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Sebastopol, Ca, Us

San Francisco, California, United States

- Oversee all aspects of video production within the Editorial Content Team for both internal and external uses at Wells Fargo bank.- Produce, direct, shoot, and edit videos as needed for educational and promotional purposes across all publishing platforms.- Provide senior guidance within the editorial department in assisting every LOB, collectively producing over 400 videos annually across the country.- Manage brand consistency and communications across all Wells Fargo departments.

Sonoma County, California, United States

- Founded Oystercat Productions LLC in Sonoma County in 2021.- Specialization in documentary-driven photography and video marketing content for organizations of all sizes.- Content focus on food, beverage, agriculture, hospitality, social justice, climate change, environmental policy, food security, labor, nutrition, travel and leisure, eco-tourism, land management, education, and technology.- Services include: photography, video production, web features, social media promotions, live/virtual event coverage, editing, color-correction, sound mixing, graphics, storyboarding, course modules, profiles, explainers, publishing strategy, etc.

Santa Rosa, California, United States

- Adjunct Professor in Communication Studies teaching Journ5 "Digital Nonfiction Storytelling"

Greater New York City Area

- Edited and published video news packages directly from the CBS News control rooms for CBSN, CBSNews.com, and all other streaming platforms.- Helped to build and promote CBS News’ OTT initiatives, and facilitate online content integration for the following shows: CBS This Morning, CBS Evening News, 60 Minutes, 48 Hours, Face The Nation, CBS Sunday Morning, CBS Originals, and all CBSN news blocks.

Greater New York City Area

- Spearheaded research and source gathering for the episode of Global Citizen’s six-part National Geographic series on mass incarceration. The episode, titled “Bail Reform and the Criminalization of Poverty,” focused on elements driving mass incarceration.- Responsible for coordination between sources and their assigned story producers and showrunners.

Doha, Qatar

- Al Jazeera English’s news and documentary fellowship in Doha, Qatar with the following programs: Witness, AJ+, AJE Online, NewsGrid, Inside Story, as well as the daily news broadcast.- Worked closely with senior producers to pitch, plan, and produce documentaries as well as cover breaking news events from around the world. Documentary and story examples include: bombings in Kabul, elections in Kenya, refugees in Lebanon, protests in Caracas, earthquakes in Mexico, free press in Cambodia, blockade on Qatar, etc.…

Greater New York City Area

Internship with Alex Gibney's team of documentary filmmakers at Jigsaw Productions' studio in New York City - I provided research, fact-checking, archival, and overall production assistant for the following documentaries:Main Project: "Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief"​Other Project Contributions: "Frank Sinatra: All or nothing at all"​"Mr. Dynamite: The rise of James Brown"​"Steve Jobs: The man in the machine"

Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China

Fulbright China Research Grant RecipientProject: Spiritual TourismCity: Hangzhou, Zhejiang ProvinceFulbright Critical Language Enhancement Award RecipientLanguage: Mandarin ChineseProgram: CET-HarbinProject: "Sustainable Tourism at China's Spiritual Sites"Abstract:In less than a generation’s time, China has lifted millions of people out of poverty and made tremendous strides toward greater social tolerance and personal liberties. These liberties include not only the right to worship, but also the right to profit from venues of worship. The People’s Republic of China officially recognizes five religions: Buddhism, Taoism, Islam, and Christianity treated as two faiths, Catholicism and Protestantism. As of 2011, the central government had identified and designated over 130,000 sacred sites for commercial purposes. In particular are Taoist and Buddhist settings, which have been noted as hallmarks for generating tourist revenue due to their dynamic imagery and sentiments of Chinese antiquity. Similar to other nations throughout both the developing and developed world, China is balancing its perspectives on authenticity and preservation with regard to tourist institutions. This study of sustainable tourism at China’s spiritual sites explores a multitude of the country’s modernization efforts, across both vast geography and socio-economic stratums. How is this multi-billion dollar industry supplying new sources of income to stimulate village economies? How are affluent urbanites subscribing to this newly available brand of recreation? Does a temple admission fee augment homage? Does a gondola to the top of a holy mountain count as a green initiative? How does a Communist government and self-described atheist state promote the capitalization of spiritual institutions?

Master Of Science (M.S.), Documentary Journalism, Graduate

Master of Science student at Columbia University's School of Journalism. Video Documentary Specialization.

B.A., Interdisciplinary China Studies, Ethnographic Photography

Thesis project: "The Implications of Wine in China" Abstract: Told through the narrative of China’s engagement with Western-style grape.

Academic Certificate, Social Sciences

Activities and Societies: Mandarin Chinese Language Emersion China Directed Social Science Departments: Sociology, History, Economics.

Arts Certificate, Film/Video

Activities and Societies: Film/Video Concentration, Super 8mm Club. California State Summer School for the Arts (CSSSA) scholarship.