How to Land Your First Nonfiction Video Gig After Graduation

How to Land Your First Nonfiction Video Gig After Graduation: Professional Development, 2025-02-25, 2:00 PM; location/city: Location TBA; made possible by Sony Electronics. Award-winning NYC journalist/documentary filmmaker Léo Hamelin, formerly Brut. America’s Head of Documentaries leading a small team on US social documentaries and Blue Chalk Media Director/Producer, made 30 immersive, empathy-focused, first-person shorts on addiction, death, porn, immigration and the environment reaching millions worldwide; credits include Netflix, Al Jazeera, BBC, Time, Vox and The New York Times; “Quiet No More,” published in The New Yorker, won a National Magazine Award; she regularly teaches at Columbia’s Journalism School. Her firsthand insights offer practical strategies for a first nonfiction video job after graduation, strong portfolios, paid gigs, freelance vs. staff roles, confident pitches, standing out, impactful documentaries, career launches, finding opportunities and reaching wider au

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