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  Woody Guthrie’s democracy

  Arts, Current Affairs, Television

  I edited this essay for Moyers and Company.
  “Woody saw the ravages of the Dust Bowl and the Depression firsthand; his own family came unraveled in the worst hard times. And he wrote tough yet lyrical stories about the men and women who struggled to survive, enduring the indignity of living life at the bone, with nothing to eat and no place to sleep . . . What professional success he had during his own lifetime, singing in concerts and on the radio, was often undone by politics and the restless urge to keep moving on. “So long, it’s been good to know you,” he sang, and off he would go.”

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  Kingsborough Community College videos

  Arts, Education

  I edited a series of promotional videos for Kingsborough Community College. This one is about the theater department.

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  Semper Fi: Searching for answers at Camp Lejeune

  Current Affairs, Television

  I was the editor on this for the PBS public affairs program Need to Know.
  “Last 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.
  Documentary film “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.”

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  Youngstown, Ohio: the incredible shrinking city

  Current Affairs, Television

  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. Watch The Incredible Shrinking City on PBS. See more from Need To Know.

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  Safe and Sexy

  Arts, Education

  This video accompanies an article by producer Shoshana Guy on the Need to Know website. Shoshana describes Sarah Hughes‘ photography project as follows: “Over the span of more than 10 years, Hughes has traveled the globe documenting people in one outfit in which they feel safe and comfortable and one in which they feel sexy. The photographs are accompanied by audio interviews in which predominately women, and some men, answer questions about themselves and what makes them feel safe, sexy, more »

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  Author profile: Abby Pogrebin

  Arts

  I shot and edited this for Sonnet Media. Abby Pogrebin talks about her writing.

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