Tressa Versteeg
Location
- Brooklin, ME
Portfolio
Languages
Fluent in English, Conversational SpanishContact Tressa
Tressa is available for
I work as a reporter and producer for narrative series, chat-style shows, and documentary shorts. I can do research, report, write scripts, interview, edit story lines, edit and engineer audio, and sound design.- Fact Checking
- Editing
- Engineering
- Music
- Producing
- Recording
- Reporting
- Scripting
- Voice
- Writing
About Tressa
I work as a freelance radio reporter, producer and editor based in Brooklin, Maine. I studied radio and podcasting at the Salt Institute and have a background in public education, creative writing and geography.
I have reported and/or produced work for NPR, PBS, Duolingo, Degrees: Real talk about planet-saving careers from EDF, Burn It All Down, WBUR's Only A Game, WHYY's The Pulse, WVXU Cincinnati Public Radio, Wyoming Public Radio, the HumaNature podcast and as well as print outlets.
Tressa's Portfolio
Burn It All Down
Produced and edited round-table chat show.
Degrees: Real talk about planet-saving careers
Lead producer, researched episode themes related to green jobs, booked interview guests, wrote scripts for interviews and final episodes, and edited episodes.
Maine community comes together to save candle pin bowling tradition
Reported and produced feature for NPR Morning Edition on small-town candle pin bowling alley that is struggling to stay afloat.
PBS American Portrait
Audio portraits of Mainers. The example is of Leyla H., a recent college graduate.
Duolingo Relatos en Ingles
Wrote and produced real stories for English language learning audiences.
Experience
Skills
- Mixing
- Tape Syncs
- Story Editing
- Sound Design
- Scrubbing and Audio Editing
- Research
- Reporting
- Producing
- Interviewing
- Field Recording
- Field Producing
- Fact Checking
Equipment
- audio editing: Reaper, Hindenburg Pro, Adobe Audition, Pro Tools
- recording gear: Rode NTG2 shot gun mic, Zoom h4n recorder
Previous Work
- Special Education Teaching Assistant at Various public schools in Washington, Iowa, South Dakota, and Maine (2018)