Noah Thew

Video producer, editor, and reporter with 2+ years of experience creating long-form YouTube and news-driven video across research, source coordination, interviewing, writing, footage sourcing, editing, captions, fact-checking, and final quality control. Experienced in progressive political and economic-policy coverage, including reporting from public meetings, reviewing government documents, submitting public-records requests, and translating complex issues into accessible stories. Also experienced in YouTube packaging, publishing, and audience-performance analysis.

Director of PR / Video Producer at Douglas County Democrats (2026-06 – Present)

• Produce political and civic video from story development through publication, including research, source outreach, interviewing, writing, filming, visual sourcing, editing, captions, fact-checking, and final QC.
• Report on local policy and development by attending public meetings, reviewing county code and planning documents, submitting public-records requests, seeking comment from officials, and translating findings into accessible video.
• Created a standardized congressional-candidate series involving five candidates; coordinated participants, conducted interviews, managed footage and assets, and edited and packaged the finished episodes. Also reported, wrote, filmed, and edited a housing-policy explainer connecting development regulations to local housing affordability.

Video Editor & Content Strategist at The Alchemist Inkwell (2024 – Present)

• Edit recurring long-form podcasts, YouTube videos, travel series, and promotional projects, handling story shaping, selects, pacing, B-roll, graphics, captions, audio cleanup, color correction, and final delivery.
• Took ownership of YouTube packaging and publishing strategy in March 2026, independently handling titles, thumbnails, content selection, upload timing, and performance analysis; increased median CTR on recurring podcast releases approximately 27%, from 5.38% to 6.81%.
• Used audience-retention data to identify strong story-led segments and recommend a recurring format whose top 16-24-minute episodes averaged approximately 56-62% viewed.

Freelance Lead Video Editor at Morgan Wadsworth for Congress (2026 – 2026)

• Reported directly to the campaign manager and served as lead editor across nearly all campaign video output, translating the campaign's creative vision into platform-ready content for Instagram, Facebook, TikTok, and YouTube Shorts; shaped hooks, pacing, captions, B-roll, graphics, branding, and final delivery.
• For one featured edit, restructured a roughly two-minute talking-head response into a focused 70-second video by identifying the strongest argument, rebuilding the opening hook, removing repetition, and adding Nevada-specific visual storytelling.