OLGA SLOBODCHIKOVA

Video journalist, documentary filmmaker

Resume in PDF

olga.s.journalist@gmail.com

QUALIFICATIONS SUMMARY

• Documentary post-production experience at Jigsaw Productions and Radical Media

• 4 years of producing and reporting international news for the BBC

• 5 years of video editing (Adobe Suite, Avid), 2 years of shooting video

• Awardee of the World Journalist Fellowship given by NYU to one experienced international journalist each year

WORK EXPERIENCE

FREELANCE VIDEO EDITOR, PRODUCER, CINEMATOGRAPHER, NEW YORK

• Contribute to the editing of an upcoming Alex Gibney’s documentary as a Post-Production Trainee at Jigsaw Productions (June 2018 - Present)

• Processed and translated Russian-language footage for TAKEN BY THE TIGER, Ross Kaufman’s documentary in post-production at Radical Media (May - August 2018)

• Directed AGE OF NO FEAR, a documentary on Russian teenagers protesting Vladimir Putin with support from the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (May 2017 - March 2018)

• Conducted archival and character research for a high-profile documentary, developed more than 20 new documentary projects as an intern at Jigsaw Productions (September 2017 – March 2018)

• Reported from Cambodia for the NYU Global Beat project, shooting a PBS NewsHour report (as an AC) and VR stories the New York Times and Huffington Post (March 2017)

BRITISH BROADCASTING CORPORATION (BBC), MOSCOW

Correspondent, October 2014 - August 2016

Multimedia Producer, April 2012 - October 2014

• Reported on Russia for the BBC News and BBC World TV channels and BBC radio stations, e.g.,  the doping scandal and the crisis Russia’s relations with the West

• Reported on developments in politics, social issues, culture and sport for the BBC Russian Service website, interviewed high-profile figures

• Produced hundreds of video packages, editing up to four videos a day on tight deadlines in a fast-paced environment

• Wrote more than 200 news and feature stories, covering Russian and global news

THE NEW YORK TIMES, MOSCOW

Intern / Freelance Researcher, August 2011 - March 2012

• Covered Russia-related news, published two stories with a byline

• Contributed to 20 stories by staff reporters, e.g., Pulitzer Prize-winners Ellen Barry and Andrew Kramer, by reporting in the field, research and fact-checking

SKILLS

• Broadcast news, digital video, documentary, VR production

• Video Editing (Adobe Premiere, Avid, After Effects, AutoPano)

• Shooting video (Sony, Canon cameras)

• Writing (news, feature, video and radio scripts)

• Research / fact-checking

• Social media publishing (Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Instagram), SEO

• Hostile Environment/ War Training

• Fluent Russian, intermediate French, Italian