Discover Top News Shooters / Video Journalists in Tallahassee, Florida, USA

To put it briefly, I am a photojournalist and editorial photographer at heart. Being a photojournalist gives you a license to be curious about all things. It's all about the people and their stories. There is nothing I love better than going out on an assignment, being able to illustrate a good story, and then seeing those photos in print or on the web. I get an indescribable high from it every time. Every day in this biz is a new adventure. And you're only as good as the picture in today's paper. I have been a staff photographer at 4 different daily newspapers, but I've freelanced and had my work featured in publications across the country. I shoot news video for First Coast News, the Tegna affiliate in Jacksonville, Florida in addition to my still photography work. I cover a wide variety of stories with and without a reporter. A lot of what I do is transmitted to the station as it is happening.

• Editorial Photographer / Photojournalist
• Event Photographer
• Portrait Photographer
• News Shooter / Video Journalist
• Landscape Photographer
• Production Assistant
• Mobile Journalist / Livestreamer
• Digital Content Creator

Isaac Brown is an award-winning director with a masterʼs degree in documentary film production from University of Floridaʼs Documentary Institute. His thesis film GIMME GREEN won over a dozen awards and screened at over 100 film festivals around the world. His documentary TERRA BLIGHT premiered at Slamdance 2012. He has over 19 years of production experience and holds his part 107 certification with the FAA to fly drones commercially. Isaac is a Professor of Digital Media at Florida State College at Jacksonville. See his work at: www.jellyfishsmack.com IMDB.com: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2627740/

• News Shooter / Video Journalist
• Commercial DP
• Documentary DP
• Video Editor - News
• Reporter / Journalist
• Editorial Photographer / Photojournalist
• Video Editor - Documentary
• Video Editor - Commercial
• Drone Operator

Chris O'Rouke has 13 years in TV News as a News Photojournalist. Started his career in Charleston,SC from there Augusta, GA; Jacksonville, FL; Nashville,TN then back to Charleston SC in late 2013. His experiences were working with military/ local police in covering breaking news, political and medical stories, weather disaster and sporting events. Most recently in 2015 covering the Walter Scott shooting, Emmanuel 9 Massacre, Confederate Flag removal from State House grounds and the historical South Carolina floods.

• News Shooter / Video Journalist
• Documentary DP
• Editorial Photographer / Photojournalist
• Video Editor - News
• Video Editor - Documentary
• Video Editor - Commercial

I'm a Director of Photography with 30 years of experience shooting features, documentaries, commercials, network, and corporate videos. I have a Sony FS7 package (as well as other cameras) and a well stocked grip truck for up to medium sized shoots. I have several jibs with sizes ranging from 6' to 30' and a full size steady cam.

• News Shooter / Video Journalist
• Documentary DP
• Commercial DP
• Corporate Videographer
• Production Company
• Production Coordinator / Crewing
• Gaffer
• Grip
• HD Live Operator

I am the enterprise reporter covering criminal and social justice issues in Northeast Florida for the Florida Times-Union in Jacksonville, Florida. Please message me for my Signal number (Hablo español!) My inbox is off-the-record. I am a Poynter-Koch Media Follow from June 2021 until May 2022. As a journalist, I love to work with public records and data and get out on-foot in the community. In my free time, I'm usually surfing or out and about with my two dogs. I was a Report for America corps members from 2019 - 2021 in New Mexico as a multimedia reporter and podcast producer/host at the Santa Fe Reporter. At the Santa Fe Reporter, I covered Santa Fe’s Southside — its immigrant and indigenous communities, service industry workers, entrepreneurs and families — through stories that impact their lives. I also covered the business and culture outside of the city’s contemporary downtown core, especially taking into account women, people of color, historical context, access to health care and education. I started my career as a full-time staff journalist at Miami Today News covering the dynamic cities of Coral Gables and Miami Beach as well as international news that affected South Florida, including arts, culture, banking and finance. I have freelanced as a writer, photographer and videographer for numerous publications since college, including USA Today, the Tampa Bay Times, the St. Augustine Record, Happs News, Al-Jazeera Plus, Human Rights Campaign, the Florida Bulldog and Seminole Magazine, long before completing my Bachelor's in Journalism/Media Production. I received a grant while attending Flagler College to work with a partner covering malnutrition and poverty in a Mayan community on the shores of Lago de Atitlan in rural Guatemala. I am a previous grantee for the Pulitzer Center for Crisis Reporting. Tracey Eaton, a long-time investigative journalist and foreign correspondent, and I, traveled to Havana, Cuba in August 2018 to cover the housing crisis. We published multiple multimedia pieces. USA Today and the Tampa Bay Times were the first publications to take the story. I am bilingual, speaking both English and Spanish. I graduated from Flagler College majoring in Journalism/Documentary Production and minoring in International Studies Magnua cum Laude.

• News Shooter / Video Journalist
• Reporter / Journalist
• Editorial Photographer / Photojournalist
• Documentary DP
• Audio Storyteller
• Commercial DP
• Production Company
• Field Producer
• Video Editor - News
• Video Editor - Documentary
• Mobile Journalist / Livestreamer
• On-Air Reporter / Host
• Sound Mixer

Traveled the world shooting video. Have been making content for the last 6 years. Run a digital advertising agency and we have a handful of content creators on our team.

• Creative Director
• Production Company
• Drone Operator
• Video Editor - Commercial
• Commercial DP
• Motion Graphics Designer
• News Shooter / Video Journalist
• Documentary DP
• Field Producer
• Production Assistant
• Grip
• Video Editor - News
• Video Editor - Documentary
• Mobile Journalist / Livestreamer
• HD Live Operator
• Full-Service Live Production
• Editorial Photographer / Photojournalist
• Fixer

Cinematographer + editor

• News Shooter / Video Journalist
• Documentary DP
• Commercial DP
• Creative Director
• Production Company
• Field Producer
• Fixer
• Production Assistant
• Video Editor - Commercial
• Video Editor - Documentary
• Sound Mixer
• Drone Operator
• Gaffer

• News Shooter / Video Journalist
• Social Media Producer
• Video Editor - News
• Senior Editor

• Production Assistant
• Sound Mixer
• Grip
• Editorial Photographer / Photojournalist
• Event Photographer
• Landscape Photographer
• Portrait Photographer
• Product Photographer
• Graphic Designer
• News Shooter / Video Journalist
• Fixer

Broadcast Engineer, uplink engineer,

• HD Live Operator
• Production Assistant
• News Shooter / Video Journalist

• Commercial DP
• News Shooter / Video Journalist
• Documentary DP
• Corporate Videographer

2-time Emmy Award winning Producer possessing a unique artistic vision for developing successful shows. 10+ years of experience managing teams and shows from inception to completion, including concept development, timeline management and budget oversight. Proven track record of successfully creating innovative ideas to appeal to a broad interest group. Specialize in managing all aspects of major television production with an emphasis on storytelling for clients such as NASCAR, Discovery, FOX, CBS, NFL, ESPN and CBS Sports. Clearly define project parameters and manage the process, workflow, teams and clients. Manage multiple daily requests from both internal clients and external partners. Provide visionary leadership and management for producers and staff members. Foster a productive atmosphere among team members that is conducive to creating innovative ideas. Responsible for conducting interviews and hiring for key positions.

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

Rory Thompson is a twenty-one-year-old Black filmmaker born and raised in Jacksonville, Florida. He is pursuing a Bachelor of Arts degree, with a double major in Digital Media Production and Media Studies with a minor in Film Studies. ​ Growing up with a passion for stories and storytelling, Rory quickly fell in love with video storytelling via film and television. At the age of 10, he started making home movies and stop motion videos. At the age of 17, he made his first short film, "Fourth of July". Since then, Rory has worked with various sports organizations, doing mostly video editing work, including the Jacksonville Sharks, the Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp, the Jacksonville Giants, the St. Augustine Glory, and Flagler College Athletics. He has also independently produced music videos and worked on various short films. In the Spring of 2021, Rory started production on his first short film in almost four years with "Six Months Later", which was later released in July 2021. He is currently in production of his undergraduate thesis film, "The Butterfly and the Wasp", with a planned release of early 2022.

• Commercial DP
• Corporate Videographer
• Documentary DP
• Production Assistant
• Video Editor - News
• Video Editor - Commercial
• Digital Content Creator
• Video Editor - Documentary
• HD Live Operator

Cutting edge DP / Camera Operator (Shooter/Editor) with 25 years of experience working on documentary-style film and television shoots, long-form magazine and breaking news production. - PANASONIC P2 HVX-500. - Canon C300 package. - 24-105mm EF Lens - Lectrosonic wl Mics - Field mixing / sound packages. - Field mixing / sound packages with wireless mics available. Owner / Operator of Big Sky Media based in Tallahassee, Florida. Servicing North and Central Florida and beyond. Big Sky Media can provide you with DPs, Producers, and Editors to fulfill any of your projects. Let Big Sky make your next Gig a breeze. If you need a shooter or sound guy or even a full crew, we can do that. We will make every effort to match up your current equipment needs with ours. What we do best is balancing time, cost and quality. Ensuring all the fundamentals of your next production, we consists of like minded communications media professionals who possess over 25 years of public relations, live news, sports, entertainment, corporate, and documentary HD video production. We, at BIG SKY pride ourselves in fulfilling our clients vision from inception to completion. Our success is attributed to our passion and attention to detail. We are success driven, with the proven ability to exceed client expectations from script to screen. Our producers, writers, photojournalists, directors of photography, and non-linear editors are at your immediate service to assist you in making your dream vision into reality. We offer competitive rates and are available for deployment at your request. I have been in the industry since 1995.

• News Shooter / Video Journalist
• Documentary DP
• Fixer
• Production Assistant

I create engaging visual stories with a focus on strong narrative and cinematic quality. Experienced in cinematography, I optimize locations, balance lighting, and craft thoughtful compositions for compelling interviews and visual storytelling. My work includes the feature film Lost in the Mountains (2018), documentaries The New Story (2019) and Wild Sounds (2007), and editing Letter and Music for Telemundo-NBC. As editor, my work on the documentary New Dawn (2020) earned the "Documentary Achievement Award" at the Miami Film Festival. I have a solid background in managing post-production teams, streamlining workflows, and ensuring high-quality results through collaboration and attention to detail. I adapt easily to diverse production needs while maintaining a consistent focus on creative and technical excellence.

• Editorial Photographer / Photojournalist
• Documentary DP
• Translator
• Video Editor - News
• News Shooter / Video Journalist
• Commercial DP
• Video Editor - Documentary
• Video Editor - Commercial
• Series Producer / Show Runner
• Non-Fiction Film Director
• Senior Editor
• Field Producer
• Production Company
• Creative Director

I spent so much of my adolescence dreaming about moving away from my hometown. I wanted, so desperately, to be part of the bustle of New York City that I regarded everything about my little corner of Northeast Florida as subpar. Needless to say, I moved to the Big Apple as soon as I could. I found myself, however, missing my little/big city by the sea. Less than a year after I left, I found myself back in Jacksonville, determined to embrace the very place I dreamt of escaping from so long ago. I found a job at my local PBS station which forced me to discover Jacksonville's hidden treasures. As an associate producer of "Hometown" I had to produce, direct, and edit short pieces about local people, places, and events which were special to Jacksonville. Slowly but surely, I started falling in love with my hometown.

• Documentary DP
• Sound Mixer
• Translator
• Video Editor - News
• News Shooter / Video Journalist
• Video Editor - Documentary
• Video Editor - Commercial

Raised in the heart of Florida, I have spent my life capturing small moments that have special impacts on people. I continued that passion through my education at the University of Florida (Go Gators!) and am now working with people in all walks of life to create things that will last generations. It's the culmination of Video + Sound that immerse viewers into something that leaves an audience grinning from ear to ear and I am excited to be able to bring that knowledge to any project I am on!

• Sound Designer
• Corporate Videographer
• Video Editor - Commercial
• Video Editor - Documentary
• Video Editor - News
• Commercial DP
• Documentary DP
• News Shooter / Video Journalist
• Creative Director
• Immersive/Spatial Video Capture

Hello! I'm a narrative, documentary, behind-the-scenes style cinematographer, editor, producer, journalist and podcaster that loves preserving stories of disenfranchised communities. Experienced in working in a variety of industries such as Higher Education, Arts & Entertainment, Non-Profits and more. I have my own small production company that's used to working small events and production sets.

• Video Editor - Documentary
• Video Editor - News
• Production Assistant
• Documentary DP
• Audio Storyteller
• Podcast Producer
• News Shooter / Video Journalist
• Creative Director
• Colorist
• Executive Producer
• Reporter / Journalist
• Sound Mixer
• Sound Designer
• Senior Editor

My name is Foad Zabaneh. I am an EMMY AWARD WINNING videographer, editor, cinematographer and Feature film director, living in Jacksonville, Florida. I am a photojournalist / Editor at Channel 4, WJXT, News4jax. And i would love to help you to bring your ideas and vision from concept to screen with professional storytelling using the top of the line equipment.

• Documentary DP
• Commercial DP
• Corporate Videographer
• Drone Operator
• News Shooter / Video Journalist
• Translator
• Video Editor - News
• Video Editor - Commercial
• Video Editor - Documentary
• Full-Service Live Production
• Graphic Designer
• Non-Fiction Film Director
• Animator / Visual Effects Artist
• Event Photographer

After graduating in May of 2019, I am currently working as a freelance journalist in the Jacksonville, FL area. I love getting experience working with any story, but my favorite work is investigative and sports reporting. I am addicted to a good story and will do anything to tell it.

• Reporter / Journalist
• Editorial Photographer / Photojournalist
• Fixer
• News Shooter / Video Journalist
• Video Editor - News
• Video Editor - Documentary
• Audio Storyteller
• Documentary DP
• Production Assistant