Nadja O.

Thomas
849 Montgomery Street, Brooklyn, N.Y. 11213
732-979-9402, Website:
Nadjathomas.journalism.cuny.edu
Nadjao.thomas@gmail.com, @Nadjathomas
Experience
Life Beyond Dem Trains, NY
January 2014- Present
Director, lead producer and editor Shot footage, edited teasers and continues to be the lead producer for the series
Life Beyond Dem Trains currently in production.
Trilogy Films, Montclair NJ
June 2014- Present
Assistant Editor/Production Assistant- Ingests footage, organizes media, logs footage, makes selects and creates
sequence. Edits scripts and helps prepare script treatments. Assists with tasks like research, organizing call sheets,
arranging travel for crew, assisting DPs with media and gear management while on location. Organizes Directors
schedule and assists in various tasks related to production. Works on Trapped and The Free World, two of Trilogy
Films current documentaries in progress.
Trilogy Films, Montclair, NJ
Feb 2014- June 2014
Production intern- Conducted research for potential stories. Logged footage and assisted producers and editors in
various tasks.
CNN Heroes, New York, NY.
Sept 2013 Dec 2013
Transcribed videotapes. Fulfilled footage at the request of producers. Selected B-roll. Prepared DVDs. Prepared and
maintained airlogs for Heroes video pieces in order to monitor coverage of segments. Prepared pitches for new Hero
nominees based on preliminary research. Prepared social media strategy for CNN Heroes show to engage more
Internet users. Assisted show producers and organizers in production of CNN Heroes annual tribute show. Selected
music to accompany video piece.
New York City News Service , New York, NY
Aug 2012 - May 2014
Reporter for the New York City News Service. (http/::www.nycitynewsservice.com). Covered news in the Sunset
Park community district in Brooklyn, New York.
ARC Magazine, St. Vincent and the Grenadines
July 2011 July 2013
Columnist, De Art Junket, for ARC Magazine (www.arcthemagazine.com). This column reviewed the work of
established and contemporary Caribbean artists.
Global Reporters for the Caribbean, Trinidad & Tobago
June 2013 - Aug 2013
Research intern and reporter at Global Reporters for the Caribbean. (http://www.18degreesnorth.tv). Global
Reporters for the Caribbean covers the Caribbean region and its diaspora, producing in-depth investigative TV news
magazine packages for its TV news magazine show 18 Degrees North.
MACO Magazine, Barbados and Trinidad
June 2011 - Aug 2011
Contributing travel writer for www.macocaribbean.com. Wrote about Caribbean entertainment and lifestyle.
Research Assistant
July 2009 - June 2010
Temple University, Department of Public Health, Philadelphia, Pa.
Collected and analyzed survey data, assisted other researchers, coordinator of Biochemical and MRI findings
associated with text messaging college students study. Pitched and carried out the action plan. Developed the tool
used for gathering data. Also, co-authored a published paper called, Postures, typing strategies, and gender
differences in mobile device usage: An observational study, based on research findings.

Education
Masters of Arts in Journalism
City University of New York Graduate School of Journalism, New York, NY.

Dec. 2013

Nadja O. Thomas
849 Montgomery Street, Brooklyn, N.Y. 11213
732-979-9402, Website:
Nadjathomas.journalism.cuny.edu
Nadjao.thomas@gmail.com, @Nadjathomas
Bachelor of Science in Kinesiology
Temple University, Philadelphia, PA.

May 2009

Skills Final Cut Pro 7, Final Cut Pro X, Adobe Premiere, Avid Media Composer, Canon 60D, Canon Rebel Xsi,
Proficient in MS Office, Adobe Photoshop, Reaper, JVC HM100U, Adobe After Effects, Marantz PMD660, Word
Press, Research, Editing, Production, Production Management.

Recognition
Selected as a participant for ITVS and NBPCs upcoming Black X-Change workshop with my submission for the
web series, Life Beyond Dem Trains. Industry professionals will review materials from the production of the show to
help gain more funding and outreach. The workshop will be held on April 18th 2015.