Jason Hackman

Production of political campaign commercials and short-subject documentaries.

Deep online and offline research. Worked with international museums, government agencies, and private archives to find documentary photos and video of gypsy communities from the early 20th century. Research topics included: gypsies and the Holocaust, Gypsy jazz, Romania, and historical depictions of gypsies. Reading and summarizing topics for the editors and producers to review. Gathering information for rights and clearance of video and photographs..

Researched stories and people who lost family members to gun violence, pre-screened them, wrote treatments of their stories, and scheduled them for shooting. Investigative research into the NRA. FOIA requests, legal/government searches, and tracking down hard to find facts. Screening research content for fair use.

Video editor tasked with quick turnaround on corporate videos. DVD authoring and compression for projects in .mp4, .wmv, .flv, and m2v/ac3 formats.

Researcher tasked with finding reviewing articles, videos, and archival information and putting it in digest form for the producers and editors. Performed detailed online searches of government records and fact-checking.