I’m Zack Baddorf — a public relations professional and multimedia reporter.
I’m living in New York now, after more than a decade of working in about 30 countries, including Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Palestine and Kosovo.
I started out in D.C., doing reporting for Talk Radio News Service. On Sept. 13, 2001, I enlisted in the U.S. military. I worked for five years as military journalist, assigned to a base in Tokyo and then a ship homeported in San Diego.
After freelancing across Latin America, Asia, the Middle East and the Balkans for a mix of international media outlets, I joined the U.S. Peace Corps and served for two years in Romania, focusing on media development. I left Eastern Europe to go work for a non-profit organization in South Sudan for about a year. I was in South Sudan for a historic turning point for the country — the first democratic elections in 24 years and the run-up to the referendum that made South Sudan an independent nation.
After about a year in Tampa doing social media and web management work for U.S. Central Command, I went to India for three months to study Urdu on a State Department scholarship. From India, I went onward to Afghanistan where I worked as a videographer for the U.S. special forces there. I traveled around the country to places like Sangin and Kandahar.
Among other projects over the years, I’ve completed an award-winning, nationally-aired, half-hour radio documentary on Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside, a half-hour video documentary about sea turtle preservation screened at a film festival, a book (in Romanian) about journalism for students, and a multimedia presentation about a new radio station in south Sudan.
I served as chair of the Free Speech Radio News board of directors for a few years while also volunteering on the non-profit organization’s Hiring Committee and Strategic Planning Committee. I’ve got a Master of Arts in international relations from Webster University with Graduate Academic Honors (4.00 GPA). I also have a bachelor’s degree in communications and journalism from the University of Maryland University College.
I'm a public relations professional and multimedia reporter. You are welcome to check out my portfolio of radio, print, photo and video stories. There's much more about me on this website, including my contact info.
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I’m living in New York now, after more than a decade of working in about 30 countries, including Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Palestine and Kosovo.
I started out in D.C., doing reporting for Talk Radio News Service. On Sept. 13, 2001, I enlisted in the U.S. military. I worked for five years as military journalist, assigned to a base in Tokyo and then a ship homeported in San Diego.
After freelancing across Latin America, Asia, the Middle East and the Balkans for a mix of international media outlets, I joined the U.S. Peace Corps and served for two years in Romania, focusing on media development. I left Eastern Europe to go work for a non-profit organization in South Sudan for about a year. I was in South Sudan for a historic turning point for the country — the first democratic elections in 24 years and the run-up to the referendum that made South Sudan an independent nation.
After about a year in Tampa doing social media and web management work for U.S. Central Command, I went to India for three months to study Urdu on a State Department scholarship. From India, I went onward to Afghanistan where I worked as a videographer for the U.S. special forces there. I traveled around the country to places like Sangin and Kandahar.
Among other projects over the years, I’ve completed an award-winning, nationally-aired, half-hour radio documentary on Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside, a half-hour video documentary about sea turtle preservation screened at a film festival, a book (in Romanian) about journalism for students, and a multimedia presentation about a new radio station in south Sudan.
I served as chair of the Free Speech Radio News board of directors for a few years while also volunteering on the non-profit organization’s Hiring Committee and Strategic Planning Committee. I’ve got a Master of Arts in international relations from Webster University with Graduate Academic Honors (4.00 GPA). I also have a bachelor’s degree in communications and journalism from the University of Maryland University College.
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