We spent the summer learning all about Texas Tort Reform and working with the great people of Legal Progress at the Center for American Progress to design a story that would show the human impact of an issue that can sometimes get lost in legalese and political debate. You can read more about the issue …
Just a quick note about this, since honestly, you should just watch it anyway for an inside look at the outbreak on the ground. But since I’m preparing for coaching at Mountain Workshops next week, I’ve got my educator hat on and wanted to point out something I think this video does really well, that is …
What We’re Watching /// Fighting Ebola Outbreak Street by Street Read More »
Heading to the mountains to video-coach the heck out of some great storytellers at The Mountain Workshops
This sick video is popping up a lot this week. It’s a 4-minute slow motion piece by Ben Garvin that captures 10 seconds of the Twin Cities marathon using a super fancy Fastec TS3 slow motion camera. I clicked on it thinking it would have that visceral appeal of the ESPN body issue, where the rippling …
What We’re Watching /// Extraordinary Human Beings in Slow Motion Read More »
One of our favorite internet resources for storytelling and story design is Inside the Story Magazine. This web-native magazine is the brainchild of producer Adam Westbrook who lives in the UK. Adam is so passionate about stories that he decided to take a break from storytelling himself and study story narrative and story design in …
A big thank you to everyone who came out for the screening of “Overburden” at FreshDocs last week! It was great to see the Full Frame Theatre packed to capacity, with more folks crowding in on the stairs. Thank you to everyone who engaged in the feedback session and shared your thoughts with us as …
If you’re looking to get your feet wet in the field of multimedia storytelling, join us next month for a workshop at the Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University. We’ll show you the basics to get you started on the path to creating your own powerful narratives. Learn more and register on the Center …
Workshops /// Multimedia Storytelling at CDS Duke Read More »
Join us on July 25, 2014 for our first work-in-progress screening of Overburden. We’re fresh out of the editing suite and need your feedback as we move forward to complete the film. On Friday, July 25th, The Southern Documentary Fund and the Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University will be screening Overburden, the film …
Please help us welcome our new intern, Kelly Creedon. Kelly is a Roy Park Fellow in Visual Communication at the UNC Chapel Hill School of Journalism and Mass Communication (our old stomping grounds). Most recently, she was the editor-in-chief of Whole Hog, this year’s edition of UNC’s Powering a Nation multimedia reporting project. We asked …
We spent the day running with these war dogs in training, learning how their trainers teach them to recover IEDs, sniff out car bombs, and assist injured veterans. You can see this video along with the rest of National Geographic’s report on war dogs at National Geographic.