South Bend, IN, USA
23 reviews$600 - $1500 / Day
Request QuoteErika Celeste is an award-winning writer who has worked in radio, print, television, and film. Among other things she has collected 2 Tellys and an Edward R. Murrow Award. She has worked for every major news network affiliate including ABC, NBC, CBS, CNN and PBS. She has traveled extensively freelancing for many national and international organizations including Voice of America, Public Radio International and National Public Radio. She now owns and operates a freelance ghostwriting company and runs a nonprofit teaching future journalists. She writes non-fiction for others in hopes of helping them and their readers live their best lives. Her most recent book along with co-author Matt Reum is Still Standing: The Seven Miracles of Matthew Reum.
December • 2019
Erika was an impressive one-woman-band for a story we were shooting that required quick thinking, on-the-spot flexibility, technical expertise, and journalistic persistence. For a demanding two-day shoot with multiple moving pieces, I felt very confident that our assignment was in good hands. She was not just a video shooter, but a journalist who went above and beyond to get the footage and interviews we were hoping for!
May • 2020
Erika was an exceptional co-producer and shooter -- tenacious about getting the shots we needed for the story, personable when it came to conducting interviews on a sensitive topic, and communicative with me from start to finish. This was my second time working with her and I hope to do it again in the future!
May • 2022
Erika worked tirelessly to get the footage delivered to us as quickly as possible. She persevered through some hiccups and was able to deliver all assets in time. She also made great efforts to make the subject who we were interviewing as comfortably as possible throughout the shoot.
Produced for CNBC Digital Video
Full day shoot for CNBC Millenial Money Series, 2 cameras
Produced for Business Insider
Two day shoot for Major League Eating and the St. Elmo's Shrimp Cocktail Eating Contest in Indianapolis for the Big Ten Tailgate Party.
Produced for CNN
Got practice and golf shots of Inbee Park, then handled a remote interview running camera and computer while a producer interviewed her.
Produced for Voice of America
New research promises to help many people with paralyses walk again. Typically exoskeletons must be programmed for such things as walking gate, bending, or climbing stairs. Researchers at Notre Dame plan to change all that by creating a new program that intuitively understands what users needs without cumbersome buttons or pre-programming.
Produced for Voice of America
The CW Howard Santa School is in Midland, Michigan. It is the longest continuously running Santa Claus School in the world. This year, it is celebrating its 80th anniversary. VOA recently visited the school.
Produced for Voice of America
Hollywood's famous archeologist Indiana Jones has nothing on Mark Fairchild. The film character and the religion professor both teach at a university in Indiana. Like Jones, Fairchild travels to far-off places in search of Biblical antiquities and doesn’t like snakes. In fact, his students call him Indiana Mark. And like the hero of five adventure movies, Fairchild is also a film star, of sorts
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