A Mile Wide – Portfolio

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.

Great Eight 2008 is the latest installment of an annual multimedia showcase of eight local bands to watch.

Dail: Life Unbarred tells the story of Dwayne Dail, a man who spends more than half his adult life in prison after being wrongfully convicted in the rape of a 12-year-old girl. The multimedia package evokes an on-line DVD as it features a video documentary and several extras. The package has won numerous awards, including a Best of Photojournalism Award for Feature Video.