Multimedia Projects
Quality Counts 2012: The Global Challenge
Role: Lead Multimedia Producer
For decades, American education reformers have worried about the state of public education in the United States as compared to other countries such as Finland and Singapore. Quality Counts is Education Week‘s annual report card for schools that has traditionally focused on investigative and data-intensive reporting. In 2012, it introduced a comprehensive multimedia/online package that uses video, audio and live chats.
Go directly to the multimedia project
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“Haiti’s Lost Children”
Role: Executive Producer
For decades, education reformers have fought to create a universal and public education system in Haiti. But after the January earthquake, those reform efforts have largely stalled. Haiti stands at a dangerous crossroads — more than half the country’s current population is under the age of 30, but still, even a basic grade school education is an impossible dream for most. Literacy rates are alarmingly low and most Haitians growing up lack basic skills even for the most unskilled jobs. The quality of education is very poor and prohibitively expensive for many Haitian families. Funded by the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting in Washington D.C., the project was released in December 2010.
Visit the “Haiti’s Lost Children” website.
See the Pulitzer Center blog
The Silver Mirror
Role: Executive Programmer
By 2050, the elderly population is forecast to reach 2 billion. Begun in 2009 and funded in part by the University of Miami and the Herbert W. Hoover Environmental Foundation, this project includes the production of a global feature-length documentary film for broadcast and theatrical release as well as an online platform to explore the critical issues.
“The Silver Mirror” is produced by the same team that made “One Water,” the award-winning environmental documentary narrated by Hollywood actor, Martin Sheen.
Colorful but Colorblind
Role: Content Manager, Videographer
Sponsored by the European Union’s Fundamental Rights and Citizenship Progamme, Colorful but Colorblind is a project aimed at remedying anti-Roma stereotyping through the creative use of multimedia in reporting minority issues in new member states of the European Union and internationally.
Using multimedia and narrative storytelling, the project is a compilation of 25 videos that were filmed across five different countries and languages. The videos, which were filmed in each country’s native language, also have English subtitles.
My Story, My Goal
Role: Infographics Producer, Videographer
Inspired by the United Nations Millennium Development Goals, this project sent me to South Africa, where I created a five-minute video about the country’s handling of air pollution. Produced in conjunction with 14 other journalists and directed by former Washington Post multimedia editor, Tom Kennedy, the site features seven videos which were filmed in different countries.
In addition to the video content, there are infographics and a 22-minute documentary.
Miami’s Silent Struggle
Role: Videographer
Despite an image of glamor and wealth, Miami is one of the poorest cities in the United States with an average median income of $22,000 per household. This interactive site features infographics and a collection of nine videos about people who live in poverty or work to eliminate it in South Florida.