Interns

Nicholas Sanchez

Media Education Intern

Nicholas Sanchez- A Portland Oregon import, has lived in the Denver metro area since 1993. A Englewood High School grad, he would go on to study Communications Broadcast Journalism and Theatre Arts at Hastings College. Graduating with honors he has set forth as a young entrepreneurial businessman, forging ground in both local small business web video and video education in the form of Mere Homage. Mere Homage, a small business media production boutique, has been in operation since late 2009 and has steadily been providing more and more local businesses with quality branded media. He currently works with a local nonprofit, Arts Street, as the video education head and has become a member of the Denver Open Media intern staff in the form of Media Education. He hopes to hone his skills as a teacher and inspire a new generation of producers to follow their passion.

Charlie Smith

Youth Media Intern

Charlie Smith is a true champion of youth discovering their power and expressing their potential without abandon. He has served in a number of capacities to empower people to own their own experiences in life, including an AmeriCorps NCCC member, a Habitat For Humanity construction supervisor, and a Mile High Youth Corps Crew Leader. He has worked in rebuilding an inner city high school as a 9th grade Social Studies teacher and coaching policy debate with the Denver Urban Debate League. Charlie also serves as a mentor and facilitator with Colorado Youth at Risk and BoldLeaders. He recently traveled to Kenya leading 36 youth with BoldLeaders, and was fortunate to capture many of the profound experiences they encountered.

He has recently created Awen Productions, which focuses on producing video and photography that captures human transformation and all things inspiring. Aligning his creative passions with his love for transformational work has resulted in a full length documentary project with BoldLeaders.

Ed Chasteen

Station Access Intern

Ed Chasteen II volunteers his time working as a Station Intern at Denver Open Media to help community producers and staff gain access to the equipment and studios at DOM. Like other station members, he finds DOM a great place for learning and networking.
When not at DOM , Ed works as an independent video producer who helps local acts, talent, and performers with their wants and needs in media production. Working as both adviser and technical resource, Ed provides a range of services including script writing and pre-production as well as lighting, camera work and post-production editing and marketing. Ed is also a working musician who writes original music and performs locally.
Presently Ed is producing a local TV variety show that will air in the Spring. He says that his mission is to elevate Denver's local acts, talent and performers to a new level so that they can be better appreciated nationally. "There is such rich talent here in Denver, it's too good not to share."

Jeremy McKinnon

Station Access Intern

Originally from the Black Hills of South Dakota, I moved to Denver shortly after college in 2002 to get the variety of the city life, but also have the beautiful Rocky Mountains outside my back door. I worked for a non-profit when first arriving and worked as a superintendent/project manager for the last five plus years. I decided to take a different path recently by resigning from my construction position. I plan to travel and enjoy my time off this year. I decided to volunteer at Denver Open Media because of the creative environment and it gave me the opportunity to learn about visual media. While I am not volunteering I enjoy rock climbing, soccer, trail running, and skiing.

Alyssa Cooper

Media Education Intern

Alyssa Cooper is a digital media artist from Denver, Colorado. She just received her B.A. Electronic Media Arts and Design with a minor in Film and Video Production from the University of Denver. Cooper is especially interested in animation and art within the cinematic realm. Her greatest ambition is to someday work as an animator for the Walt Disney Animation Studios. A sample of her animation can be viewed at http://vimeo.com/38670020. Her portfolio can be viewed at http://alyssamcooper.daportfolio.com/.