Video Editor and Producer
Resume:
Margot Buff
www.margotbuff.com
**********@*******.***
Bulharská 20, 10 100 Prague 10, Czech Republic
U.S. and Czech dual citizen
SELECTED WORK EXPERIENCE
Multimedia Producer
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL), September 2008 – present
Report, shoot, write and edit original news and feature videos for RFE/RL's English website and 28 language departments
• Produce short video features for social media combining motion graphics, video and photos
• Write and edit daily video news summaries with material shot by correspondents in Europe, the Middle East and Central Asia
• Manage production, editing and distribution of breaking news videos from international agencies
• Train RFE/RL staff on multimedia production, including video editing, videography, photography and basic motion graphics
• Collaborate with international reporters on joint broadcast and multimedia packages and oversee translation and distribution in English
Web Editor
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL), December 2006 – September 2008
• Wrote articles, headlines, captions and teasers and produced videos and photo galleries for RFE/RL’s English website
Edited copy for the website, maintaining AP and in-house style guidelines
• Worked with RFE/RL’s content management system and social media platforms to develop and promote the company’s online presence
Copy Editor
Czech Business Weekly, September 2005 – April 2006
• Wrote and edited content for the Czech Republic’s main English-language business newspaper
News Writer
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL), September 2001 – September 2004
• Researched and wrote news articles and features for radio broadcast
• Monitored, managed and assigned news coverage for RFE/RL's internal 24-hour news service
Freelance Writer
The Prague Post, Czech Business Weekly, and other publications, October 2001 – December 2006
• Reported on education, environment, health, social issues, culture and the arts
Teacher of English as a Foreign Language
Glossa Language School, April 2000 – September 2001
• Taught business English and general English to adult students of all levels
EDUCATION
Bachelor of Arts at Bryn Mawr College, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania; completed May 1999
Double-majored in English and Linguistics (at Swarthmore College); graduated Magna Cum Laude
One-year practical filmmaking program at Prague Film School; completed May 2005
SKILLS
• Video editing with Adobe Premiere Pro, Final Cut Pro, and Avid
Motion graphics with Adobe After Effects
• Photo editing and post-processing with Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Lightroom
• Documentary videography and photography with HD video cameras and DSLRs
• Basic web publishing via content management systems
• Copy editing with AP style
SELECTED MEDIA PROJECTS
Producer, camera operator, writer and editor
• Soviet Food and Soviet Housing: http://www.margotbuff.com/soviet-food/
• Refugee Aid With Lighthouse Relief: http://www.margotbuff.com/refugee-aid/
• Czechoslovakia’s Rock Revolution: http://www.margotbuff.com/czechoslovakia-rock-revolution/
• EU Immigrants Feel Stress Of Impending Brexit Vote: http://www.margotbuff.com/brexit/
• Nobel Laureate Svetlana Alexievich: A Quest “To Understand Who We Are”: http://www.margotbuff.com/nobel-laureate-alexievich/
• Former Refugees Lead Relief Effort In Sweden: http://www.margotbuff.com/refugees-in-sweden/
• Eyeing Russia, Gotland Gets Nervous: http://www.margotbuff.com/gotland-gets-nervous/
Photography
• Photo essay: Mardi Gras In The Czech Republic
http://www.vice.com/read/czech-carnival-is-a-village-boozefest-405
• Photo essay: In Nagorno-Karabakh, Daily Life At The Heart Of A Frozen Conflict
http://www.rferl.org/media/photogallery/nagorno-karabakh/25319756.html
• Photo essay: Music And Worship At A Romany Pilgrimage
http://www.margotbuff.com/romany-pilgrimage/
Documentaries
Director, camera operator, writer and editor
• “Tramping in Bohemia”: http://www.margotbuff.com/tramping-in-bohemia/
Official selection at American Documentary Film Festival; Big Sky Documentary Film Festival; Wild and Scenic Film Festival; DocUtah; and Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival. Broadcast on The Community Channel in the U.K.
• “Fish Eye”: http://www.margotbuff.com/fish-eye/
Official selection at Angel Film Festival; Bird's Eye View Film Festival; Leeds International Film Festival; Crown Point Film Festival; Euroshorts Film Festival; and The DIY Film Festival. Broadcast on Propeller TV in the U.K.
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