Lessons on Democracy from Woody Guthrie
Posted in Arts, Current Affairs on Jan 13th, 2012
I edited this Bill Moyers Essay for Moyers and Company .
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Semper Fi: Searching for answers at Camp Lejeune
Posted in Current Affairs, Health, Politics on Sep 12th, 2011
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 [...]
Youngstown, Ohio: the incredible shrinking city
Posted in Current Affairs on May 28th, 2011
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.
An Egyptian-American reflects on Hosni Mubarak’s ouster
Posted in Current Affairs on Feb 18th, 2011
As we watched the remarkable scenes of revolution in Egypt last week, one member of the Need to Know staff was immersed nearly 24/7 — and for good reason. Producer Mona Iskander is Egyptian-American, with some of her family still living in Cairo. She stayed in touch with them constantly and we at Need to [...]