Nate Binzen
Beacon, New York / Tel. (845) 849-1147
web design & development • videography
& video editing • writing, editing & graphic design
Professional services
Website design & development
- Dreamweaver/Flash/Fireworks developer
- Webmaster/web producer
Tech qualifications: current xhtml/css/java standards; working familiarity with php/msyql/databases. Extensive Photoshop and video experience.
Portfolio:
- circleoflife.org – I was webmaster of this major national website (representing Julia Butterfly Hill’s activist organization) for 3 years until June, 2004; as of 10/04, much of what you see on the site was developed under my design and editorial leadership (database development and some of the graphical/navigational elements were implemented by staff under my supervision).
- riverpool.org – The River Pool at Beacon, a project I developed in August, 2004.
- Bill Binzen Photography - Photographer's website.
- Jennifer Sipple Art - Artist's website.
- intuart.com – my own website including representation of 2 artists; note that I’m currently redeveloping my homepage.
Videography & video editing
- Digital video editor (Final Cut Pro 4)
- Director & camera operator for conference recording, field and studio video production
- Digital audio recording and editing (Peak, Deck, SoundForge)
Experience:
- Conference recording director and digital video editor for a major series of academic conferences and a pioneering web video library (counterbalance.org and Graduate Theological Union’s Center for Theology and the Natural Sciences). Similar work for California Institute of Integral Studies.
- Audio field and studio recording and editing for broadcast radio - events, press conferences, interviews (WBUR-Boston NPR; National Radio Project’s Making Contact).
- TV studio recording (Berkeley Community Media).
- Independent video art projects.
- Events.
Gear: Mac G4/Final Cut Pro 4 video editing facility; Sony TRV900 digital video camera with Beachtek audio input; mikes—Sennheiser ME66/K6 shotgun, Samson UM1 wireless lavalier, Shure SM63 interview; digital minidisc audio recording; Bias Peak and Deck audio editing.
Writer, editor & graphic designer
- Critically-engaged creative editor, writer and graphic designer with a strong facility for managing multifaceted media projects
Experience:
- As publications manager for the activist organization Circle of Life, I was editorial and design chief for extensive web and print media with national reach (2001-04). I managed writers, editors, designers and programmers for various projects focusing on environmental and social change.
- I have been chief editor and writer for two newsletters, one with a circulation of 10,000. I do graphic design, desktop publishing, and editorial for a variety of print and web media.
- In radio, I have been an independent producer (writer, interviewer, researcher, and narrator) for shows aired on over 160 stations (on the program Making Contact), and a newswriter/interviewer for a major NPR news station (WBUR, Boston).
- Desktop publishing graphic design: QuarkXpress, Photoshop, Illustrator.