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"Time for School"
To report on the global education crisis from the front lines, PBS followed children from different countries since 2003 as part of the documentary series “Time for School.” In this first installment, hear the story of Joab Onyando from Kenya who has struggled against grave odds, including the unexpected death of his 28-year-old mother, to get an education.
Role: Associate Producer, PBS
Role: Associate Producer, PBS
"Hiding and Seeking: Faith and Tolerance After the Holocaust"
Is it possible to heal wounds and bitterness passed down through generations? An Orthodox Jewish father tries to alert his adult sons to the dangers of creating impenetrable barriers between themselves and those outside their faith. He takes them on an emotional journey to Poland to track down the family who risked their lives to hide their grandfather for more than two years during World War II. Like many children of survivors, the sons feel that Poland is a country that is incurably anti-Semitic, but it is precisely here that they meet people who personify the highest levels of compassion. Hiding and Seeking explores the Holocaust's effect on faith in God as well as faith in our fellow human beings.
Role: Associate Producer, Menachem Daum Productions
Role: Associate Producer, Menachem Daum Productions
"A Yiddish World Remembered"
This documentary explores the Yiddish culture and society that grew out of the Jewish diaspora in Eastern Europe. Viewers are shown glimpses of daily life in the shtetl, a type of village found across the Pale of Settlement—one that may have lacked running water and electricity and suffered from poverty, overcrowding, and anti-Semitism, but one which was also a close-knit and joyous place. The film explores many aspects of that nearly vanished way of life—the fascinating Yiddish language; traditional clothing; education in the cheder, or schoolhouse; the rabbis and rebbes who often led Yiddish communities; and the powerful Jewish movements of Hasidism, Bundism, and Zionism.
Role: Field Producer, Assistant Director, Two Cats Productions
Role: Field Producer, Assistant Director, Two Cats Productions
Photo Essay: "How One Small-Town Pharmacist Is Growing His Business with Heart-Led Care"
As part of an effort to highlight the role community pharmacists play in filling care gaps, I researched, developed, wrote and produced this photo essay about a small town pharmacist in rural Oklahoma, in collaboration with designer and photographer Alexa Barrett.
Role: Writer/Producer/Director, Surescripts
Role: Writer/Producer/Director, Surescripts
Companion Video: "The Right Prescription: Pharmacist Gives Heart-Led Care"
Short video featuring community pharmacist, Clark Bishop, who took over a family pharmacy in an impoverished community. "If you love people, if you take care of them, if you go out of your way to do what they need, then they're going to do it right back to you."
Role: Director/Producer, Surescripts
Role: Director/Producer, Surescripts
Podcast Series: "There's a Better Way: Smart Talk on Healthcare & Technology"
In my role as Surescripts' Editorial Director, I developed, planned, wrote, produced and sourced guests for Surescripts first-ever podcast series, “There’s a Better Way: Smart Talk on Healthcare and Technology." The bi-weekly series, which featured senior leaders and industry influencers, served as a thought leadership platform for my chief marketing officer. “There’s a Better Way" won the MarCom Award in gold and platinum in 2022 and 2023, respectively.
Episode 9: "How Trailblazer Aneesh Chopra Makes Meaningful Change"
An episode featuring the United States' first Chief Technology Officer, Aneesh Chopra--one of 18 episodes I wrote and directed:
As a leader in both the public and private sectors, Aneesh Chopra has established a reputation as an innovator working for the public good.
As the historian and Steve Jobs biographer Walter Isaacson wrote:
“Aneesh Chopra has been the leader of the movement to use technology to revolutionize government in the same way technology has been used to transform other aspects of our lives. With inspiring stories and clear insights, he provides a playbook for open innovations that work both in the public and the private sector."
Role: Writer, Director, Executive Producer
As a leader in both the public and private sectors, Aneesh Chopra has established a reputation as an innovator working for the public good.
As the historian and Steve Jobs biographer Walter Isaacson wrote:
“Aneesh Chopra has been the leader of the movement to use technology to revolutionize government in the same way technology has been used to transform other aspects of our lives. With inspiring stories and clear insights, he provides a playbook for open innovations that work both in the public and the private sector."
Role: Writer, Director, Executive Producer
Feature Story: "MO Desinations: Beyond the White House"
"The pearls, the power suits, the president...Washington D.C. may be best known for its pomp and politics but the shopping is chic and modern, and a great way to tour the city...it has all the cosmopolitan trappings of a capital city but also carries the history of a Southern town."
Role: Freelance Travel Writer, Mandarin Oriental
Role: Freelance Travel Writer, Mandarin Oriental
News Story: "Handwriting's on the Wall: Cursive a Puzzle for Many Young Students"
"Is cursive fluency a 20th century cultural hang-up or a necessary skill?
That’s up for debate."
As staff writer covering education for the Sacramento Bee, I discovered that many students could no longer read--let alone write--cursive. This story, picked up by the Associated Press, explored the phenomenon.
Role, Staff Writer, the Sacramento Bee
That’s up for debate."
As staff writer covering education for the Sacramento Bee, I discovered that many students could no longer read--let alone write--cursive. This story, picked up by the Associated Press, explored the phenomenon.
Role, Staff Writer, the Sacramento Bee
News Story: "The Calm After the Storm"
"WHEN HURRICANE KATRINA unleased its fury on the Gulf Coast, 550 people were counting on John Thorhauer.
It was Aug. 29, the Stafford County native's first day as director of an Armed Forces Retirement Home in Gulfport, Miss. It overlooked the ocean, separated from the water by 300 feet.
He was hired to supervise 416 residents, 50 of whom required nursing care.
He would fear for his life--and the lives of the people in his care--long before lunchtime."
Role: Staff Reporter, The Free Lance-Star
It was Aug. 29, the Stafford County native's first day as director of an Armed Forces Retirement Home in Gulfport, Miss. It overlooked the ocean, separated from the water by 300 feet.
He was hired to supervise 416 residents, 50 of whom required nursing care.
He would fear for his life--and the lives of the people in his care--long before lunchtime."
Role: Staff Reporter, The Free Lance-Star
Blog Article: "At Mount Sinai, Managing 10,000 Patients Is Personal"
"Robert Dean leaned back in his chair and took a moment to think. “For me, knowing that we’re doing the right thing for our patients at the right time, and that we’re getting them into a better place in terms of health and quality of life,” said Dean, “Well, I just love being part of that process and part of an organization that prioritizes that.”
That organization is New York City’s Mount Sinai Health System, where Dean works as a care navigator, helping patients with chronic conditions manage their health, including remaining adherent to their medications."
Role: Writer, Editorial Director, Surescripts
That organization is New York City’s Mount Sinai Health System, where Dean works as a care navigator, helping patients with chronic conditions manage their health, including remaining adherent to their medications."
Role: Writer, Editorial Director, Surescripts
Short: "Tara Dragert Talks Healthcare Interoperability"
Surescripts Vice President Tara Dragert talks about the reality of interoperability in healthcare.
As part of my role as Editorial Director at Surescripts, I oversaw our thought leadership activities, including videos feature senior leaders and industry influencers.
Role: Director/Producer, Surescripts
As part of my role as Editorial Director at Surescripts, I oversaw our thought leadership activities, including videos feature senior leaders and industry influencers.
Role: Director/Producer, Surescripts
Short: "The Trust Series Episode Two: Fueling Interoperabilty & Better Outcomes"
Good things happen when we have trust between partners in a network: that's when information flows, enabling interoperability and better care coordination.
As part of my role as Editorial Director at Surescripts, I oversaw our thought leadership activities, including videos feature senior leaders and industry influencers.
Role: Director/Producer, Surescripts
As part of my role as Editorial Director at Surescripts, I oversaw our thought leadership activities, including videos feature senior leaders and industry influencers.
Role: Director/Producer, Surescripts
Feature Story: "Three Perfect Days: Victoria, B.C."
"VICTORIA IS QUIET. ALMOST TOO QUIET. Stand near the grandiose Parliament building at the Inner Harbor, and it’s impossible to imagine that this perfectly mannered island city was once a rough-andtumble gold mining hub, a sprawling carnival of disorder populated by industrious native Inuit and Métis traders, miners, Chinese opium smugglers, thieves and all manner of accompanying riff raff .
But today, all that remains of those times are the First Nations, descendants of the area’s original tribal inhabitants. The carnival is gone, replaced by a town as charming and peaceful as it was once restless. "
Hired by United Airlines' Hemispheres magazine to write a travel story on Victoria, British Columbia.
But today, all that remains of those times are the First Nations, descendants of the area’s original tribal inhabitants. The carnival is gone, replaced by a town as charming and peaceful as it was once restless. "
Hired by United Airlines' Hemispheres magazine to write a travel story on Victoria, British Columbia.
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