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Catherine Baum is a general assignment reporter and videographer at the Daily Hampshire Gazette in Northampton, Massachusetts. Her beat is Northampton and Easthampton city schools and Southampton town news, including coverage of town board and school committee meetings, breaking police and fire news and human interest stories. In addition to filing copy for print and online, she shoots, produces and edits two to three-minute videos with voice-overs for GazetteNET, www.gazettenet.com, and Easthampton Community Access Television, www.ecatchannel5.com.    

Upon request, Baum provides video production services for individuals, non-profit organizations and small to medium-sized businesses in New England and New York. Promotional videos expose services and products. Event videos include weddings and receptions, family reunions, dance recitals, sporting events, public speeches, concerts and cultural ceremonies. Video narration and still photography are also available. For more information, please submit a message via the contact button.

Prior to the Gazette, Baum wrote for The Post-Standard in Syracuse, New York; The Republican in Springfield, Massachusetts, and the Independent on Sunday in London. She also photographed and researched still images and copyright for use in “Anthropology 101,” a London-based education documentary.

Baum graduated from Syracuse University with a bachelor's degree in newspaper and political science. She plans to stay in journalism.

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