{"id":4491,"date":"2009-09-08T16:33:06","date_gmt":"2009-09-08T16:33:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vanessakaneshiro.com\/?page_id=4491"},"modified":"2026-09-09T20:53:26","modified_gmt":"2026-09-09T20:53:26","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/vanessakaneshiro.com\/?page_id=4491","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"4491\" class=\"elementor elementor-4491\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-21aa954e elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-min-height elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-items-middle\" data-id=\"21aa954e\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-458a4330\" data-id=\"458a4330\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-56a7173f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"56a7173f\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2da9b42\" data-id=\"2da9b42\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-33a54b54 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"33a54b54\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">MY STORY<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7696a1ca\" data-id=\"7696a1ca\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-66b77355 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"66b77355\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchorContainer\" data-start=\"401\" data-end=\"521\"><strong data-start=\"401\" data-end=\"521\">I was making video for the internet before Instagram and TikTok existed. So when I say I have experience, I mean it.<\/strong><\/p><p data-start=\"526\" data-end=\"660\">I\u2019ve spent more than 15 years producing, shooting and editing video\u2014from newsrooms and documentary sets to businesses here in Hawai\u02bbi.<\/p><p data-start=\"665\" data-end=\"858\">I\u2019ve worked with organizations including TIME, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times and HBO Films. But one part of the work has always stayed with me: teaching other people how to do it.<\/p><p data-start=\"863\" data-end=\"1069\">At UC Berkeley, I taught journalism students camera, lighting, sound and editing. At TIME, I trained reporters to work on camera and produce video. Today, I help businesses build those same skills in-house.<\/p><p data-start=\"1074\" data-end=\"1276\">The technology has changed dramatically. The fundamentals haven\u2019t. You need to know what to say, how to capture it well, how to edit it efficiently\u2014and how to build a system you can actually keep using.<\/p><p data-start=\"1281\" data-end=\"1313\"><strong data-start=\"1281\" data-end=\"1313\">That\u2019s what I help teams do.<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1c0e85d elementor-hidden-tablet elementor-hidden-phone\" data-id=\"1c0e85d\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7cf03367 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7cf03367\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7957b618\" data-id=\"7957b618\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6e611c08 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6e611c08\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">MY APPROACH<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f8d38ee\" data-id=\"f8d38ee\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fd07c1c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"fd07c1c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>I usually start by asking a lot of questions.<\/p><ul><li data-start=\"309\" data-end=\"505\">What are you hoping video will do for your business?<\/li><li data-start=\"510\" data-end=\"557\">Who are you trying to reach?<\/li><li data-start=\"510\" data-end=\"557\">What do you want people to understand about you?<\/li><li data-start=\"510\" data-end=\"557\">What feels comfortable\u2014and what absolutely doesn\u2019t feel like you?<\/li><\/ul><p data-start=\"510\" data-end=\"557\">A lot of the people I work with have been doing what they do for decades. They have an incredible amount of knowledge, but very little of that knowledge is coming across in their videos.<\/p><p data-start=\"928\" data-end=\"1037\">That\u2019s what I love figuring out: <strong data-start=\"965\" data-end=\"1037\">What do you know that your customers would benefit from knowing too?<\/strong><\/p><p data-start=\"1042\" data-end=\"1067\">Then we build from there.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f9a8a90 elementor-hidden-tablet elementor-hidden-phone\" data-id=\"f9a8a90\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-533664cb elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"533664cb\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2d361873\" data-id=\"2d361873\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-68e29b5c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"68e29b5c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">EXPERIENCE<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4b5932f2\" data-id=\"4b5932f2\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-3291f2dc elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3291f2dc\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-1090947a\" data-id=\"1090947a\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2198da2b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2198da2b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>TIME<\/strong><br \/>Senior Video Producer<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-2504012c\" data-id=\"2504012c\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5bb3d2b3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5bb3d2b3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>UC<\/strong> <b>BERKELEY<\/b><br \/>Master&#8217;s in Journalism + Documentary Film<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-6931f9b9 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6931f9b9\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-1866088b\" data-id=\"1866088b\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-69d0541d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"69d0541d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>NATIONAL MEDIA<\/strong><br \/>The New York Times \u00b7 WSJ \u00b7 HBO \u00b7 MTV \u00b7 ABC News<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-49446a0a\" data-id=\"49446a0a\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1b06e9b8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1b06e9b8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>HAWAI<\/strong><span dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"><span class=\"mw-page-title-main\">\u02bb<\/span><\/span><strong>I<\/strong><br \/>15+ years working with local businesses + organizations<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1d173e2a elementor-hidden-tablet elementor-hidden-phone\" data-id=\"1d173e2a\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2203fa8 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2203fa8\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3e593c8\" data-id=\"3e593c8\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-605c3f8 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"605c3f8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5f7ecdc elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5f7ecdc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">READY TO MAKE VIDEO EASIER?<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bd5b708 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"bd5b708\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Let\u2019s build a video system your team can actually use.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element 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