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Knockdown Center
V1 / Video leadI'm the V1 at Knockdown Center for most of their video wall builds. I've led dozens of shows there, programming and running the wall for Madonna, Underworld, Franky Rizardo and more.
LED video tech · Reporter
Jacob Henry
I'm a video tech in New York. I run the LED wall at Knockdown Center, and I've built shows at Brooklyn Mirage and Pacha NYC. Before that I was a reporter, at the New York Post and then the Jewish Telegraphic Agency.
01 — Production
I started as a video tech at the Brooklyn Mirage. Since then I've worked for Knockdown Center and Pacha NYC, and co-founded my own event company, Party Right Here.
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Pacha NYC
V2 / Video techPacha NYC opened as the biggest club in New York City, and I was on the video team that built the wall. I set up cameras, ran visuals and helped wherever production needed a hand.
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Brooklyn Mirage
Video techI cut my teeth as a tech at the Brooklyn Mirage. At the time, it was the biggest club in Brooklyn. I worked dozens of shows there, including Keinemusik, Tiësto and deadmau5.
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Party Right Here
Co-founderI co-founded Party Right Here. It started with five people in an Irish pub and grew to thousands of people at our raves. We've worked with Culture Lab LIC, Open Streets and State Senator Kristen González to bring serious DJs and production to Queens.
02 — Journalism
I reported through Covid in New York City for the New York Post, then covered Jewish life and politics as a staff reporter at the New York Jewish Week and JTA. A few samples:
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Yeshiva University is left in mourning after a beloved gay alum dies by suicide
Herschel Siegel was a gay Yeshiva University alum who died by suicide. I talked to his friends, his family and rabbis about what his death meant for a school still split over how to include LGBTQ students.
May 2023Feature
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This Jewish temple is providing a home for a historic church in the Village
A six-alarm fire destroyed Middle Collegiate Church in 2020. Two years later East End Temple was still giving the congregation a home, and backing the church in its fight with the Landmarks Preservation Commission.
Dec 2022Feature
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Dump Trump? No sign of dissatisfaction at ZOA gala as ex-president is honored for Israel efforts
This was Trump's first public appearance after the 2022 midterms. I covered it from the Zionist Organization of America gala at Chelsea Piers.
Nov 2022Politics
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Bronx Jewish day school closes for suspected coronavirus case
SAR Academy in Riverdale shut both of its campuses over a suspected case. It was one of the first coronavirus stories out of New York City.
Mar 2020Breaking news
03 — Contact
Hiring for a show or a newsroom? Email me.
I've been around a lot of different organizations and endeavors. No matter what the task at hand is, whether it's a huge concert or a pressing news article, I bring all my skills to the table to get the job done.
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Experience
- 2025 — Present V1 Video TechKnockdown Center
- 2023 — Present V2 Video TechBrooklyn Mirage / Knockdown Center / Pacha NYC
- 2022 — 2023 Staff ReporterNew York Jewish Week / JTA
- 2020 US News ReporterMetroUK / DailyMail
- 2019 — 2020 Field ReporterThe New York Post
- 2015 — 2016 Investigative ReporterThe State Press, Tempe AZ
Video
Editorial
Education
Arizona State University
BA, Journalism and Mass Communication — 2016
Recognition
Simon Rockower Award, 2023
Best Online Feature Reporting — SPJ regional
Arizona Press Club, third place, investigative student journalism