TELEVISION
Reporting Projects
Free the Slaves
Fighting Modern Slavery Around the Globe
Short films documenting the brutality of human trafficking and showcasing courageous activists liberating slaves from bondage. Director, writer, videographer, producer or execdutive producer on more than 20 films, 2008-current.Cambodia: A former sex slave helps others escape and recover Script Video LinkUganda: Healing child soldiers and the wounds of war Script Video LinkPhilippines: Fighting child sex trafficking Script Video LinkIndia: Undercover activists expose trafficking ring for household maids Script Video LinkPakistan: Farm slave escapes brutal treatment and rescues 700 others Script Video LinkNepal: Fighting slavery in brothels, quarries and circuses Script Video LinkBrazil: Dramatic rescues uncover a web of slave-tainted goods Script Video LinkThe Freedom Awards: Highlight trailer of annual televised ceremony Video Link
PBS PUBLIC BROADCASTING
MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour
Television magazine segments on abortion, AIDS, environment, labor, medicine, presidential politics. Contributing Witer/Producer/On-air Correspondent, 1988-93.Story: Religious Groups Target Abortion Doctors | Transcript Story: Flight Attendants Battle Weight Discrimination | Transcript
Listening to America with Bill MoyersOne-hour television program on crime, with field reports & studio town-hall meeting. Studio & Field Producer/On-air Segment Correspondent, 1992.Program Transcript
Your Toxic TrashTelevision special on the dangers of household garbage. Hosted by Ed Begley Jr. Writer/Producer, 1993.Program TranscriptTeacher's Guide for Use in Schools
WaterInternational television documentary on water conservation programs in Mexico, U.S., Australia, New Zealand. Hosted by James Earl Jones. Senior Producer/On-Air Correspondent. 1994.Read the ScriptTeacher's Guide for Use in Schools
Die & Let LiveTelevision documentary special on organ donation. Co- producer, 1993.
History Channel: Modern Marvels
Television documentary series on great technological achievements. Writer/Producer/Director on several episodes1995-98. Stock Exchange: Behind-the-scenes history of how the stock market functions. Read the Script Firefighting: Two-part series on history's worst fires & the equipment used to fight them.Part One Script: History's Most Frightening ForcePart Two Script: Extreme Firefighting ConditionsTennessee Valley Authority: The massive Depression-era dam construction project. Read the ScriptGreat Towers: Reaching for heaven: Pisa, Eiffel, Big Ben, Space Needle, Stratosphere. Read the Script
Discovery Channel
RIVALS: Pancho Villa v. John PershingHistorical television documentary on the U.S. expedition to catch Mexico's infamous bandit/revolutionary. Hosted by Gerald MacRaney. Writer/Producer/Director, 1995. Read the Script
Fox Television
Trauma CenterDocumentary series on hospital emergency rooms. Field Producer, 1994.
TV Station Staff Positions
KERA-TV—Dallas, USA. (PBS). Producer/Director in national documentary unit Producer/ Host of weekly news magazine, town-hall meetings & candidate debates, 1988-93.
KFDA-TV—Amarillo, TX, USA (CBS). Noon newscast Anchor/Producer Assignment Desk Editor directing staff of 25 with live units Courts/Police Reporter, 1985-88.
Radio Reporting projects
Antarctica: Journey to the Ice | National Public Radio's Living on EarthFour-part radio documentary on the melting ice cap, ozone hole, penguin deaths, pollution at expedition camps. Writer/Producer/On- air Correspondent.Part 1: Fragile EcosystemPart 2: Cleaning Up PollutionPart 3: Melting Polar IcecapPart 4: Ice PartyAlaska Oil Odyssey | National Public Radio's Living on EarthThree-part radio documentary, traversing the Arctic interior and sailing aboard supertankers at sea, investigating environmental problems along the path oil travels from Alaska’s North Slope to America’s gas tanks. Writer/Producer/On-air Correspondent.Read the scriptListen Part 1: The Drilling FieldsListen Part 2: Pipeline Perils Listen Part 3: Supertanker SafetyEarth Day: An Environmental History | National Public Radio's Living on EarthRadio special on the origins and growth of America's environmental movement. Writer/Producer/On-Air Correspondent. Read the script | Listen: Environmental History
World Summit on Sustainable Development | National Public Radio's Living on EarthRadio special from history's largest gathering of world leaders, the United Nations World Summit on Sustainable Development in Johannesburg, South Africa. On-air correspondent and program producer. Read the program transcript
Freelance Foreign Correspondent Feature ReportsBased in Cape Town, South Africa, covering business stories for the U.S. program Marketplace, environmental stories for the U.S. program Living on Earth, and general news for the Voice of America and the BBC/PRI program The World. 2005-2009.
Marketplace: South Africa seizes white-owned farms Read the script | ListenMarketplace: South Africa intervenes in diamond industry Read the script | ListenThe World: South Africans can't sing national anthem Read the script | ListenThe World: Class struggle grips South Africa leader race Read the script | ListenThe World: South Africa outlaws teen kissing Read the script | ListenLiving on Earth: South Africa's nuclear ambition Read the script | Listen Living on Earth: Fighting global warming in Africa Read the script | ListenLiving on Earth: African baboons invade homes Read the script | ListenVoice of America: Film shows soccer united apartheid prisoners Read the script | Listen Voice of America: Shark spotters guard Cape Town swimmers Read the script | Listen
Radio Staff Positions Regional News Editor & Project Coordinator Public Radio Northwest News Network, Seattle USA. Editor and project coordinator for start-up of network providing regional news coverage to 52 National Public Radio affiliate stations in Idaho, Oregon and Washington. Daily supervision of four correspondents, assigning and editing spot news and feature-length reports. News bureau development work, including hiring, budgeting, equipment selection and purchasing. Coordination work with regional fund raising team, station-based website technicians, national programming distributors and news directors throughout the Northwest. December 2003-July 2005. News Director KUOW-FM Seattle USA Acting News Director for news/talk public radio station, supervising staff of seven reporters/newscasters and coordinating news production with the work of six talk hosts/producers. Responsible for daily assignments, editing stories, coordinating placement of news stories on station website. August 2000-April 2001. Senior Editor & National Affairs Correspondent National Public Radio's Living on Earth Senior Editor of weekly environmental news magazine, assigning and editing reports form correspondents worldwide, supervising website production. August 1999--April 2000. National Affairs Correspondent, reporting/producing/voicing documentary reports, 1998-99. Based in Seattle, USA. Salmon in the city: a critical test for endangered species act Read the script Listen (mp3) Geese police strike back at nuisance birds Read the script Listen (mp3) Healing forests with chainsaws: innovative restoration Read the script Listen (mp3) Saw-mill "museum" creates buzz saw of controversy Read the script Listen (mp3) Newscaster/Reporter KGNC-AM —Amarillo, Texas USA Newscaster & Courts/Police/Education Reporter at CBS affiliate, 1984-85. News Director WORT-FM —Madison, Wisconsin USA Coordinating and training volunteer "citizen journalists" in community radio newsroom, 1981-83. Newscaster/Reporter Wisconsin Public Radio—Madison, Wisconsin USA “Morning Edition” Newscaster for state-wide public radio network general-assignment reporter, 1980-81.
