editor/filmmaker/storyteller
jill woodward
EXPERIENCE
Freelance Clients/Projects, 2006 -- present:
•Mount Sinai School of Medicine: April 2009-present
Shoot, edit, and co-script web series about brain injury.
•Trail of Feathers: February 2007 – January 2009
Feature-length documentary film editor
•Radio Netherlands Worldwide: September 2007 – present
Produced, reported, and co-presented the daily program Newsline.
Reported for weekly program Bridges with Africa.
•Game on or Game Over? December 2006 – September 2007
Shot, edited, and scripted 30-minute educational video.
•Other clients: TIME.com, Fed-Ex, Greenpeace International, YouHere production company, musician Francis Mbappe, sculptor Ursula von Rydingsvard, Dutch news agency ANP, b-good fashion blog, Modern Dance Awareness Society
CNN New York: 1999 – 2006
•Editor/Producer
•Edited and co-produced 4-6 minute entrepreneur and celebrity profiles.
•Edited and co-produced magazine/investigative pieces, general news, promotional spots, and marketing reels.
•Maintained equipment.
•Supervised staff editors and scheduled projects.
CNN Atlanta: 1990 – 1999
•Tape Editor: 1994 – 1999
•Edited international and national news packages and feature reports for tight deadline.
•Supervised staff editors and assigned projects for hourly news programs.
•Sound Technician: 1996 –1999
Operated field audio mixer and assisted photographer during interviews, press conferences, and breaking news coverage.
EDUCATION
•Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida: December 1989
Bachelor of Science in Communication, cum laude.
Major in Media Production, minor in Film Studies
•Universidad Pontificia de Salamanca, Spanish Language Summer Program, Spain: 1995
•Instituut voor Nederlands als Tweede Taal, Dutch Language Course, Amsterdam: 2006
VOLUNTEER WORK
Communications & Graphics Department at 4th Street Food Co-op: 2009 – present
SKILLS
Post Production:
•Final Cut Pro 6
•Avid Media Composer
•Adobe After Effects
•Boris
•DVD Studio Pro
•Garage Band
•Photoshop knowledge
Field Production:
•shooting
•basic lighting
•audio mixing
•interviewing
Web:
•professional blogging
•basic HTML
•CMS
•Drupal
