Steven Smith

Independent podcast and multimedia producer and editor. Formerly at Long Beach Post. I love taking other people's crazy ideas and making them real.
Member since 2021

Location

  • Long Beach, CA

Portfolio

Contact Steven

Steven is available for

I'm looking for producing work in podcasting and radio. I also do consulting work for news outlets who want to use media as a part of their reporting. Always happy to network or grab coffee.
  • Editing
  • Engineering
  • Producing
  • Recording
  • Reporting
  • Scripting
  • Voice
  • Teaching

About Steven

I'm a podcast and multimedia producer. I help journalists and news outlets launch media products and tell impactful and diverse stories in unique ways. I do everything from writing to producing, reporting, recording, and mixing, but more importantly, I help others to do the same.

I'm a skilled leader, communicator and coordinator and have managed numerous complex media projects simultaneously. I'm extremely passionate about teaching, mentoring and enabling others, especially for people who can't typically get it elsewhere.

I played a major role in developing sustainable podcast and video production workflows at the Long Beach Post where I worked on over 150 media projects.

Before that I spent more than a decade engineering live sound for churches and punk bands, then my ears started ringing and I switched to journalism and podcasting instead.

Steven's Portfolio

Can You Hear Me Long Beach
Arts, culture and a little bit of everything else from Long Beach with Steve Lowery and Asia Morris. I was the producer and editor on this podcast and occasionally did a bit of reporting as well. I even tried singing once, though that never happened again.
Suppertime in the LBC
A weekly podcast going deep in the Long Beach food scene with hosts Brian Addison and Sarah Bennett. I was the producer and editor.

Experience

Skills

  • Mixing
  • Voice Coaching
  • Story Editing
  • Sound Design
  • Social Media
  • Show Development
  • Scrubbing and Audio Editing
  • Research
  • Reporting
  • Producing
  • Mentoring
  • Audience Development
  • Logistics and Coordination
  • Interviewing
  • Field Recording
  • Field Producing
  • Fact Checking
  • Budgeting
  • Booking
  • Audio Engineering
  • Voiceover

Equipment

  • Zoom H6 Field Recorder
  • Way too many microphones

Previous Work

  • Media Producer and Project Manager at Long Beach Post (August 2021)
  • Audio and Video Manager at Azusa Pacific University (November 2019)