A Mile Wide – Portfolio

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My thesis project was a documentary film and Flash site that explored the ballad singing tradition in an Appalachian county.

The Carolina Chocolate Drops gave us an impromptu performance that blew us away. The video has become one of the most popular old-time music clips on YouTube.

This joint project from UNC and Chilean students documented life on a remote island off the coast of Chile.

About: 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.
Awards: Audience Choice Award, [...]

Great Eight 2007 is an earlier installment of the News & Observer’s annual list of eight bands to watch in Raleigh, Durham, and Chapel Hill. 2007 was the first year we brought a multimedia element to the project. We shot live performance video for the majority of the bands and offered audio selections for each.

This interactive adds an important dimension to an investigative story about the cost of upkeep of a bridge that covers a span of open ocean.

For the 25th anniversary of N.C. State’s cinderella season, I produced this video of the memories of the News & Observer sports writers who covered the team.

Tyler’s Top Three Dunks is a good example of creating multimedia by repurposing regular news assets. We cover UNC with photo and video all season. When our sports beat writer was able to sneak in a quick audio interview with Tar Heel center Tyler Hansbrough about his favorite dunks of the season, I was able to match it with photos and video.

This video was part of the annual Great Eight project. I was one of two shooters on the video and the primary editor. The club where the band performed was lit by a single bulb, so we improvised and decided to shoot the video in black-and-white. Given the band’s neo-folk style, the decision turned out to be a good one.