Jason Smith

The series is a weekly segment within PBS NewsHour and features one interview with someone talking about their personal take and experience on a certain topic. Some of the episodes I've edited include Gloria Steinem talking about her abortion when she was in her twenties, Steve Martin and Martin Short laughing about their enduring friendship, and Phan Thi Kim Phuc telling her life story after being photographed after a napalm attack in Vietnam when she was a child. It is a show in which I've created some of my favorite pieces.

Edited multi-camera interviews for PBS web series that would also occasionally be output for broadcast. Assisted in scripting, edited full episode including adding music, graphics, color and audio mix, and prepped for delivery.

Duties include editing videos for daily web distribution across multiple platforms, writing scripts, post-producing and supervising editor’s projects, co-developing a brand from the ground up, maintaining content publishing workflows, communicating directly with production, fostering a positive work culture, managing hundreds of hours of interviews and verite 4K footage across a NAS-based server, training and supervising editors, and working with publishers to achieve daily content output.

Duties included writing script, hiring and managing field & post, managing budget, field producing and shooting, directing talent, story producing, and network delivery.

Eight-part historical documentary investigation. Duties included research, booking locations, helping develop scripts, cast on-camera experts, assist in coordinating and executing shoots both domestic and international.

Docu series following millennials hard at work to change their world. Duties included researching subjects, outreach, casting, and editing character cast reels.

Daily online video series in AJ+ style for History Channel. Duties included writing scripts, managing crews remotely, post-producing, and field producing.

Assisted in casting episode characters, researching topics, assisting in post, and field AP’ing.

Duties included handling payroll, coordinating logistics, post-producing, and field producing.

Duties included developing and casting episode stories, writing act segments, working with talent, directing camera, operating as producer/shooter for multiple pickup shoots, field producing eight person crews, and working with post producers to help craft episodes.

Worked in the field. Attained releases for all persons and locations. Assisted camera op. Ran B Cam night vision when necessary. Drove follow-car throughout all calls.

Assisted camera operator. Attained all necessary releases in field. Drove follow car on calls. Created daily log sheets for HQ.