I'm an audience engagement producer at The Marshall Project, a nonprofit newsroom covering U.S. criminal justice. Previously, I produced social video for The Washington Post, participated in the YouTube Creator Program for Independent Journalists and worked at The New York Times Student Journalism Institute, The Texas Tribune and Retro Report, a documentary newsroom that often publishes with outlets like The New York Times and PBS. I am a graduate of the Medill School of Journalism, Media, Integrated Marketing Communications at Northwestern University in Evanston, Ill. There, I served as video editor and digital managing editor of the student newspaper, The Daily Northwestern.
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Video Producer And Newsletter WriterLni MediaChicago, Il, Us -
Audience Engagement ProducerThe Marshall Project Jul 2023 - PresentHost and produce vertical explainer videos on local and national politics, developing news stories, complex policies and government wrongdoing, growing The Marshall Project’s YouTube and TikTok accounts by over 40,000 followers each. -
Associate Producer, TiktokThe Washington Post Nov 2021 - Jul 2023Washington, District Of Columbia, United StatesCollaboratively developed The Post’s social strategy on TikTok, helping to grow the account’s follower count by nearly 500,000 through videos about existing Post reporting and original enterprise pieces. -
Video InternThe Washington Post Jun 2021 - Nov 2021Covered news events through a variety of video formats, including TikToks, short-form explanatory videos, visual forensics stories, and social media video mashups.
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Video JournalistThe New York Times Student Journalism Institute Feb 2021 - May 2021Produced, reported and edited a 2.5 minute video feature on mothers of police abuse survivors who advocate for police and prison abolition, driving attention to an underreported and often misrepresented topic
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InternRetro Report Sep 2020 - Nov 2020Interviewed sources, conducted historical research and analyzed hundreds of Census and genealogy records, helping establish the angle of Retro Report’s short-form video story about residential segregation and health disparities during the covid-19 pandemic -
Associate ProducerNorthwestern University Medill School Oct 2019 - Oct 2020Evanston, Illinois, United StatesCollaborated with a documentary team on a project about new local news ventures in Youngstown, Ohio, editing 16 hours of footage into refined scenes that serve as the framework for the final story -
Virtual FellowNbc News Jun 2020 - Jul 2020Engaged in five workshops with industry leaders, learning about topics such as setting career goals and gaining mentors -
In Focus EditorThe Daily Northwestern Dec 2019 - Mar 2020Evanston, Illinois, United StatesDeveloped investigations on topics ranging from fossil fuel divestment to challenges facing small businesses; incorporated a video with every investigative print story, becoming The Daily’s first editor to do so -
Digital Managing EditorThe Daily Northwestern Apr 2019 - Dec 2019Evanston, IlOversaw the video and audio desks, recruiting new multimedia staffers and leading efforts to create more narrative-based multimedia content.
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Video EditorThe Daily Northwestern Mar 2018 - Mar 2019Evanston, IlPivoted content from event recaps to narrative and character-driven documentary shorts; increased YouTube views by about one-third.
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Audio EditorThe Daily Northwestern Sep 2018 - Dec 2018Evanston, IlRevived a weekly podcast on pertinent issues at Northwestern and in Evanston while also running the video desk.
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Multimedia FellowTexas Tribune Jun 2019 - Aug 2019Austin, TexasReported, filmed and edited videos on topics including immigration, manufacturing jobs and the El Paso shooting; wrote the Tribune’s daily news podcast, “The Brief,” synthesizing a day’s worth of news into roughly three minutes. -
Producer And EditorWpbt Jul 2018 - Aug 2018Interviewed sources, coordinated shoots and led the scripting and editing of an Emmy-nominated documentary that aired on South Florida’s PBS station, guiding the project’s angle and narrative structure
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Assistant Video EditorThe Daily Northwestern Jan 2018 - Mar 2018Evanston, Il
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Video ReporterThe Daily Northwestern Oct 2017 - Jan 2018Evanston, Il
Chris V. Education Details
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Journalism
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