A Sound Investment
Syracuse, New York Area
- Current
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- Freelance Visual and Multimedia Journalist, Graphic Designer, and Web Designer. at AJC Productions (Self-employed)
- Past
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- Video Intern at The Star-Ledger
- Multimedia Intern at Washingtonpost.Newsweek Interactive
- Documentary Videography at Syracuse Refugee Assistance
- Art Intern at SKI magazine
- Editor in Chief at The Daily Orange
- Documentary Photo Intern at Civil Rights Connection
- Photo Editor at The Daily Orange
- Asst. News Editor of Photography at The Daily Orange
- Education
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- Syracuse University
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A.J. Chavar’s Summary
I am a talented and driven visual and interactive journalist with experience in print and online journalism from several publications through internships and freelance positions. I specialize in multimedia storytelling and interactive journalism but also do photo-illustration and commercial work, as well as portraiture, lectures/classes and any other coverage that piques my interest.
A.J. Chavar’s Specialties:
Photo editing, short term photo projects, multimedia production, collection, and editing. Video editing, audio editing.
HTML, CSS, and Flash.
Final Cut Studio:
Final Cut Pro, Soundtrack Pro, Motion, Color, Compressor, etc (also iMovie and Garageband exp)
Adobe CS4 (and previous)
Photoshop, Indesign, Illustrator, Flash, Dreamweaver, After Effects, Lightroom, Premier Pro, Fireworks, Soundbooth
A.J. Chavar’s Experience
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Freelance Visual and Multimedia Journalist, Graphic Designer, and Web Designer.
AJC Productions (Self-employed)
(Self-Employed; Myself Only; Photography industry)
January 2006 — Present (3 years 11 months)
I am self-employed as a freelance visual/multimedia journalist, and designer. I also use this position to freelance non-journalism photography and multimedia projects (weddings, portraits, commercial).
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Video Intern
The Star-Ledger
(Privately Held; Newspapers industry)
May 2009 — August 2009 (4 months)
Daily video and web loveliness.
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Multimedia Intern
Washingtonpost.Newsweek Interactive
(Public Company; WPO; Online Media industry)
May 2008 — December 2008 (8 months)
Interning in the multimedia department, I work on projects ranging from interactive QTVRs, to still images, to video, audio, and everything in between.
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Documentary Videography
Syracuse Refugee Assistance
(Non-Profit Organization Management industry)
January 2008 — May 2008 (5 months)
Filming, editing and producing both documentary films and non-lingual (visual only) communication/information videos for and about refugees living in central New York.
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Art Intern
SKI magazine
(Photography industry)
2007 — 2007 (less than a year)
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Editor in Chief
The Daily Orange
(Photography industry)
2005 — 2007 (2 years )
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Documentary Photo Intern
Civil Rights Connection
(Photography industry)
2006 — 2006 (less than a year)
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Photo Editor
The Daily Orange
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Newspapers industry)
August 2006 — November 2006 (4 months)
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Asst. News Editor of Photography
The Daily Orange
(Newspapers industry)
September 2005 — August 2006 (1 year )
A.J. Chavar’s Education
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Syracuse University
Photojournalism, Information Studies, Religion 2005 — 2010 (expected)
- Activities and Societies:
- The Daily Orange, Jerk, The Coffee House Journals, Zipped, TheFallWorkshop.com, Multimedia PUSH Lab, LGBT center, TheNewsHouse.com,
Additional Information
A.J. Chavar’s Websites:
A.J. Chavar’s Interests:
Journalism, Photography, Multimedia creation and production, Snowboarding, Mountain Biking, Hiking, Climbing -- the outdoors, reading
A.J. Chavar’s Contact Settings
Interested In:
- career opportunities
- consulting offers
- new ventures
- expertise requests
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