Category: Multimedia & Video
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Multimedia: Imperiled Shores
Wisconsin’s Great Lakes communities expect to spend $245 million in five years to protect shorelines as a climate ‘tug of war’ drives extreme shifts in water levels. Wisconsin Watch reporter Mario Koran explains the impact this has on lakeshore communities in this multimedia slideshow I produced for a live event held in Door County, Wisconsin.…
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Data Visualizations: Tableau Charts for Wisconsin Watch
As part of my work as multimedia editor for Wisconsin Watch, I often make data visualizations to better explain the reporting. A selection of my data visualizations can be seen here on Tableau Public. More of my reporting for Wisconsin Watch can be read here.
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Video: Former interns and fellows reflect on WCIJ
Former interns and fellows reflect on WCIJ from WisconsinWatch on Vimeo. For the 10th anniversary of the Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism, a selection of former interns and fellows reflect on what the Center has meant to them and their careers. I produced this video to commemorate and celebrate the occasion. More of my video…
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Video: Battle with Brain Injury — A Linebacker’s Story of Concussion
Battle with Brain Injury: A Linebacker’s Story of Concussion from WisconsinWatch on Vimeo. I shot, edited and produced this video about former University of Wisconsin linebacker Tony Megna, who left football after suffering severe, repeated headaches. “I couldn’t get through practice without throwing up,” Megna said. “I almost flunked out a semester because of poor…
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Los Lecheros: A documentary film on rising immigration tensions in America’s Dairyland
Los Lecheros from WisconsinWatch on Vimeo. Now showing online: Our film on rising immigration tensions in America’s Dairyland “Los Lecheros” (Dairy Farmers) was co-produced with Jim Cricchi and Susan Peters of Twelve Letter Films in 2017 in partnership with Wisconsin Watch. The Center’s reporting on the issue started in 2009 with a series of stories…
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Multimedia: Solitary Confinement With No End Date
Solitary Confinement With No End Date from WisconsinWatch on Vimeo. More than 15 days in solitary confinement can be considered torture, according to a United Nations expert on human rights. In Wisconsin, about 100 prisoners are currently held in a solitary status called administrative confinement, which can last years, or even decades. This is solitary…
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Dying to Breathe—A Short Film Shows China’s True Cost of Gold
I spent months working with photographer Sim Chi Yin to edit this short documentary with footage she had shot over three years. She tells the compelling story of He Quanqui, a former goldminer suffering from China’s most prevalent occupational disease—silicosis. This moving love story shows the dedication of his wife, and his overwhelming desire to…
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Stephanie Sinclair on Hunger in America: The City
I recently interviewed three photographers who covered hunger in America for the feature “The New Face of Hunger” in the August issue of National Geographic magazine. They explored what it looks like for individuals and families to be food insecure in urban, suburban, and rural areas of our country. Stephanie Sinclair photographed families in the…
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Kitra Cahana on Hunger in America: The Suburbs
I recently interviewed three photographers who covered hunger in America for the feature “The New Face of Hunger” in the August issue of National Geographic magazine. They explored what it looks like for individuals and families to be food insecure in urban, suburban, and rural areas of our country. Kitra Cahana traveled to the suburbs…
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Amy Toensing on Hunger in America: Iowa’s Breadbasket
I recently interviewed three photographers who covered hunger in America for the feature “The New Face of Hunger” in the August issue of National Geographic magazine. They explored what it looks like for individuals and families to be food insecure in urban, suburban, and rural areas of our country. Amy Toensing traveled to Osage, Iowa,…