I edited this Bill Moyers Essay for Moyers and Company
Lessons on Democracy from Woody Guthrie
Jan 13th, 2012 by admin
Semper Fi: Searching for answers at Camp Lejeune
Sep 12th, 2011 by admin
I was the editor on this for Need to Know.
Producer: Jackie Pou
This summer, thousands of former Marines all across the country learned something alarming. The base where they had been stationed, Camp Lejeune in Jacksonville, N.C., was the site of one of the worst water contaminations in U.S. history.
A new documentary called “Semper Fi” follows one man’s journey from devoted Marine to activist searching for answers about what happened at Camp Lejeune, who knew and when.
An ounce of prevention: Choking and food safety
Jul 31st, 2011 by admin
I was the editor on this segment for Need to Know on PBS.
Producer: Jackie Pou
Every year some 10,000 children end up in emergency rooms because of serious choking incidents, many of them involving hot dogs. And that’s only the number of cases reported. And while there is oversight of toys that pose a choking risk, when it comes to something that is actually supposed to go in a kid’s mouth, parents are pretty much on their own. The American Academy of Pediatrics has issued a policy statement asking the government to do more, but as it turns out, it took an inventor — a businessman — to come up with an ingenious solution.
Youngstown, Ohio: the incredible shrinking city
May 28th, 2011 by admin
In a country where bigger is almost always better, cities like Youngstown, Ohio, are trying to come back to life by shrinking themselves. This Blueprint America story reports on Youngstown’s plan to restore its former greatness, but on a smaller scale.
I was the main editor on this piece for Blueprint America, PBS.