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Currently overseeing the promotion of a film about Maine State Prison's transformation from a notoriously brutal institution -- the inspiration for Stephen King's short story and the film, "The Shawshank Redemption"-- to one that's being modeled across the country.

Produce a variety of projects for news broadcasters, documentary film-makers, video content creators, creative agencies and corporate clients including: Arrow Media, BBC Arabic, BBC World Service Radio, BBC World News America, BBC World TV, BBC 100 Women Series, Blakeway Productions, Bloomberg TV, Brook Lapping, Economist Films, PBS Frontline, Red Bee Media, RSA Unscripted (Ridley Scott's documentary company) and World Bank Group (multimedia unit).

London, Gb

Planned and produced live coverage and special events/programs across the BBC at World TV, The News Channel, and Online. Produced long-form feature pieces and interviews, as well as "First Person" profiles, including those documenting the pandemic and profiling victims of the January 6 insurrection. Oversaw planning and production of panels and contributors to the 2022 and 2020 election cycles (including election night specials). Helped produce "Women Building Peace" podcast series, presented by Suzanne Kianpour. Planned and produced segments for the BBC 100 Women series.

London, Gb

Produced news and long-form feature and interview segments alongside anchor/correspondent, Philippa Thomas, for the BBC World News and the Peabody Award-winning World News America programs and for Online. Stories ranged from the re-opening of civil rights cold cases in Mississippi to the phase-out of NASA’s space shuttle program. Field produced special events, including President Obama’s 2011 State of the Union address. Line produced set pieces and breaking news stories, including coverage of U.S. Senator Ted Kennedy’s death and funeral in 2009.

London, Gb

Commissioned and produced news and feature packages, high-profile interviews and guest segments for BBC World TV. Worked on special projects, events and show launches. Regularly filled in for the Deputy Planning Editor, the Asia Editor and the Editor of The World Today. Stints at Panorama, HardTalk, NewsRound, World Service Radio NewsHour. ➢ Field produced lives and sit-down interviews, including those with Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf and Microsoft founder Bill Gates at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland in January 2008.➢ Helped launch the hour-long flagship programs, World News America with Matt Frei in September 2007 and World News Today with Nik Gowing (South Asia edition) in July 2007. ➢ Field produced for the BBC World Debate on Aid in Glasgow in May 2007. ➢ Planned and helped produced the BBC World Debate on Climate Change and the Climate Watch “Season” in April 2007.➢ Produced live and continuous coverage of the London Underground terrorist bombings in July 2005.➢ Produced long-form packages, interviews and anchor set-up pieces for BBC-4 News, anchored by Zeinab Badawi.

Washington, Dc, Us

Planned and edited long-form news and feature segments, interviews and large-scale series, supporting four hosts on two coasts at NPR's flagship evening news magazine program, All Things Considered. Oversaw ATC coverage of BREXIT and the 2016 Democratic and Republican National Conventions Edited feature segments on the 50th anniversary of Boston's voluntary school busing program, METCO. Launched "The New Middle," a cross-network series exploring what it means to be middle class in America today. Commissioned host and correspondent pieces and interview segments for the series.

New York, Ny, Us

Established and built-up a video obituaries library at Bloomberg Television, crafting the “legacy” pieces of prominent figures in business, economics, finance, politics and technology. Interviewed friends, associates and biographers, directed crews in the field and voice talent, sourced archive footage and photographs and negotiated licensing agreements, wrote the scripts and oversaw the edits.

London, England, Gb

Spearheaded pre-production of a major PBS-commissioned documentary series examining the last 50 years of American diplomacy. Met with and secured commitments to participate from five of the seven living U.S. Secretaries of State and managed those relationships through their “gatekeepers” in the early stages of the project.

Directed and produced segments on the global hotel empire, Marriott (including interview with Executive Chairman, JW Marriott Jr.), and consumer goods giant, P&G, as part of an eight-part documentary series, “Secrets of Branding” for UK-based production company, Blakeway. The series was commissioned by CCTV to be distributed globally by BBC Worldwide.

Worked on the 90-minute film "The Hunt for Bin Laden," made by UK-based documentary production company, Brook Lapping, for ITV in association with Smithsonian Channel. Identified and pre-interviewed sources, researched and wrote briefs in the pre-production phase.

New York, New York, Us

Launched and produced STAR News Asia, a live, half-hour English-language world news program broadcast across Asia, Australia and the Middle East. Built the rundown and line the produced the show. Wrote, assigned and edited scripts. Supervised and trained producers, freelancers and interns.

Washington, Dc, Us

Produced news content for the Business and Technology page at the washingtonpost.com website. Edited and posted news articles, photos and graphics.

Englewood Cliffs, Nj, Us

Field produced general news and feature pieces. Helped created and launch Tech 2000, a half-hour daily program covering advances in medicine, science and technology. Wrote and produced segments, long-form interviews and packages. Covered the Asian financial crisis, the avian flu out-break and Hong Kong's handover to China.

Helped establish and manage the Freedom Forum's international journalism program. Assisted in the opening of the Asian Center in Hong Kong. Organized media seminars. Managed support staff.

New York, New York, Us

Pitched and researched stories. Helped produce live shots and guest interviews. Covered news conferences.

Ba, Major: Government & Politics (International Relations) Minor: Spanish

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