Multimedia Producer

Crisis Guide: The Global Economy, an Emmy award-winning interactive, that addresses the causes and consequences of the global economic crisis with rigorous economic and geopolitical analysis. Drawing on insights from leading thinkers, it also seeks to shed light on the policy implications of the crisis, and courses of action that could be taken to ameliorate it.

This was another joint production between the Council on Foreign Relations and MediaStorm and the second Emmy award for the Crisis Guide series.

After tinkering with this personal project for a few years I’m happy to screen it in its current form. I was so taken with this poem the first time I read it and I was surprised by its depth from an author so young in age. Unfortunately, I’ve lost the original online source of the poem and am unable to thank this talented young woman for her inspiration. It was read by a wonderful little girl who brought the perfect mix of innocence and freshness to its reading.

Multimedia Producer

This interactive look at the history of the Iraq War was originally unveiled as a slideshow, however, once we developed our new timeline template we decided to re-conceive the interactive as a timeline. Greg Bruno was the writer on this project and did a fantastic job highlighting the war’s major points through text and photos.

Multimedia Producer

This interactive is part of CFR.org’s initial coverage of the meltdown in the global economy. It’s a three-part timeline that offers a looks at the current crisis, the historical context in which it’s rooted, and also the regulator circumstances that helped contribute to it. The content was written and research by Lee Hudson Teslik who did a brilliant job outlining and pinpointing the ma  jor points of this timeline. I designed it in conjunction with Jacky Myint of MediaStorm and want to highlight what a fantastic job she did bringing this concept to life. Our future plan is to roll this into our upcoming Crisis Guide on the Global Economy.

Multimedia Producer

Crisis Guide: Climate Change is the most recent full-featured interactive guide that I produced at CFR.org. It takes a hard look at the global impact of climate change and the foreign policy implications. On the production end we wanted to ramp up the quantity and quality of the types of media we present in this guide. In so doing we leveraged diversity of expert opinions and perspectives throughout the guide. As Executive Producer, Mike Moran, continued to set the bar high with this interactive, providing his “big picture” view of the crisis and pushing the team to produce our ever-evolving series with unparalleled breadth and depth. Toni Johnson was the writer on this project and brought her extensive knowledge of the subject and her dedication to this complex topic. And finally, I want to make sure to give a shout out to my friends and colleagues at MediaStorm for their continued creative genius. In particular, Bob Sasha, for producing the opening film, and Tim Klimowitz for his elegant interactive design.

Multimedia Producer

Crisis Guide: The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, is a chapter by chapter look at the ongoing conflict in the Middle East. This interactive multimedia presentation includes expert anaylisis, award-winning photography, video and a comprehensive timeline, and extensive resources for the unfolding crisis.

This Crisis Guide was a joint production between the Council on Foreign Relations and MediaStorm in 2008. Three names are worth mentioning in the production of this interactive; Eben Kaplan for his writing and commentment to see the project through; Tim Klimowicz for his impecable design skills; and Eric Maierson for his editorial work on the timeline video.

Multimedia Producer

Crisis Guide: Darfur, an Emmy award-winning interactive, takes a comprehensive look at the ongoing genocide in Sudan. It’s a six chapter multimedia presentation including award-winning photography, video, a timeline of the conflict, an interactive map, expert analysis, and extensive resources for the unfolding crisis.

A joint production between the Council on Foreign Relations and MediaStorm in 2007, Crisis Guide: Darfur was my first main production at CFR.org. In September 2008 this interactive won an Emmy award for New Approaches to News and Documentary Programming: Current News Coverage, garnering the Council’s first-ever Emmy nomination and win. I want to highlight the magnificent work on this project of Stephanie Hanson as the lead writer, and Pamela Chen who produced the openning video. Of course it goes without saying (but I will) that this franchise would not exist without the vision of Michael Moran. Mike’s has an uncanny understanding of how to use the interactive medium to further the journalistic endevor.