selected for 2 Vimeo Staff Picks. I have produced work for The Atlantic, CNN, Al-Jazeera, and National Geographic among others. My work covers a diverse range of topics, and I enjoy making investigative and thought-provoking films that challenge simple narratives.

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I recently switched over to freelancing after full time work for Time Inc. editorial brands in LA and spent many years before that at VICE, Yahoo and NBC in New York. My experience is mainly shooting and producing in the field (topics range widely from sensitive/trauma - to cute and informational) and editing. I have many examples of short form documentary content at www.michellerknight.com with reels and full work examples. I have been shooting with cinema style large-sensor cameras and DSLRs as well as capturing audio and shaping appropriate lighting most of my career.

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We are independent thinking creators, editors, and passionate about everything we do. At our inception we made a conscious decision to move away from the traditional and cliche things about videography. Instead we want to give our audience an honest, clear, cinematic film that will truly connect them to the bride, presenter, actor, author, or prop. Using the most high tech equipment available to create the illusion that there is no equipment at all and that you are right there with them.

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I'm a video journalist and documentary filmmaker with over 14 years of experience. I started my career as a commercial editor and director of photography before transitioning to documentary and journalism in 2019. In 2021 I cofounded Focus Journalism, an investigative visual journalism outlet reporting on and in Northeastern Pennsylvania. So far my visual journalism work has earned 14 Mid-Atlantic Regional Emmy nominations and a 2022 Mid-Atlantic Regional Emmy.

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Todd is an accomplished photographer and videographer with over 20 years of experience. He earned his BFA from the School of Visual Arts in New York City, where he honed his skills and developed his creative vision.Todd's work spans a range of genres, including event, corporate, commercial, and fine art photography and videography.

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My name is Bret Moses, I own and operate Otto Media and done so since 2003, but have been making films my entire life. Television commercials, corporate videos, drone footage, you name it, for companies large and small. LIstening is what I do best to make sure I can capture my clients' vision.

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Laura Meoli is a seasoned content creator, podcast host & educator with 10 years experience in Multimedia Production. Her achievements include a NY Emmy Award for her video producing/editing at CUNY, seven Telly Awards and multiple festival wins for her projects, "Give a Little", "Women of Action", "Perspective", and the "Granville T. Woods Documentary". As founder of LoudaVision Productions, she helps her clients promote their business, product or service so they can build an online presence and reach a larger audience. LoudaVision Productions creates digital media including logos, graphics, video, audio and social media content. Her goal as a business owner is to deliver high-end results with a personal touch. She also hosts the LoudaVision Podcast to help creative people turn their passion into a career. An educator at heart, Laura currently leads film production & podcasting classes for all ages, and conducts 1-on-1 private tutoring.

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