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Alexander Trowbridge

@alexandertrow

Alexander Trowbridge is an independent video producer. He formerly was a producer on the digital team at “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert,” where videos he wrote and edited won a Webby People’s Choice Award and multiple Telly Awards. He previously was a producer for Bloomberg Politics, where he created segments for “With All Due Respect” and reported on the 2016 U.S. presidential campaign. His work helped his team win the 2017 Shorty Award For Best Live Coverage. As a digital reporter at CBS News, he covered issues ranging from scientific breakthroughs to foreign policy and as a multimedia reporter for Politico, covered the 2012 presidential campaign. He was a member of the 2020 class of Nieman Fellows.

Video essentials, solo production and — of course — camera gear

Video essentials, solo production and — of course — camera gear

EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the last episode in our five-part video series, “Field Testing,” in which independent video producer Alexander Trowbridge retreats to a farm to learn the tools and…
This mobile editing challenge proves you can produce great video anywhere

This mobile editing challenge proves you can produce great video anywhere

EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the fourth in our five-part video series, “Field Testing,” in which independent video producer Alexander Trowbridge retreats to a farm to learn the tools and skills…
Everything you need (and more) to shoot great selfie video

Everything you need (and more) to shoot great selfie video

EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the third in our five-part video series, Field Testing, in which independent video producer Alexander Trowbridge retreats to a farm to learn the tools and skills…
How to take your journalism to new heights with a drone

How to take your journalism to new heights with a drone

EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the second in our five-part video series, Field Testing, in which independent video producer Alexander Trowbridge retreats to a farm to learn the tools and skills…
What working on a farm taught a journalist about visual storytelling

What working on a farm taught a journalist about visual storytelling

EDITOR’S NOTE: Welcome to Field…
Videos taken by Parler users from the U.S. Capitol assault tell a valuable story

Videos taken by Parler users from the U.S. Capitol assault tell a valuable story

Last week, Sen. Mitt Romney called for preserving evidence of the destruction caused by the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol “so that 150 years from now, as people…