Vanessa Abbitt is a Mexican-American photojournalist and graduate of the School of Visual Communication at Ohio University's Scripps College of Communication in Athens, Ohio. She has an interest in telling stories about the intersection between humans, the environment and culture. Currently she is working as a videographer at Arizona State University in Tempe, Arizona. She is available for freelance work as a photographer, videographer and video editor.…

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Vanessa Abbitt is a Mexican-American photojournalist and graduate of the School of Visual Communication at Ohio University's Scripps College of Communication in Athens, Ohio. She has an interest in telling stories about the intersection between humans, the environment and culture. Currently she is working as a videographer at Arizona State University in Tempe, Arizona. She is available for freelance work as a photographer, videographer and video editor.…

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Vanessa Abbitt is a Mexican-American photojournalist and graduate of the School of Visual Communication at Ohio University’s Scripps College of Communication in Athens, Ohio. She has an interest in telling stories about the intersection between humans, the environment and culture. Currently she is working as a videographer at Arizona State University in Tempe, Arizona. She is available for freelance work as a photographer, videographer and video editor.

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Language

English
Fluent
Spanish; Castilian
Advanced

Work Experience

Videographer/Editor at ASU Enterprise Partners
November 24, 2024 - Present
Makes photos and videos for projects that support marketing, outreach and engagement goals in the ASU Outreach Hub as junior videographer/editor using professional camera and studio equipment and editing with Adobe Premiere Pro, DaVinci Resolve, and Adobe After Effects. Contributes to major university-wide campaigns
Photojournalism intern, Pulliam Fellow at The Arizona Republic
June 3, 2024 - August 16, 2024
Photographed and made video for daily news assignments including politics, environment and investigative stories as a visuals intern using professional Canon equipment, Adobe Creative Cloud services, Photo Mechanic and Presto content management system to tone and file images in the field
Photojournalism intern at St. Louis Post-Dispatch
November 1, 2023 - May 3, 2024
Photographed and made video for daily news assignments ranging from sports to features with tight deadlines as a visuals intern using professional Canon equipment, Adobe Creative Cloud services, Photo Mechanic and Blox content management system to tone and file images in the field
Video editor, production assistant at Miss Universe Organization
February 1, 2023 - September 20, 2023
Produced and edited various videos for publication via social media and YouTube on tight deadlines as an intern on the digital team using Sony equipment, Premiere Pro, Media Encoder, Frame.io and After Effects

Education

Bachelor of Science in Visual Communication at Ohio University
August 26, 2019 - December 11, 2022
Photojournalism major Spanish minor Social media studies certificate Ohio Honors Progam, Scripps Innovation Scholar

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    My portfolio website

    vanessaabbitt.notion.site

    View my portfolio website linked above to see a collection of my photojournalism, videography and video editing work.

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