Skyler is a Seattle-based cinematographer, video editor, and journalist.
Currently working as a videographer at Cascade PBS, Skyler focuses on documentary-style storytelling that celebrates people, culture, and the environment. Before landing in the PNW, she was the lead videographer at The Colorado Springs Gazette and held internships at The Los Angeles Times, The Denver Post, and the Chesapeake Bay Program. She holds a degree in photojournalism from Western Kentucky University.
Skyler is a licensed drone pilot and is available for assignment statewide + beyond.
e: skyler.ballard23@gmail.com / c: 502-349-8348
fun & friends, 2023
Recognition
Heartland Emmy Awards Winner - 2023 - Daily News Report - Single Shift
Society for Features Journalism - 2023 - 1st & 2nd Place - Visual Storytelling
Heartland Emmy Awards Winner - 2022 - Environmental News
SPJ Excellence-in-Features - 2022 - 1st & 3rd Place - Video Storytelling
White House News Photographers Association - 2019 - Student Videographer of the Year
Hearst Journalism Awards 2019 - Multimedia Story of the Year
Hearst Journalism Awards 2019 -1st Place - Multimedia III Enterprise
Hearst Journalism Awards 2019 -1st Place - Multimedia IV Team News Reporting
Hearst Journalism Awards 2019 - 2nd Place - Multimedia National Championship
Hearst Journalism Awards 2020 - 5th Place - Multimedia III Enterprise
Atlanta Photojournalism Seminar - 2019 - Dave Martin Student Grant