Alex Knott Email & Phone Number

Washington, DC, US

Washington, DC, US

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• As the primary videographer for FSA, I scripted, filmed, and edited several dozens of videos internally and externally for the 1,500- employee agency since 2020.
• Personally procured and mastered cameras, lighting, microphones, rails, jibs, and other equipment to artfully capture interviews, walk and talks, and live events to create videos following carefully constructed shot.
• Writing, researching, and editing content for internal and external communications including videos explaining roles of FSA offices on Capitol Hill and other locations.
• Developing marketing and informational campaigns to educate and engage college-aged Americans with videos on career schools and their best options when seeking financial aid.
• Managing FSA-related to internal and external communications including a video welcoming more than 1,000 staffers back after Covid.

Arlington, Virginia

• Managing internal communications for the 1,300 employees of an international nonprofit in Africa, Asia and South America to treat diseases like Ebola, Malaria, and HIV AIDS.
• Scripting, shooting and editing videos and other media highlighting projects (like Lea Mimba) in other countries, an annual CEO outlook, internal tutorial clips and GIFs.
• Live mixing video and audio feeds streaming internationally for quarterly conferences.
• Writing speeches, emails, blogs and social media for the nonprofit's leadership team.
• Managing, editing and creating digital content, images and video for a weekly online newsletter (FridayFocus) going out to health professionals working in nearly 25 countries.
• Writing, editing content and creating HTML widgets for MSH's intranet system Ollie.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Writing, editing and scoring an independent short documentary to act as companion media for a House History Man Blog article. The film, "The Unexpected Church House" was chosen for the 2020 North Virginia Film Festival.
• Filming, photography and graphics creation for videos. Video example: Healthy Living Chef.
• Designed materials and managing projects designed to showcase AARP’s work to a broad consumer audience online through the websites as well as in AARP Bulletin, AARP The Magazine, Facebook, News Now, press releases.
• Creating AARP strategic multi-channel communications and marketing plans on SharePoint and Project Manager for projects in healthy living, brain health and age discrimination.
• Researching, writing and editing digital and print content for the International Food Policy Research Institute for use in newspapers, blogs and videos.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Overseeing day-to-day activities of the Communications Department, including content for newsletters, brochures and letters as well as website redesign with creative director.
• Producing videos, scripts and image content around communication strategies for three funds affecting hundreds of 200,000 participants in the pension, 401(k) and multi-employer healthcare plans.
• Coordinating compliance mailings, managing documents and procuring printing and mailing services from vendors.
• Writing requests for proposal and coordinating the bidding process for a communications campaign launch of five national health care plans.

999 E Street, NW · Washington, DC 20463

• Managing, coordinating and editing agency publications, web pages and outreach materials written by a dozen Information Division employees.
• Editing articles, graphics and laying out the print and online editions of the agency's main newsletter, The Record. | Publications example: January/February 2016 Issue.
• Spearheading a video project by writing scripts, recording voice overs and editing videos showcasing the agency's new website. | Video example: Candidate Committee Viewer.
• Developing digital content, graphics, and images for agency publications, web pages and outreach materials. | Graphics example: 40th Anniversary Timeline.

77 K Street NE · Washington, DC 20002-4681

• Maintaining, editing and posting all graphics, video and editorial content in HTML for CQ MoneyLine's blog and database resources. | Website example: CQ MoneyLine Feb. 24, 2009.
• Transforming vastly intricate databases into engaging stories and querying underlying information for illustrative graphics used in Roll Call, CQ Politics, CQ Today and CQ Weekly magazine. | Article example: Rep..
• Providing newsroom support for relational databases of lobbying, campaign contributions, legislation, federal contracts and earmarks for subscribers and other journalists.

910 17th Street, NW, Suite 700 · Washington, DC 20006

• Managing the work of 50 researchers, writers and editors for “The Buying of the President 2004,” a 125,000-word book profiling all the candidates for the White House. In addition to supervising the book, writing two of.
• Creating and managing the LobbyWatch project – an online project that couples regular investigative stories with a 2.5 million-record database detailing all federal lobbying.
• Taking photographs, creating graphics and video to run with online projects and proposals.
• Managing editorial products for “Outsourcing the Pentagon” an award-winning investigation into all DOD contracts between FY 1998 and FY 2003.
• Speaking to the media on behalf of the Center. Appearing on many national networks including ABC, NBC and CNN and a guest on NPR’s “Fresh Air,” C-SPAN’s “Washington Journal” as well as being quoted by hundreds of.
• Designing an award-winning project about Superfund sites and the environment that used computer-assisted reporting from more than a dozen databases on contract procurement, grants, hazardous waste sites and federal.

215 Pennsylvania Avenue SE · Washington, D.C. 20003

• Writing and researching several reports regarding 527 organizations, health care front groups and pending legislation.
• Coordinating press events, composing press releases and media advisories for major campaign finance studies.

910 17th Street, NW, Suite 700 · Washington, DC 20006

• Co-authoring a book investigating the state legislatures called “Capitol Offenders.” Writing four of the chapters detailing financial interests affecting banking, the environment, sports and citizen-based legislation..
• Writing a dozen investigative stories for the 50 States Project: a two-year study investigating the outside influences of campaign contributions, personal financial holdings and lobbying. on state lawmakers, which won.

Prince William County, Virginia

• Writing daily articles for a newspaper serving Prince William County, formerly called the Prince William Journal and part of the Journal Papers of the Washington DC Area.
• Reporting as a staff writer in general assignment but was quickly put in charge of the government beat.

651 Pennsylvania Ave., SE · Washington, DC 20003

• Reporting and writing investigative stories about wasteful government spending.
• Writing and editing a weekly newsletter, as well as press releases and media advisories.

555 New Jersey Ave, NW· Washington, DC 20001

• Writing and editing articles for three publications.

College Park, MD

· Managing Editor for the Diamondback: a daily, student-run newspaper at the University of Maryland during the fall of 1996. · Reporter for the Diamondback between 1993 and 1997. · Photography, graphic design and charts.

Rayburn House Office Building · Washington, DC 20002

1875 I St NW Washington, DC 20006

910 17th Street, NW, Suite 700 · Washington, DC 20006

8120 Woodmont Ave., Suite 110 · Bethesda MD 20814-2743

Communications, Political Science

Completed most of undergraduate curriculum before transferring to other College Park campus, where I finished Bachelor of Arts at night.

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Journalism

Graduation Certificate In Video Storytelling