Migrants Flood Greek Island of Lesbos
I produced one of the earliest stories to cover the migrant crisis in Greece in 2015.
- News Shooter / Video Journalist
- Documentary DP
- Reporter / Journalist
- Video Editor - News
- Sound Mixer
Erik O.
Los Angeles County, CA, USA
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Erik Olsen is a Video Journalist/Producer in Los Angeles. Formerly, he was West Coast Video Correspondent for Quartz and Senior Video Journalist for The New York Times in New York City and Berlin. He shoots, writes, edits and narrates video stories for various outlets and is an FAA certified drone pilot. Occasionally he writes for print and shoots photos. He has produced for NY Times, Scientific American, Popular Science, Great Big Story, Hakai Magazine, ABC News, and other outlets. He's an avid photographer, panoramic shooter, writer, and scuba diver.
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The flying car future is closer than you think
It's been a long wait for cars that fly, but that flying car future might finally be here. Thanks to a revolution in technologies like batteries and algorithms, companies like Uber and Airbus are getting into the flying car game and pushing it forward, fast.
- News Shooter / Video Journalist
- Documentary DP
- Reporter / Journalist
- Video Editor - News
- Drone Operator
The Pegida Anti-Immigration Movement Splits Germany | The New York Times
The rise of an anti-immigration movement in Germany has raised tensions in one of Europe's most stable democracies.
- News Shooter / Video Journalist
- Documentary DP
- Video Editor - News
- Video Editor - Documentary
Gentlemen, Start Your Drones Video
Drone racing is a fast-growing extreme sport in which pilots compete head-to-head with small flying drones while wearing first-person-view goggles.
- News Shooter / Video Journalist
- Documentary DP
- Reporter / Journalist
- Video Editor - News
- Video Editor - Documentary
- Drone Operator
Produced for The New York Times
Inside the ‘Museum of Corruption’
In February 2014, the palatial compound of Viktor Yanukovych, the former president of Ukraine, was opened to the public after he fled Kiev. I was able to get unique access inside Yanukovych's home.
- News Shooter / Video Journalist
- Documentary DP
- Reporter / Journalist
- Video Editor - News
- Sound Mixer
The Last Word: Philip Roth
Video obituary interview with author Philip Roth
- News Shooter / Video Journalist
- Documentary DP
- Video Editor - News
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