Jon Groat – Emmy-Nominated Web Video Producer, Shooter, Editor Yeah, that makes me a video "preditor"….meowwww
Maxim’s Salute to the Military
For Maxim, the magazine shot four of their former “Hometown Hottie” contestants as pinup girls for their special “Salute to the Military” edition. I shot the BTS or “behind the scenes” videos. Here’s a quick edit of some of that footage.
At the GLAAD Awards
The Newsweek multimedia team was nominated for two GLAAD awards in 2011; one was for my video “Kicked Out But Ready to Go Back”. That piece looked at a soldier who had been kicked out under Don’t Ask Don’t Tell but was eagerly trying to get back into service any way she could (and doubtful [...]
The Daily Beast’s My New York
I produced, shot and edited this as part of an ongoing The Daily Beast series, My New York. It profiled prominent NYC residents in their favorite city spots, and aired on NYCTV25 as well as taxi cabs. My biggest challenge was trying to fit the piece into the 2:30 time limit, and I wish I [...]
Newsweek’s Annual Oscar Roundtable
James Franco gave us a little Web video gold at the 2011 Newsweek Oscar Roundtable. One of six actors invited to the candid discussion, Franco sat down with Natalie Portman, Michelle Williams, Nicole Kidman, Annette Bening, and Colin Firth. The treasure? Revealing he had made a sex tape at age 19. When it comes to [...]
Newsweek’s Most Watched Video
During the midterm elections I put together a quirky little mashup of midterm election news. MSN linked directly to it–a coup on two fronts. First, MSN never linked to any video but their own (they have big ad commitments to serve). And, second, the behemoth usually only linked to their own politics pieces, not other [...]
Newsweek’s 7 Things (You Don’t Know About Me)
A Newsweek entertainment reporter wanted to do a celebrity interview series based on the premise “7 Things You Don’t Know About Me”. I took the idea and translated it into video, first in a makeshift studio I lit with Edison bulbs. And then afterward in our new Newsweek digs, where we updated the old bulbs [...]
Praise From AdAge
In what AdAge found to be an otherwise bleak display by magazines attempting Web video, the trade lavished Newsweek video–under my guidance–with its highest praise. Media critic Larry Dobrow, who was evaluating mag video for an awards ceremony, wrote: “I did stumble across a few interesting segments that I wouldn’t have found on my own. [...]
Emmy Nomination: Voices of the Fallen
I was honored to receive a News and Documentary Emmy nomination in 2007. It was Newsweek’s first–and the first of any U.S. magazine. For the fifth anniversary of the Iraq war, the Newsweek editors did a big cover story about the conflict as told through the letters and words of its heroic dead. I spent [...]