Filmmaker. @BBC contributor. Created @NiemanStory’s “Field Testing”. Previously @cnn, @colbertlateshow, @business, @CBSNews, @POLITICO. @UNCJschool & @Niemanfnd
Brooklyn, NY
Joined September 2009
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I wanted to find new approaches to visual storytelling, take my skills to another level & help others to do the same. So I moved to a farm, began experimenting & compiled the results into a @niemanstory series called Field Testing. New ep out this week! niemanstoryboard.org/tag/fie…
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I enjoyed taking part in the filming of this interesting @BBC_Reel on ghost towns, alongside Alan Weisman (The World Without Us). Created by @AlexanderTrow
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Watch: Hammocks: A higher form of camping
✨A brilliant video/love letter to the hammock by @AlexanderTrow bbc.com/reel/video/p0gbv8t7/…
My latest video is currently on the BBC homepage.
Commissioning editor: @nnguerrero
Full piece: bbc.com/reel/playlist/sustai…
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"It's a little bit like a monkey compared to the elephant in the room which is sea level rise combined with storm surges," says the great Klaus Jacob who always knows how to bring it back to the real issue. Thanks @AlexanderTrow @BBCWorld
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Attempted to live-switch an interview with Mom and it was distracting but luckily she has all the content covered. Happy early Mother's Day.
This was my favorite episode to make, falls and all
Drone shots can set the scene. They add context — the kind of context you can only get 400 feet above the ground, reminding the audience that your story doesn’t exist in isolation.
niemanstoryboard.org/stories… via @AlexanderTrow
Humbled that the series I made with @niemanstory was chosen as a finalist for the Online News Association Awards in the category of Short Form Digital Video Storytelling. We're up against The Last Call, a powerful project by @frontlinepbs & @NewYorker: youtube.com/watch?v=DqOeiQkU…
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Congrats to @AlexanderTrow, whose Field Testing series has been named a finalist in digital video storytelling for the @ONA Online Journalism Awards!
Follow along the series' journey to demystify how, when and why to add video to your storytelling:
niemanstoryboard.org/stories…
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What working on a farm taught @alexandertrow about visual storytelling:
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The final episode of Field Testing is out today! Beyond grateful to @niemanfdn for making this series about multimedia innovation possible.
You can now binge the whole thing here: youtube.com/playlist?list=PL…
Big thanks to @LeahBecerra & @JacquiB for all the thoughtful notes and guidance helping me improve each episode and and for everything they did getting this series to an audience. And thank you @JamesGeary for pitching me the idea of a Nieman video column in the first place :)
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I wanted to share what I was learning with others so that they can expand their skill sets and in doing so expand their opportunities for collaboration. @AlexanderTrow @niemanstory bit.ly/3fuldiv
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And finally, NEW TODAY, here's episode 5 of "Field Testing"🙌
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Flying a drone while skiing is not recommended.
(Full episode on @niemanstory: niemanstoryboard.org/tag/fie…)
#MOJO #DJIMini2 #SoloProduction #dronephotography
How to create simple graphics when editing a video on your phone (w/ apps @Procreate Pocket & @LumaTouch's LumaFusion)
Full episode here: niemanstoryboard.org/stories… #MOJO #MobileJournalism
If you're a journalist curious about video editing, I would highly recommend mobile editing as an entry point. It costs less, it's less complicated and you can do it from anywhere (which for me in this video was a barn): youtu.be/f_2ZRMxpEq8
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.@AlexanderTrow's mobile editing challenge proves you can produce great video anywhere ... even in a barn in the middle of winter.
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How the app @LumaTouch and a mobile contraption I’m calling the “field editor” allowed me to edit a full news video on my phone (in the barn where it was filmed): niemanstoryboard.org/stories… via @niemanstory
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Wherein @AlexanderTrow builds a studio on a selfie stick. “Learning how to film yourself and do so well can unlock one of your greatest assets as a storyteller: You.” niemanstoryboard.org/stories…
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How to take your journalism to new heights with a drone niemanstoryboard.org/stories… via @niemanstory by @AlexanderTrow