Video and Audio Production, New Media, Mobile Platforms, Social Networking, Open Source Websites

Profession / Job Title
Journalist / Filmmaker / New Media Consultant / Founder, NomadsLand

Company
NomadsLand LLC

Short Bio
Davin Hutchins
Journalist / Filmmaker / New Media Consultant / Founder, NomadsLand
davin@nomadsland.com
LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/nomadsland

Summary
Davin Hutchins is a filmmaker and entrepreneur specializing in documentary filmmaking and new media with a special emphasis on international social issues and online delivery platforms. He also runs the NomadsLand Network , a worldwide network of social issue filmmakers and journalists with more than 800 members.

Hutchins has fourteen years experience in television journalism and has worked with CNN International, BBC World, Headline News, TechTV, Huffington Post and many others. His producing and journalism assignments have taken him to Egypt, Sudan, United Arab Emirates, Israel, Palestine, Lebanon, Turkey, Kuwait, Jordan, Oman, Kenya, Tanzania, South Africa, Iceland, France, Britain, Denmark, the Netherlands, Italy as well as locations throughout the United States.

Most recently, he was Managing Producer at American News Project in Washington, D.C. He produced investigative, muckraking video reports that aired on CNN, Huffington Post, Al Jazeera English, Talking Points Memo, The Real News, FreeSpeechTV and other independent media. His online reports have garnered over 2.5 million views. ANP is funded by Schumann Center For Media and Democracy (Bill Moyers, President) and the Tides Center.

Among career highlights, Hutchins directed The Art Of Flight, his debut feature documentary which featured at AFI Fest Hollywood, International Documentary Festival Amsterdam and Bangkok International Film Festival. He also trained Palestinian journalists in the West Bank in news production and new media during 2007-2008. In 1994, Hutchins began his career at CNN in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.A, where he helped produce newscasts, “Generation X” news magazine pilots and a retrospective on human rights with Peter Gabriel and Jimmy Carter.

Hutchins holds a Masters of Arts Degree in Middle East Studies from the American University in Cairo and two Bachelors of Arts Degrees in Journalism and History from California State University: Fresno.

Specialties
HD Videography (Sony Z1U, AVCHD), Non-linear editing (Adobe Premiere CS3, Final Cut Pro 6.0.4), Online video distribution and social networking (Brightcove, Flash, H264, Amazon S3, Drupal, Joomla, Ning, KickApps and Clearspring), International travel and work experience.

Language Fluency

English, Arabic

Countries Traveled To, Lived In
Egypt, Sudan, United Arab Emirates, Israel, Palestine, Lebanon, Turkey, Kuwait, Jordan, Oman, Kenya, Tanzania, South Africa, Iceland, France, Britain, Denmark, the Netherlands, Italy as well as locations throughout the United States.

Five International Social Issues Important To Me

Climate Change, Corruption in Politics, American Foreign Policy, Religious Conflict, Islam and the West.

Website URL: http://www.linkedin.com/in/nomadsland

Facebook, Twitter or other social network profile: http://twitter.com/nomadsland