Sep.24

September 24, 2013
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Chiloe Stories

Chiloe Stories

Chiloe Stories was a collaboration between students from UNC and the University of the Andes to create an extensive project documenting life on the isolated island of Chiloe. My primary assignment was to teach a dozen Chilean students audio and video skills as well as help them develop their stories. I also helped develop the initial site design as well as created written content for an interactive module on the island’s famous wooden churches.

The project won a number of awards including a Best of Photojournalism award and a gold medal from the Society for News Design.

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Sep.24

September 24, 2013
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Megafaun

Megafaun

This video profile of the psychedelic folk band Megafaun was part of the News & Observer’s annual Great 8 feature of bands to watch in the music-crazy Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill triangle. What began as a purely print product has transformed into a showcase of our best multimedia. We have upped the ante for the project each year and have helped our site reach a non-newspaper audience.

Filmed in a tiny venue with only two light bulbs and a television set for light, the video proved challenging, but the low-light and black and white cinematography accented the intimacy and religious revival feel of the  show.

 

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Sep.24

September 24, 2013
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Madison County Project

Madison County Project

Madison County Project was my thesis project for the Master’s program in Journalism at the University of North Carolina. The project consisted of a 23-minute documentary film and a companion multimedia site that explored the ballad singing tradition in western North Carolina and the filmmakers, photographers and folklorists who documented it.

The film screened at a number of film festivals and received an Audience Choice Award at the Asheville Film Festival.

The film was donated to  Folkstreams  — a online archive of folklore documentary film that I helped develop before attending UNC.

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