Edge of Somewhere: About

Jason Nicholas

I am a storyteller speaking through writing, photography, and video (though my university degree is cinema production—so I welcome any opportunity to haul out the big stuff). I have international cross-cultural experience (no embarrassing client relations in Asia; a proven record of avoiding international incidents). I’ve worked everywhere from the interior of aircraft hangers to live orchestral performances to freezing exposed mountain passes to surgical suites in the Congo to the hyperghetto (not all in the same day). I’m rather quiet and have not once shouted at a client (neither do clients usually shout at me). My favourite poet is Edwin Arlington Robinson; my favourite author is debatable. I’m not excited by trendy techniques but by simple tools used well (I favour “old style” mechanical film cameras, though I’ve used everything from “top of the food chain” digital to pocket point and shoot). My first word as a child was “light” (really).

For the past several years I’ve made my living by producing short documentary and promotional pieces for non-profits and educational institutions. I’m now migrating away from that slightly and working more with words and ideas (however, I’m still open to picking up a camera).

I am now the Digital Media Co-Ordinator for the New South Wales Teachers Federation (my title is technically ‘Digital Media Sub-Editor’ but that’s a bit convoluted to say).

From October 2006 till late Summer 2007 I was in the Czech Republic acting as European Communications Coordinator for BuildaBridge International; BI is non-profit based in Philadelphia that uses the arts to enrich the lives of people in the world’s most difficult situations.

I lived in Scotland for two years pursuing a postgraduate degree in Human Ecology at the University of Strathclyde and working with a wind energy company—till the UK made some unfortunate alterations to its visa regulation; and then…

I was involved in a fantastically awful auto accident from which I am now recovering and determining what is next in life.

On 20 March 2011, I married my soul-mate Penny Elsley, an Australian woman who has managed to fit the experience of several lives into the time she has been in this world. She has started an NGO, registered in Australia but working worldwide, called joiningthedots. We will journey together in this and whatever else the Universe brings our way.

We are now living in Sydney and I coordinate online media for the New South Wales Teachers Federation. Please feel free to contact me at nicholas[dot]media@mac[dot]com (replace the [dot] with an actual dot).

INTERNATIONAL ASSIGNMENTS:
Japan, Cuba, The Czech Republic, Spain, Slovakia, Australia, France, Bulgaria, Greece, Hungary, Albania, The Netherlands, India, Germany, The Democratic Republic of the Congo

SERVICES:

Media and Concept Consultation
Writing and Content Development
Location Photography and Videography
Video Editing
Documentary Production

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