Portfolio
For my most recent work, you can always check under “My Latest Work” in the right sidebar of this website. Below are some clips and links for some of my work.
They are divided into four sections:
Independently produced audio stories
Interviews produced for The Story: with Dick Gordon
Web projects
Non-broadcast voiceover
Independently Produced Stories
A Bit of the Old South — The Florida coast’s last mobile home park decides to sell to a developer. For some, it’s mere profit. For others, it’s the end of a way of life.
Try, Try Again — One man’s quest to put an old town back on the map.
Goodbye Tobacco, Hello Strawberry Jam — In 1997, North Carolina’s tobacco industry collapsed. Statewide annual income from tobacco fell from $1.3 billion to just $400 million by 2005. With the aid of their own ingenuity, as well as the Tobacco Community Reinvestment Fund, resourceful farmers such as Harold Wright have found other ways to survive.
Life Between the Canyon Walls — Paula Leonor Rivera Checa is a Cabana indian living in Colca Canyon, Peru. Her life weaves together simple subsistence and complex tradition.
This story, along with an accompanying photo slideshow, is featured on the award-winning multimedia website, White City Stories.
Island Life — Robinson Crusoe Island, 400 miles off the coast of Chile, is a place where the romantic past and the harsh realities of the present come together. Will the current colony survive, or disappear like so many before it?
This story, along with an accompanying photo slideshow, is featured on the award-winning multimedia website, Chasing Crusoe.
JFEX — The U.S. Army and Air Force recently created the JFEX – a Joint Forces EXercise – to train for the changing military landscape. At Fort Bragg in North Carolina, that means taking an airstrip from an extremist Arab militia.
Interviews produced for The Story: With Dick Gordon
I have produced and edited many interviews for The Story, a public radio program distributed nationally by American Public Media. Clips of some interviews are included below. Click on the show title to link to the entire interview.
Military Skinheads — TJ Leyden was once a skinhead in a Marine uniform. He used to recruit other Marines into the neo-Nazi movement. Now he lectures against such behavior.
After Tiananmen — A one-time student activist at Tiananmen Square, Shen Tong now does business with the Chinese government.
Art Despite Oppression II — A follow-up to an interview we did with Iraqi-born artist Wafaa Bilal. During this interview, Wafaa is sitting in a Chicago art gallery while people around the world shoot at him, using a paintball gun connected to the Internet.
Getting Through — In the aftermath of the massacre at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, Virginia, we spoke with Lauren Bohn, a survivor of the Columbine shootings, about her own journey towards forgiveness. Soon after the interview, Lauren headed to Blacksburg to offer her support to surviving students.
Web projects
As mentioned above, for a more expansive list of recent additions to my portfolio, check “My Latest Work” in the right sidebar. Below are some examples of my multimedia/web production.
You Decide — editorial producer
I am the editorial producer for You Decide, a series of interactive activities designed to challenge users’ assumptions on economic policy and personal decision-making. Produced by KQED FM, You Decide is part of a collaboration on economic coverage involving public media organizations from around the country, funded by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.
Health Dialogues — social media web producer
I am currently the social media web producer for Health Dialogues, a radio program produced by KQED FM and heard on public radio stations throughout California. The program addresses health and health care issues while focusing on California’s underserved communities. As web producer, I manage the radio program’s online presence and produce online content to compliment each broadcast.
Special Olympics Live — coach and producer
I helped coach and lead a group of about 150 students while we produced daily documentaries, photographs and event coverage at the 2009 Special Olympics World Winter Games, in Idaho. I also produced daily highlights packages that include voiceovers and interviews I conducted with various celebrity supporters.
White City Stories — Life and history in and around the city of Arequipa, Peru
Time Magazine’s Top 50 websites, 2007
I was Audio Director on this documentary multimedia website, which was produced by students at the UNC Chapel Hill School of Journalism and Mass Communication. Here is a direct link to the audio/photo story I reported and produced. See the credits page for a complete list of my involvement.
Chasing Crusoe — The past, present and future of Robinson Crusoe Island, Chile
I was Director of Audio and Audio Scripting on this documentary multimedia website, also produced by students at the UNC Chapel Hill School of Journalism and Mass Communication.
I also produced an audio/photo story called “Island Life,” found in the documentary section titled “Isla Mas a Tierra.”
See the credits page for a complete list of my involvement.
Non-broadcast/Corporate Voiceover Projects
Museum exibit — A sample from a narration I recorded for a museum exhibit on lighthouses. [Note: if you follow the link, there is an informational video about the exhibit that is NOT my voice.]
DVD narration — Here is a sample from a voiceover narration I recorded for an interactive DVD version of Making Presentations, an instructional book on… making presentations! (The DVD has not yet been released.)
Website narration — Here is a narration that I wrote, recorded and produced for a website raising money to fight Alzheimer’s disease. (I also designed and produced the website.)
