This curriculum vitae summarizes the qualifications and work experience of Abu-Bakarr A. Jalloh. He has over 10 years of experience in freelance filmmaking, reporting, and stringing for international news organizations in Sierra Leone. His areas of expertise include documentary production, camerawork, editing, and reporting for television, radio, newspaper, and online media. He is proficient in several software programs and speaks multiple languages.

1. CURRICULUM VITAE
April 09, 2010
Abu-Bakarr A. Jalloh, B.A.
Freelance Filmmaker and Reporter, Sierra Leone
Contact Information:
Address: Cadolzburger Weg 12, 90579
Langenzenn, Germany.
Phone: +49 176 9944 5981
Email: abubakarrjalloh@gmail.com
Personal:
Date of Birth: February, 20, 1982
Place of Birth: Bo, Sierra Leone
Citizenship: Sierra Leone
Gender: Male
Nationality: Sierra-Leonean
Education:
Fourah Bay College, University Bachelor of Arts (Honors) in Mass Communication
of Sierra Leone (2009)
Thesis for Bachelor Degree Title of documentary: Faulty Lines (60 min.)
March 2008 - September 2009 PRODUCTION and CAMERA
• Own Production for Padi Mix Production LLC
Qualifications:
Computer Skills: Adobe Audition (Expert)
Final Cut Pro (Expert)
Adobe Premiere Pro (Expert)
Microsoft Office (Expert)
Languages: English (Expert)
German (Good)
Arabic (Basic)
Krio (Expert), Temne (Good), Mende (Good)
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2. Employment Experience - TV:
July 2007 – Present STRINGER
Associated Press (AP)
Freetown
Contact Person: Bishr Eltouni
beltouni@ap.org
• Filming, editing, and filing stories (bi-weekly -
monthly basis)
March 2010 PRODUCTION and CAMERA
Africa Interactive
Contact Person: Annamara Hamersma, +31204231644
annamara@africanews.com
• Documentary on developmental aid in Sierra
Leone
February 2010 PRODUCTION and CAMERA
ABC News, New York
Contact Person: Anna Schecter
Anna.R.Schecter@abc.com
• Story on a prosecution witness at the Special Court
in Sierra Leone
December 2009 PRODUCTION and CAMERA
Title: Assimilation of Disaster Management in Sierra
Leone (30 min.)
Surgeons Overseas - The Society of International
Humanitarian Surgeons
Contact Person: Dr. Peter Kingham
peter@humanitariansurgery.org
• Shooting and editing of a documentary on an
assimilation exercise of disaster management in
Sierra Leone
June 2007 – September 2009 LINE PRODUCER
Title: War Don Don
Racing Horse Production
Contact Person: Rebecca Richman Cohen
rebecca@racinghorsepro.com
• General research and contacts for interviews
• Shoot additional footage
• For further information and/or trailer watching see
www.wardondonfilm.com
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3. May 2009 RESEARCH and FIXING
The BBC World Service
Contact Person: Humphrey Hawksley
hwhawksley@aol.com, humphrey.hawksley@bbc.co.uk
• Research for a story on the book Journey without
Maps, tracing a journey on the road from Sierra
Leone to Liberia made in 1936 by Graham Green
• Appearance as a character in front of the camera
March 2009 DOCUMENTARY PRODUCTION
Hope & Homes, UK
Contact Person: Beth Maughan
beth.maughan@hopeandhomes.org
• Planning and shooting raw footage on a charity
documentary for Hope & Homes, UK
February 2009 RESEARCH AND FIXING
Channel 4
Contact Person: George Waldrum
georgewaldrum@hotmail.com
• Researching and fixing up interviews for a mental
health piece in Sierra Leone
November 2008 – January 2009 CONTRIBUTOR
Africa 24 Media
Contact Person: Salim Amin
www.a24media.com,
salim@a24media.com
• Current affairs and feature stories from Sierra
Leone
November – December 2008 NEWS DIRECTOR
ABC-TV Africa, Sierra Leone
Contact Person: Allieu Shaw
www.abc-africa.com, allieu.shaw@yahoo.com
• Assigning reporters to stories
• Editing news bulletin and reporters stories
• Coordinating the activities on the news and
current affairs department
August 2008 PRODUCER
Paddy Mix Production
Freetown
• Production of the short documentary film Scrap
Metal and the Agony of the Child:
www.current.com (search “Metal Business in
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4. Sierra Leone”)
October 2007 PRODUCER
Ballanta Academy of Music
Freetown
Contact Person: Kitti Fadlu-Deen
ballanta2006@yahoo.com
• Producing and editing of a 30 min. documentary
June – October 2007 CO-PRODUCER
Paddy Mix Production
Freetown
Contact Person: Greg Crompton
gregcrompton@hotmail.com
• Production group of Greg Crompton and myself.
Three documentaries aired on Current TV, USA
(www.current.com):
1. Women on the Mic
2. Do you believe in Aids?
3. From Guns to Mic
• Team editing of two music videos, Sweet Salone
and Wi Don Taya for the Sierra Leonean artist
Ernest Luke
September 2007 CAMERA
War Child Canada
www.warchildcanada.ca
• Documentary on the visit of War Child in Sierra
Leone by Farley Flex (one of the judges of
Canadian Idol)
September 2006 – June 2007 REPORTING VTR EDITING, PRODUCTION and
CAMERA
ABC-TV, Sierra Leone
Contact Person: Williette James
williette.j@yahoo.com
• Editing of daily half hour current news
• Production of news and paid programs
• Film reports
• Reports on current and feature stories
Employment Experience – Radio:
August – September 2006 PRODUCER, PRESENTER and REPORTER
Eastern Radio FM 101.9, Kenema
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5. Contact Person: Ibrahim Sillah
+232 (0) 7664 3289
• Business Update – Program with a daily, five
minutes update of business news plus a weekly 60
min. program of analysis, interviews, and news
• Report with the daily newscast
September 2006 - August 2007 • Corresponding for Eastern Radio in Freetown
June – August 2006 PRODUCER, PRESENTER and REPORTER
Radio Mount Aureol, FM 107.3, Freetown
Contact Person: James Tamba Lebbie
+232 (0)33 363967
• Money Line: a 60 min. business program. The
program includes interviews with stakeholders
and business news updates
• Islam in Daily Life: 30 min. discussion with
Imams
• Report with the daily newscast
Employment Experience – Newspaper:
November 2007 – August 2008 REPORTER
Salone Times Newspaper
Freetown
Contact Person: Andrew Kaili
salonetimes2006@yahoo.com, www.salonetimes.com
• News and current affairs reports for the daily
publications
• Content of the FrontPage news, Culture, and
Feature page for the weekly Junior Edition
March – August 2008 EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
Aureol Torch News Magazine
Mass Communication Department
Contact Person: Prof. Bernadette Cole
bernadettecole@yahoo.com
Fourah Bay College, University of Sierra Leone
• Students publishing the Aureol Torch News
Magazine. I was the Chief Editor for the
publication of 2008.
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