Producer. Journalist. Storyteller.
NYC / New Jersey Area
A selection of work done between 2017-2024
2021-2024 Producer Reel
Law&Crime Trial Network - My latest reel showcases multiple samples of work during my nearly four-year career at Law&Crime Trial Network in New York, NY.
Productions Include:
“In Their Own Defense” - Promotional 1-minute filler videos for commercial space on our streaming channels
CrimeCon 2023 Nominees Package - Interviewed three criminal justice members to produce a comprehensive summary on each of their careers through soundbites and visual storytelling.
Law&Crime Daily - Segments from our nationally-syndicated 30-minute talkshow covering top true crime cases from coast to coast. (Combined YouTube viewership in the millions)
Law&Crime BodyCam - Two of three videos produced for the launch of our new YouTube channel on outrageous arrests across the country. (Combined 1.2 mil viewership)
Law&Crime Network Package - Scripted and edited a case summary on the infamous Robert Durst case that was aired on our fast channels.
Vape Crisis Takes Darker Turn Into Black Market
NOV. 2019 MONTCLAIR, N.J. - Black-market THC vaping caused a spike in lung-illness-related hospitalizations among teens in the U.S. This news package takes a closer look at the consequences of this dangerous trend.
Winner of a New Jersey Press Foundation Award for “Best Web Project”
Winner of a Montclair State University “Scholar & Production Award for Excellence in Journalism”
Third-place for the New Jersey Society of Professional Journalists’ “Gabe Pressman Award for Best News Video”
Honorable mention for “2020 Multimedia News Story of the Year” in the Associated Collegiate Press Awards.
Filmed on a Canon 80D & edited with Adobe Premiere Pro.
Pfizer trial participant & hospital educational director face vaccine-related future
DEC. 2020 REMOTE - This package consists of two different interviews: One with 67-year-old San Diego resident Rick Bushore - a phase-three vaccine trial participant for Pfizer, & one with Grace Carcich - the corporate education director for 42 hospitals nationwide.
Remotely produced containing Zoom interviews, fair-use content & images provided by subjects. Edited with Adobe Premiere Pro & tracked with an iPhone XR.
Madison's Law: Is it Implemented at Montclair State?
DEC. 2019 MONTCLAIR, N.J. - This mini-documentary features the life and untimely death of New Jersey native Madison Holleran - an ivy-league UPenn track star that succumbed to depression in 2014.
We see a closer look at Montclair State’s implementation of Madison’s Law, a law enacted in her honor requiring New Jersey public universities to offer 24/7 mental health services to students and faculty.
Previewed at a student-run mental health colloquium in the Montclair State School of Communication & Media.
Footage filmed on a Canon 80D, images from Instagram, edited with Adobe Premiere Pro.
Greenwood Lake's Algae Crisis Affects the Local Community
MARCH 2020 GREENWOOD LAKE, N.Y. - Greenwood Lake has been dealing with an algae bloom issue since July of 2019, & the residents, businesses & community are being affected by the hits on tourism & safety regulations regarding the beaches around the lake.
Video was part of a department-wide project covering the topic of climate change.
Filmed with a Canon 80D & edited with Adobe Premiere Pro.
ABOUT HEATHER
Heather is an award-winning 26-year-old multimedia professional with experience producing articles, photography & social-media-curated content all the way to news packages & mini-documentaries.
Graduating Magna Cum Laude from Montclair State University with a BA in journalism & a minor in criminal justice, Heather hopes to bring stories of our culture & society to life through visual production.
Outside of the classroom, she has taken on leadership roles as the news editor & editor-in-chief of Montclair State’s student-run news organization, The Montclarion. While her academic time was committed to these roles, she spent two summers interning in New York City at two TV stations: Fox News Channel & WABC-TV. It was in Fox News Channel’s entertainment sector & WABC-TV’s investigative unit where she learned the ins and outs of news package production and what makes for a solid story in today’s ever-changing & competitive news climate.
She also has 3+ years of experience as a true crime TV producer for Law&Crime Trial Network, where she worked on projects that have gained millions of viewers from social media, streaming-based platforms & nationally-syndicated TV shows.
As a professional, Heather is aspiring to shift gears from broadcast news production to digital video content & documentary-style storytelling - leaving time to curate powerful narratives, intensive research & a bigger picture of a story that needs to be shared.
PHOTOGRAPHY
A collection of photographs from subjects of photo essays & video packages
Audio Storytelling
SPRING 2017 MONTCLAIR, N.J. - Blake Camphausen of Toms River, NJ did not have an easy start to middle school. He was often teased for having hobbies & interests that differed from the average boy his age including racing, Star Wars, & abnormal video games.
Now a 20-year-old student resident at Montclair State University, he looks back on the crucial moment that started his journey into the world of martial arts.
Being nervous at first, his biggest concern was getting beat up during lessons. However, after becoming more comfortable with the sport, he used his newfound skills to stand up for himself and discover newfound confidence he’s never seen before; one that would stick with him to this day.
Currently, Camphausen still performs martial arts & has even taught classes in Ocean County, N.J.
Music by Bensound.com
ADOBE SPARK VIDEOS
Social-media-curated videos created using Adobe Spark
ARTICLES
I’ve written several articles in news & feature categories with my work appearing on MediaFeed.org, MSN.com & TheMontclarion.org.