John Owens is a freelance multimedia producer who works with video, photography and words. 

John produces both short and long form visual content for organisations including The Guardian and the International Rescue Committee, and documentaries that have appeared in the BBC and Netflix. John has deep experience in current affairs and investigations and a focus on human rights. Hostile environment trained, he has worked in a range of complex and challenging environments including Iraq, Ukraine, Somalia and the Rohingya camps of Bangladesh. However, he has also covered everything from opera through to ice cream, via rusting locomotives. 

John’s other clients include VOA News, Save the Children and Human Rights Watch among others. He is particularly interested in collaborative and participatory methods of content creation. 

You can email him at johnsmowens@gmail.com