Professional/Personal Overview
As a skilled researcher, writer and multimedia journalist, I turn complicated and technical material into engaging stories for the average reader.
Work Info
Expertise
Researcher
2 Years
Photographer
3 Years
Writer
5 Years
Specialty
Science
2 Years
Travel
10 Years
Outdoors
8 Years
Total Media Industry Experience
5 Years
Media Client List (# assignments
last 2 yrs)
Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (11+), Center for Responsive Politics (6-10), Air & Space Smithsonian Magazine (1-2), Flagler Magazine (1-2), The Oregonian Newspaper (1-2)
Other Work History
What my resume doesnt show is my ability to rapidly adapt to new environments and meet the demands of unusual challenges. Before graduate school, I lived and worked in Alaska, England and South Korea; visited 36 countries and climbed a few of the worlds highest mountains.
Computer Skills
Mac OSX, Windows XP, Microsoft Office Suite, Final Cut Pro 7, Photoshop CS5, Sound Studio, Dream Weaver, Soundslides, blog publishers, SEO & SMO incl. Twitter, Facebook and other social media
Technical Skills
Video Editing (Final Cut Pro 7); Photo Editing (Photoshop CS5); Audio Editing (Sound Studio); Design (Dream Weaver); Long-form narrative, personal essay and news article editing.
Equipment
Digital SLR still camera, travel lighting kit, Kodak Zi8 HD Video Recorder, professional 2-Channel audio recorder with shotgun and lavaliere mics
Foreign Language Skills
Beginner Spanish, Survival Korean
References
Professional references and recommendations are available upon request.
Associations
Investigative Reporters and Editors (IRE), Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ) Colorado
Other
I have an MS in Magazine Journalism, along with a BA in English and Broadcast Communications.
Freelancer Availability
I freelance full-time. I live near Sacramento, CA. I am willing to travel regionally. I have a driver's license. I have access to a car.
Work Samples
(AAAS MC , 7/2/2012)
Is an exotic hidden force causing the universe to speed up as it expands? A powerful new camera mounted on the end of a telescope in the Andes will peer into space to look for evidence of this mysterious force known as dark energy.
(Symmetry magazine , 3/1/2012)
Brad Hooker talks with David Saltzberg, science advisor to The Big Bang Theory.
(Fermilab Today , 1/20/2012)
This front-end reporting piece was picked up later in the Department of Energy newsletter and quickly republished by several outlets, including R&D Magazine.
(Air & Space Smithsonian , 1/1/2012)
When the Navy retired the Tomcat, my father went with it.
(The Oregonian , 12/19/2011)
We dream about, even sing about, a white Christmas. But when a snowstorm struck the Northwest two years ago, it trapped me and thousands of others in a holiday-travel nightmare.
(Center for Responsive Politics , 9/27/2011)
Four blocks from the White House, I investigated and blogged on money in politics for this often-cited nonprofit, nonpartisan independent watch group.
Video
(Proma Magazine , 1/4/2011)
A new infestation threatens Oregon's entire fruit industry.
Photography
(Fermilab Today , 1/20/2012)
This front-end reporting piece was picked up later in the Department of Energy newsletter and quickly republished by several outlets, including R&D Magazine.
(Flagler Magazine , 2/18/2008)
Brad Hooker takes on Mount McKinley and many of the world's tallest mountains.
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June 4, 2013 | San Francisco
