Resume
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Co-curriculars | Community service
Camera jib assistant for film and TV
- Rob Child and Associates: Gettysburg: Three Days of Destiny (7-8/03)
- TV Land: Game Time (2005)
- John Thomas Kelly Productions: Throw it Down (8/06)
- White Cherry Productions: The 62nd Annual Tony Awards (6/08)
- Showtime Networks: Inside the NFL tease promos (7/08)
- Sony Pictures Television: Rescue Me (7/08)
- National Geographic TV Specials: Genographic Project (7/08)
CitrusTV, Syracuse, N.Y. (9/07 to present)
CitrusTV.net
- Director, technical director, editor, photog, audio, vtr
CitrusTV News Live at 6 p.m. - Technical director
SUper Sports Live-to-tape play-by-play sports production - Technical director, art director
CitrusTV News Live Election Special November 2008 - Editor, photog
'Cuse Countdown, On the Bench, Orange Press Pass - Web media director
fall 2008 to present (executive staff position) - Winner of 2008 CitrusTV News Tech award
The Daily Orange, Syracuse, N.Y.
Asst. copy editor (8/08 to 12/08)
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The Gazette, Port Jervis, N.Y.
Correspondent (3/06 to present)
View my clips | Gazette Web site
- 8,200-circulation Dow Jones weekly journal by the Middletown, N.Y. Times Herald-Record
High School for Leadership and Public Service, New York, N.Y.
(1/09 to 5/09)
- Selected to teach a citizenship class at a public high school in lower Manhattan
Ryan Balton Multimedia
(2004 to present)
- Freelance graphic design, photography, tech support, web design, and video/DVD production
- Bruce Balton Camera (brucebalton.com)
- Cheer Ltd.
- Cranberry's (cranberrysbrooklynheights.com)
- Myer the Florist (myertheflorist.com)
- Reliable Paper Recycling and Wood Products
- Washburn Construction
- Misc. weddings and events
- Director/producer - Controversy on the Delaware: A Look Upstream at the Tocks Island Dam Project Documentary recognized by the Black Bear Film Festival, the History Channel, International Cinematographers Guild, National Academy of TV Arts and Sciences, National History Day
- Publisher - RB for DV, news and opinion blog about the Delaware Valley School District, averages 100 hits a day (rbfordv.blogspot.com)
Syracuse University Bird Library, Syracuse, N.Y.
Computer consultant (9/07 to present)
- Tech support for audio/video capture, printing, scanning; Adobe CS, Final Cut Pro, MS Office
- “Valuable student employee” in April 2008
Delaware Valley High School, Milford, Pa.
Graduated June 2007
GPA: 4.025
Class Rank: 25 of 460
Syracuse University, Syracuse, N.Y.
Expected graduation Dec. 2010
Dual major: Television, radio, film / policy studies (specialization in education)
GPA: 3.2
Computer Software
Operating systems: thorough experience with Mac OS X and Windows 95-Vista; some with Windows Server
Proficient with
- ADOBE Dreamweaver - InDesign - Illustrator - Photoshop
- APPLE Final Cut Pro - Final Cut Express - iLife suite
- Audacity
- CHYRON Lyric
- MICROSOFT Excel - FrontPage - PowerPoint - Word
Basic experience with
- ADOBE Flash
- AP ENPS
- APPLE Compressor - DVD Studio Pro - LiveType - Motion
- AVID Media Composer - Xpress Pro
- Boris Red
- Celtx
- Soundslides
Web programming languages: CSS, HTML; some basic ASP, JavaScript, PHP (Wordpress)
Equipment
- 360 Systems Image Server 2000
- Grass Valley Group 200 production switcher
- Nikon dSLR bodies, flashes, lenses
- Sony Anycast station
- Stanton Jimmy Jib Triangle, set up and basic operation to 40 feet, interior and exterior
- Various audio mixers, microphones
- Canon, JVC, Panasonic, Sony DVCAM and MiniDV cameras, standard and high definition
- Lighting boards
- Tape decks and video monitors
- Tripods, c-stands, and so on
- Advanced Placement (AP) Scholar
- AXA Achievement Community Scholarship '07
- Int'l Cinematographers Guild Scholarship '07
- Kodak Young Leaders Award '06
- Most Outstanding Orchestra Member '04, '06
- National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences- John Canon Scholarship '07
- National Honor Society
- PA High School Computer Fair - state finalist: web design '06 and desktop publishing '07
- Pencor Telecommunications Scholarship '07
- Pike Co. Public Library volunteer of the year '08
- President's Council on Service and Civic Participation- Gold Volunteer Award '07
- Rotary Club: Junior Rotarian; Leaders Camp '06
- Senior class prom court
- Student of the Month grades 11 and 12
- Syracuse University Founders Scholarship
- Who's Who Among High School Students '04-07
- Xerox Award for Innovation and IT '06
Syracuse University
- Chamber string ensemble - cellist
- Odyssey of the Mind - 2nd at world finals '08
- Orange Television Network - camera volunteer
Delaware Valley Middle and High School
- Broadcast Del Val, video news director, 10-12
- DV World, Web site - 9, 10; editor 11, 12
- Newspaper - 6-12; editor in chief 7, 8, 11, 12
- Odyssey of the Mind - states 4, 5, 8; worlds 9-12
- Orchestra, chamber orch., pit band - 3-12
- Peer Mediation - 7-12
- Podcast Del Val - founder, co-host, editor 11, 12
- PTA Reflections/Arts in Education program K-12; 1st place in state for photography '05
- PTSA - student officer 9-12
- Student Council - school enhancement chair 10-12
- Relay for Life of Del. Valley- PR chair '04-07
- Delaware River Cleanup '05-08
- John Dau Sudan Foundation - promo video '08
- The Media Unit, teen TV in Syracuse '08
- Northeast PA Odyssey of the Mind - PR director, tournament judge '06-08 (nepaootm.com)
- Pike Co. Public Library volunteer (pcpl.org) '01-08
- Syracuse City School District - mentor/tutor '08
References available upon request.