Caitlin Healy Email & Phone Number

Boston, Ma, Us

Wilmington, Delaware, United States

Led organic social video production for Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff’s accounts on the 2024 Harris-Walz Presidential campaign. Built and implemented a digital strategy resulting in 96.6M video views, 1.2M followers gained, and 220.3M impressions across platforms. Managed a team of producers, videographers, and editors at Kamala HQ in Delaware as well as on the campaign trail in key battleground states within the campaign’s digital mobilization team. Ran production and post-production… Show more Led organic social video production for Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff’s accounts on the 2024 Harris-Walz Presidential campaign. Built and implemented a digital strategy resulting in 96.6M video views, 1.2M followers gained, and 220.3M impressions across platforms. Managed a team of producers, videographers, and editors at Kamala HQ in Delaware as well as on the campaign trail in key battleground states within the campaign’s digital mobilization team. Ran production and post-production workflows creating a variety of quick-turn smartphone video, doc-style short form, and high-production studio shoots for the Second Gentleman’s Instagram, X, and Facebook while launching and managing video content for TikTok and Threads from pitch to post. The Second Gentleman’s TikTok videos gained 400k+ followers within the first four weeks of launch with the top video reaching 4.1M views. Show less

Massachusetts, United States

I founded Fableworks after more than a decade in journalism. Fableworks is a creative content studio powered by visual journalists, dedicated to creating narrative, hyper-visual, deeply-human work for small businesses and nonprofits that connect people through their mission. Projects have included a state-wide bilingual public health campaign, a limited edition print zine, social video production, brand social strategy, and marketing video content.

Wilmington, Delaware, United States

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

I teach a multi-platform journalism course for graduate students at the BU College of Communication. Students have gone on to work in public radio, local and national broadcast, print, and podcasts.I designed the course to emphasize digital production and editing skills for breaking news and features. Students create projects for digital, mobile, and social platforms on teams with assigned newsroom roles. I curate a lineup of guest speakers from The New York Times Magazine, The… Show more I teach a multi-platform journalism course for graduate students at the BU College of Communication. Students have gone on to work in public radio, local and national broadcast, print, and podcasts.I designed the course to emphasize digital production and editing skills for breaking news and features. Students create projects for digital, mobile, and social platforms on teams with assigned newsroom roles. I curate a lineup of guest speakers from The New York Times Magazine, The Washington Post, Semafor, The Boston Globe, and other publications. My syllabus features cutting edge multi-platform projects that illustrate the importance of collaboration and real-life newsgathering, data, and visual journalism skills. I've also taught an "Introduction to Multimedia" course for senior undergraduates. I designed the syllabus and curriculum with an emphasis on video, photo, and audio storytelling. Show less

I led Content and Community at Chptr and played a crucial role in shaping the development of the platform’s high-level brand mission and vision from zero to one—building a mobile-first repository for forever digital memorials that provides comfort and connection to grieving communities—on the road to our Series A million user goal.I was responsible for overseeing all content operations, driving innovation in media workflows, and collaborating with the Product and Growth teams to… Show more I led Content and Community at Chptr and played a crucial role in shaping the development of the platform’s high-level brand mission and vision from zero to one—building a mobile-first repository for forever digital memorials that provides comfort and connection to grieving communities—on the road to our Series A million user goal.I was responsible for overseeing all content operations, driving innovation in media workflows, and collaborating with the Product and Growth teams to optimize UI and UX. My role involved developing and implementing storytelling strategies that aligned with the brand and mission, transforming user-generated content into videos that engaged new users and drove community growth. I’m proud to say that our team's efforts were recognized as a finalist for the 2023 SXSW Innovation Award in the Media category.I also analyzed user feedback and engagement metrics to continuously improve our storytelling and community strategies, refining new user flows and empowering users to maximize the app. Additionally, I focused on developing enterprise partnerships within the news, nonprofit, and education sectors. I also guided the development of internal team culture with monthly all-hands Values Forums, and created educational toolkits for users and partner organizations on narrative, memory, story, and technology. Show less

As hire number five, I dove into creating video templates and experimenting with AI to create a suite of scalable content and revenue-generating services for users as the beta and v1.0 versions of our modern memorialization mobile app, Chptr, launched in The App Store and Google Play Store. I conducted dozens of 1:1 user interviews and led a team of freelance video editors through a storytelling experiment I designed to test outputs for user-generated content transformation. Our team… Show more As hire number five, I dove into creating video templates and experimenting with AI to create a suite of scalable content and revenue-generating services for users as the beta and v1.0 versions of our modern memorialization mobile app, Chptr, launched in The App Store and Google Play Store. I conducted dozens of 1:1 user interviews and led a team of freelance video editors through a storytelling experiment I designed to test outputs for user-generated content transformation. Our team earned the coveted #1 Product of the Day distinction from the Product Hunt community in 2022.I led discovery on partnership opportunities in the nonprofit and advocacy spaces. I executive produced and edited video materials for Duke Health and led user research for the Chptr app. Eventually my role expanded and I took on a wider scope of responsibilities and KPIs as the Head of Content and Community. Show less

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Oversaw all editorial video operations for The Boston Globe while the department director was on leave. I ran story meetings with stakeholders and edited daily news offerings and special project video packages to deadline while managing social video planning and execution. I managed RFPs for a landmark 150th-anniversary commission for Boston Globe Media Partners and coordinated with film festival, live event, advertising, and editorial teams to create story-driven short form content for… Show more Oversaw all editorial video operations for The Boston Globe while the department director was on leave. I ran story meetings with stakeholders and edited daily news offerings and special project video packages to deadline while managing social video planning and execution. I managed RFPs for a landmark 150th-anniversary commission for Boston Globe Media Partners and coordinated with film festival, live event, advertising, and editorial teams to create story-driven short form content for subscribers while growing our social presence. I also spearheaded video accessibly as a company-wide priority, executed vendor negotiations, managed and mentored a team of freelancers and fellows. I performed these duties while also producing video projects as a Senior Video Producer. Show less

Boston, Massachusetts

I reported, shot, and edited documentary shorts, video series and other visual journalism for The Boston Globe. I was a member of the Globe team that led an 11-month probe into the failings of state departments of motor vehicles that won the 2021 Pulitzer Prize for Investigative Reporting. The multimedia project and companion documentary short "Blind Spot" led to suspensions, investigations, and reviews that will keep dangerous drivers off the roads and saved lives. I frequently… Show more I reported, shot, and edited documentary shorts, video series and other visual journalism for The Boston Globe. I was a member of the Globe team that led an 11-month probe into the failings of state departments of motor vehicles that won the 2021 Pulitzer Prize for Investigative Reporting. The multimedia project and companion documentary short "Blind Spot" led to suspensions, investigations, and reviews that will keep dangerous drivers off the roads and saved lives. I frequently collaborated with the Spotlight team. In 2020 I helped track the spread of COVID throughout Massachusetts from patient zero. "The Virus's Tale" doc short was awarded the National Edward R. Murrow Award in the Hard News category. In 2019, I produced a video feature examining the human toll of the opioid epidemic in Quincy, Mass. and a documentary short exploring the effects of climate change on Cape Cod. These projects and more earned six New England Emmy Awards. I was a 2019 Pulitzer Center reporting grantee along with the rest of the Cape climate team. "At the Edge of a Warming World" was awarded the 2020 National Edward R. Murrow Award for feature reporting. I coordinated and led a one-week takeover of the Pulitzer Center's social platforms expanding the reach of our work.I directed and co-produced the first season of "A Beautiful Resistance" a Globe docuseries and special collaboration with Reebok centering Black joy in New England. I was the supervising producer for season two, mentoring three video fellows as they shot and edited eight episodes. Show less

Washington D.C. Metro Area

I field produced, pitched, shot and edited two award-winning documentary series for McClatchy Studios, the newspaper company’s documentary unit. "Ground Game: Texas" and "Titletown, TX: All We Got" are now streaming on Amazon Prime.I worked with 30 McClatchy newsrooms spanning the U.S. to tell local stories for a national audience. One of the most ambitious projects I worked on was a four-month embed on the campaign trail for “Ground Game: Texas” a real-time Facebook Watch… Show more I field produced, pitched, shot and edited two award-winning documentary series for McClatchy Studios, the newspaper company’s documentary unit. "Ground Game: Texas" and "Titletown, TX: All We Got" are now streaming on Amazon Prime.I worked with 30 McClatchy newsrooms spanning the U.S. to tell local stories for a national audience. One of the most ambitious projects I worked on was a four-month embed on the campaign trail for “Ground Game: Texas” a real-time Facebook Watch docuseries following the U.S. Senate race across Texas. The series became available for streaming on Amazon Prime in early 2019. I also edited, produced social videos and did post-production work on two Facebook Watch series “The War Within” and “All We Got." Show less

Washington D.C. Metro Area

I produced original online video news content for McClatchy's 30 local newsrooms across the U.S., including the Miami Herald and Sacramento Bee. I aggregated, scripted and edited with McClatchy's award-winning Video Lab. Shot, edited and produced breaking national and local news video for the Real-Time Desk in D.C. Promoted to the documentary unit.

Washington, District Of Columbia

I produced social video content for the McClatchy Video Lab and our 30 local markets across the U.S. including The Miami Herald, The Sacramento Bee and The Idaho Statesman. I pitched daily story ideas, sourced and cut wire stories for day turns, created native video for Facebook by market with an emphasis on local news. Hired to staff position.

Dakar, Senegal, West Africa

I produced original video and photo content on the ground in West Africa for clients including Associated Press (AP) Television News, United Nations Population Fund and the Center for Strategic & International Studies among others. My January 2016 maternal health coverage was published in a report funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. Food security project photo stories I produced and shot on a documentation mission with a U.S. Congressional Delegation were presented on… Show more I produced original video and photo content on the ground in West Africa for clients including Associated Press (AP) Television News, United Nations Population Fund and the Center for Strategic & International Studies among others. My January 2016 maternal health coverage was published in a report funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. Food security project photo stories I produced and shot on a documentation mission with a U.S. Congressional Delegation were presented on Capitol Hill in September 2016. I was commissioned by the UN to undertake an expansive solo documentation trip, interviewing youth activists, midwives and community organizers in three regions of Senegal for an official UN report. I shot and edited a 9-minute video for a nonprofit commission on their pop-up maternal health and family planning clinics, which was broadcast on state television across Senegal in 2015. Show less

Dakar, Senegal, West Africa

I created a position and secured a $3,000 USAID Maternal and Child Health grant to shoot a 57-interview video project. I arranged solo passage by plane, boat, car and donkey cart to every region in Senegal as a one-woman production team working with interpreters in 10 local languages. I edited a 30-minute video screened at the U.S. Embassy Dakar for USAID, U.S. Department of Justice and United National Population Fund in December 2014. I also created a website for the largest Peace… Show more I created a position and secured a $3,000 USAID Maternal and Child Health grant to shoot a 57-interview video project. I arranged solo passage by plane, boat, car and donkey cart to every region in Senegal as a one-woman production team working with interpreters in 10 local languages. I edited a 30-minute video screened at the U.S. Embassy Dakar for USAID, U.S. Department of Justice and United National Population Fund in December 2014. I also created a website for the largest Peace Corps post in sub-Saharan Africa. I produced and curated social media content for Facebook to grow our audience 150 percent in a year. Show less

Guinguineo, Senegal

I trained 200 women in small-scale agriculture projects after conducting community surveys to identify areas of economic and ecological interest in the rural farming community where I lived for two years. I then coordinated a $4,700 microloan program facilitating 80 women to establish small enterprises. I also designed a multimedia campaign for girls’ leadership camp raised over $6,000.

Gainesville, Florida Area

Identified and pitched local news and visual journalism including local politics. Reported on edited breaking news, spot news, sports, features and shot studio portraits.

Gainesville, Florida, United States

Reported, shot and edited breaking news, spot news, sports, features and studio portraits. Worked with photo and breaking news desks to coordinate coverage and carry out assignments across central Florida.

Master Of Arts (M.A.), Politics And Global Affairs

Intensive coursework covering international and U.S.-based political reporting and investigative journalism. Subject-specific courses.

Certificate, New Media Narratives

Workshops in mobile video/photo production, editing, audio capture and podcast production. Produced a documentary video installation.

B.S. Journalism, Photojournalism

Reporting, ethics and editing coursework. Produced multimedia projects documenting a town of retired carnival workers and one family’s.

International Baccalaureate (Ib), High School/Secondary Diplomas And Certificates