trevinsmithmedia@gmail.com | thetrevinsmith.com/film
@trevinnotkevin | 510.861.7443 | New York, NY
From film festivals to national newsrooms, I deliver dependable visual work for clients and employers across diverse backgrounds.
Experience
Producer/Editor | VERIFY, New York, NY | October 2021 – Present
● Produces daily fact-checking videos that air across TEGNA’s 64 stations nationwide.
● Writes, films, and produces videos for VERIFY’s YouTube and various social platforms.
● Writes and reviews scripts across VERIFY’s platforms including national stories.
Freelance Producer | San Francisco, CA | May 2021 – September 2021
● Produced a documentary focusing on four local leaders in the Philippines, China, Azerbaijan, and the U.S fighting to save their communities from the pandemic.
● Produced a short film following a rock climber with Multiple Sclerosis. The film premiered in June, 2021 at the New York City Independent Film Festival.
National Video Fellow | McClatchy, Washington D.C. | August 2020 – April, 2021
● Produced over 50 breaking news videos for White House correspondents.
● Produced a two-time Emmy award winning documentary series following a team of doctors and nurses battling the first wave of Covid-19 in a Miami ICU.
● Produced over 600 videos for over 30 different newsrooms across the country.
But wait, there’s more
● Two-time Emmy nominated filmmaker.
● Over several years of experience in Adobe Premiere and Photoshop.
● Skilled in operating Canon C100/C300/XF400 and BMPCC 4k/6k.
● Part-time Adjunct Professor at Columbia’s Journalism School in the video department.
Education
M.S. Journalism | Columbia Journalism School, New York, NY | 2020
● Awarded the inaugural Kim Wall Scholarship in journalism.
B.S. Journalism |San Jose State University, San Jose, CA | 2018
● Traveled to Greece and Italy to produce a documentary following several Syrian refugees seeking asylum.
Ask about me
● Lindsay Claiborn, Senior Editor, Video, VERIFY | LClaiborn@verifythis.com
● Alex Clark, Producer, CBS News Confirmed | alexclarkcontact@gmail.com
● Duy Linh Tu, Journalism Professor,Columbia Journalism School | dnt3@columbia.edu