Saimir S
Broadcast Technician at Voice of America
Washington, District of Columbia, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolSaimir S is a Broadcast Technician and multimedia storyteller with eight years of hands-on experience at Voice of America, where he serves as D2/Technical Director while operating audio, cameras, and video editing workflows. He also works as a freelance journalist, producing live coverage, interviews with political leaders and members of Congress, and bilingual reporting that combines shooting, editing, writing, and translation. Trained in Journalism and Communication & Media Studies from the University of Tirana, he blends formal media theory with practical studio and field expertise. Technically fluent across broadcast control rooms and content production tools, he has also contributed full‑stack automation to open-source tooling—a Bash Raycast script for base conversion—demonstrating curiosity about small developer productivity gains. Comfortable switching between fast-paced live directing and meticulous post-production, he excels at turning complex events into clear, polished stories. Based in Washington, D.C., he brings a journalist’s rigor and a technician’s precision to every assignment.
8 years of coding experience
Master's degree, Communication and Media Studies, Master's degree, Communication and Media Studies at University of Tirana
English, French, Spanish, Albanian, Italian
Github Skills (10)
sh10
command-line-interface10
bash10
script10
shell10
scripting10
cli10
command-line10
raycasting9
raycast9
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
raycast/script-commands
May 2021 - May 2021
Script Commands let you tailor Raycast to your needs. Think of them as little productivity boosts throughout your day.
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:1 review, 8 commits, 1 PR in 4 days
Contributions summary:Saimir primarily contributed to a bash script designed for base conversion, which aligns with the repository's purpose of providing script commands for Raycast. They added the initial script, then refined it by updating its functionality and improving the user experience. These changes included updates to the script's title, package name, and author information, and also included code adjustments and whitespace trimming.
scriptscriptingproductivityraycastscript-commands
thesulaj/esp-idf
Sep 2021 - Apr 2024
Espressif IoT Development Framework. Official development framework for ESP32.
Contributions:8 pushes, 2 branches, 3 tags in 2 years 7 months
esp8266espressifarduinodevelopment-frameworkesp-idf
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