Dan Clark

EXPERIENCE:
Capital Tonight | NYStateofPolitics.com Albany, NY

DanClarkReports.com

Video Producer (July 2014 Present)

(518) 301 - 6672
Video producer for the only daily, statewide political television show in New York State.
DanClarkReports@Gmail.com
Establish sources and relationships to cultivate information for planning and reporting.
Research, report, and write for our companion blog, State of Politics - See Skills.
Arrange, plan, and produce each days rundown, including interview segments and daily reports.
Shoot and edit video for each nights edition of Capital Tonight.

Time Warner Cable News Albany, NY [Capital Region and Hudson Valley]
Producer (January 2014 July 2014)
Produced news content to run on the only 24-hour news channel in New York.
Everyday duties included script-writing, producing story ideas, and organizing reporters.
Duties also included producing in the control room and building each hours news wheel.

New York StateWatch

Legislative Correspondent; Intern (January 2012 June 2012)
Reported on specific legislation as it made its way through the New York State Legislature.
This included attending committee meetings to track bills and also sitting in on the Assembly and Senate during session.
Coverage occasionally included events about specific initiatives from lawmakers.

SUNY Research Foundation

Research Assistant (June 2012 September 2012); Teaching/Research Assistant (September 2013 -- December 2013)
2012: Used research techniques to code the treatment of LGBT individuals by governments globally over fifty years.
The project was designed to outline how LGBT rights have evolved in recent decades using the internet and archival sources
2013: Teaching Assistant for Journalism 100 at SUNY Albany. Taught students visual and digital reporting styles.
Also helped organize a trip for a group of Tunisian journalism professionals and students visiting the United States.

SPECIAL COVERAGE:
Ousting of Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver and Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos (2015)
Leaders from both legislative chambers were indicted on federal corruption charges during the 2015 legislative session. I
worked around the clock at the capitol to cover the story for our statewide audience.

Corruption Trial of Former State Sen. Tom Libous (2015)

I spent two weeks field producing our coverage of the corruption trial of former State Sen. Tom Libous in White Plains, NY.

SPECIAL PROJECTS:
Samples of Professional Video Work Available at: DanClarkReports.com/video

The Uncommon Core (2014) Director and Producer

Documentary film centered around the implementation and controversy of the Common Core learning standards in New York.

Faces of the Student Ghetto (2013) Video Producer

Online multimedia series profiling residents of the Pine Hills neighborhood of Albany, NY.

National Geographic Channel (Storyhouse Productions)

Production Assistant for the Sasquatch Planet episode of the international series Paranatural (May 2012)

ATV (Albany Student Television)

On-Air Personality and Field Reporter (September 2010 Fall 2012)

ASP (Albany Student Press)

Contributing Writer: Environmental and Political Concentration (Spring 2011 May 2014)

SKILLS:
Samples of Professional Writing Samples Available at: DanClarkReports.com/print
Correct use of both broadcast and print AP Writing Style and basic HTML Word Processing
Extensive skills in research, including the use of academic journals, print publications and resources online
Professional video editing with Final Cut Pro (7 and 10), Adobe Premiere, and Dalet
Professional audio editing with Adobe Audition and Audacity.
Video recording with professional broadcast camcorders and DSLR cameras
Audio recording with mobile audio recorders, shotgun microphones, lavalier microphones, and wired devices
Skilled in Adobe Photoshop, Microsoft Office, iWork, and OpenOffice on all Windows and Mac OSX Operating Systems

EDUCATION:
University at Albany
B.A. in Journalism with Honors
B.A. in Documentary Studies
Minor in Political Science

REFERENCES:
Bryan Terry, City&State (845) 905 - 2469
Liz Moran,Environmental Advocates of NY (518) 610 - 1828
Julie Casper Roth, Documentary Director (518) 763 - 5571