Dana Wachter Email & Phone Number

Remote: Currently Based In Cambridge, Ontario

Starting in Ghana and transitioning to Canada, I've created videos for companies and non-profits and since then, I've freelance reported for international media organizations like Deutsche Welle, Global Sisters Report and Times of Israel, in Ghana and Ontario. I'm eager to continue using my video and writing skills to share diverse stories of impact for non-profits and social enterprise style organizations.• Video Journalism for international news outlets; report, shoot, edit video news… Show more Starting in Ghana and transitioning to Canada, I've created videos for companies and non-profits and since then, I've freelance reported for international media organizations like Deutsche Welle, Global Sisters Report and Times of Israel, in Ghana and Ontario. I'm eager to continue using my video and writing skills to share diverse stories of impact for non-profits and social enterprise style organizations.• Video Journalism for international news outlets; report, shoot, edit video news pieces• Digital Storytelling for NGO’s, startups and established organizations wanting to promote their brand and/or share their mission and value; shoot, edit and produce overview videos and provide pictures for external use• Available for consultation re: social media/web presence development, organizing internal communications policy and donor outreach materials Show less

Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

- Research focus: Global migration inequities and barriers- Social Science and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) Scholarship Recipient- Selected by Graduate School Dean to serve on the prestigious Vice-Provost Selection Committee, 2022

London, Canada Area

Corporate Communications Specialist and Videographer• Develop communications plans and strategies for multiple service areas throughout the City of London• Create and work within budgets, coordinating media buys and organizing unpaid media opportunities to promote projects and events that impact residents throughout the city• Collaborate with communication specialists and other divisions to craft social media and communications strategies, newsletter content, event creation and… Show more Corporate Communications Specialist and Videographer• Develop communications plans and strategies for multiple service areas throughout the City of London• Create and work within budgets, coordinating media buys and organizing unpaid media opportunities to promote projects and events that impact residents throughout the city• Collaborate with communication specialists and other divisions to craft social media and communications strategies, newsletter content, event creation and storytelling on brand• Create written and video messaging and content for all divisions within the City of London including, but not limited to: transportation, planning, culture, elections, neighbourhood engagement• Shoot and edit video stories to publish on social media, press releases and web site• Create and organize asset database to save for future use Show less

Winneba, Central Region, Ghana

With pictures, videos and blogs, I tell the story of our multi-faceted NGO; explaining what we do to an international audience, locally in Ghana and Africa, plus to Western donors and parties of interest. Updating the Challenging Heights web site, I post to social media daily, write weekly blogs, create and send out quarterly blogs and have organized the last three annual reports.I work with our advocacy team with materials for press releases and advocacy campaigns to petition government… Show more With pictures, videos and blogs, I tell the story of our multi-faceted NGO; explaining what we do to an international audience, locally in Ghana and Africa, plus to Western donors and parties of interest. Updating the Challenging Heights web site, I post to social media daily, write weekly blogs, create and send out quarterly blogs and have organized the last three annual reports.I work with our advocacy team with materials for press releases and advocacy campaigns to petition government leaders and policy makers; encourage police to strengthen child trafficking enforcement, and raise awareness throughout local communities in Ghana.As Challenging Heights expands and grows, I organize a solid base of communications files: pictures, videos and written material, to be shared with donors and stakeholders, as well as the general public. I am developing a communications policy, which includes a newly implemented informed consent protocol, to protect our beneficiaries' privacy and dignity. Challenging Heights is a child rights organization that "promotes youth and family empowerment, children's rights to education and freedom from forced labour." Our vision is "a world where every child is in school and lives in a loving and caring family." Show less

Greenville, Sc

Emmy nominated "Video Journalist," I anchor the weekend newscasts for WHNS-TV, Fox Carolina. I am a general assignment reporter during the week, shooting and editing my own video and fronting the stories live on our 10 and 11 p.m. newscasts. Watch our live stream at www.foxcarolina.com during showtimes!I have coordinated and conducted interviews, shot my own video, wrote, edited and produced my own stories that I fronted on television on a daily basis. I am confident in situations… Show more Emmy nominated "Video Journalist," I anchor the weekend newscasts for WHNS-TV, Fox Carolina. I am a general assignment reporter during the week, shooting and editing my own video and fronting the stories live on our 10 and 11 p.m. newscasts. Watch our live stream at www.foxcarolina.com during showtimes!I have coordinated and conducted interviews, shot my own video, wrote, edited and produced my own stories that I fronted on television on a daily basis. I am confident in situations ranging from high profile political events to knocking on criminals’ doors. My role in the news business was that of wearing many hats, knowing the technical aspects, like conducting interviews via Skype or FaceTime, writing web stories and updating social media, as well as working on multiple stories at one time, on deadline. Show less

Johnson City, Tennessee Area

Report, shoot, write, edit daily news stories for Northeast TN, Southwest VA, and surrounding areas. Live reports with news and traffic updates for every morning show. Write for our convergence newspaper, the Bristol Herald Courier. Write and post stories for our website, www.TriCities.com.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Worked with producers and correspondent Lisa Stark, helped write for the Web, logged tape, accompanied on interviews, researched, attended production meetings and participated in planning process.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Interned in the newsroom at WTTG Fox 5 in Washington, D.C. Worked on the assignment desk, welcomed morning guests, accompanied reporters on interviews, wrote scripts, helped with Web research, learned from anchors, reporters, producers. Saw production from conception to broadcast in all aspects of the newsroom.

Greater Atlanta Area

Intern with CNN Presents (Now, CNN Special Investigations Unit). Worked with producers, attended production meetings, correlated scripts and narration, logged tape, transcribed tape.

Cleveland, Ga

Managed 14+ local and international staff members to care for approx. 80 teenagers, coordinating schedules and planning group activities, including a multi-day excursion. As a counselor, creating programs and organizing schedules while caring for ten 13 or 14 year-olds for 4-8 weeks each summer.

Master'S Degree

Education record

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.)