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Rockland, Me, Us

Maine, United States

Planned and managed the Storyforms exhibition of virtual reality and immersive nonfiction media at the Camden International Film Festival; managed video production of CIFF’s virtual festivals; produced year-round programming including the Solutions Cinema summit series, in partnership with Doha Debates, and the Recovery in Maine series, in partnership with the State of Maine’s Opioid Response team.

Worked collaboratively with a global team of designers, writers, and artists to create workshops, objects, and storytelling strategies for leadership within the peace and security communities; produced video assets for programs and virtual summits.

Camden, Maine

Worked with international filmmakers to create a collection of 65 short documentary films from around the world; oversaw research and story development, as well as logistics and budgets; collaborated with a team of local producers and editors.

Rockland, Maine

Produced video packages highlighting the Island Institute’s programming and the uniqueness of Maine’s year-round islands; acted as Art Director, contributing writer and photographer for the Island Journal magazine; took lead on website redesign.

Bethesda, Maryland

Helped lead daily online editorial production for this education policy and news website; provided assistance with multimedia creation, social media strategies, and site redesign.

New York, New York

Reported on issues related to aging in America, in part with this Knight-Carnegie Foundation reporting project; shot, edited, and produced video segments about older adults with Alzheimer’s disease; worked on 12-person team to help design and launch comprehensive website.

Frenchboro, Maine

Community development assignment on the island of Frenchboro (year-round population: 60) through the Island Institute, a non-profit committed to sustaining Maine's 15 island communities: assisted the Frenchboro K-8 School with developing curriculum and teaching enrichment classes; worked with the town government on health care and community projects; reported and wrote regularly for the Working Waterfront and Island Journal, the Island Institute's monthly and annual publications.

New York, New York

Performed production and post-production phases on several PBS/American Masters documentary films; responsible for logging extensive footage, managing in-house video database and assisting in field shoots.

M.S., Journalism; Digital Media

Major coursework: Covering education, video storytelling, radio documentary. Produced collaborative multimedia master's project on New.

Education record

Certificate program in nonfiction writing and editing, Fall 2005 Learned research, interviewing and archiving techniques; collaborated.

B.A., English; Writing