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Short Form Video

I wrote and filmed this ballot proposition explainer video for social media

I wrote and edited this city budget explainer video for social media that garnered thousands of views and likes

See more of my social media video work here:

News Video

K-9 unit demonstrates how three teams will search for explosives at MS airports

https://www.clarionledger.com/videos/news/2024/08/14/k-9-bruno-demonstrates-how-he-sniffs-for-bombs-at-airports/74804928007/

  • At the Clarion Ledger, I wrote about K-9 security at the Jackson airport and shot a video of the dog team demonstrating their search skills to go with it.

Audio

Austin and Houston budget problems | Texas Standard

https://texasstandard.org/stories/houston-austin-budgets-taxes-prop-q/


  • I was invited to speak about my reporting on Houston and Austin's different approaches to looming budget deficits on Texas Standard (Texas NPR)

City Council Lobbying | KUT Austin Signal

https://kutkutx.studio/austin-signal/father-and-son-to-be-deported-city-council-lobbying-mothers-ice-detention


  • I was invited to speak about my reporting and analysis of Austin City Hall lobbying on Austin's local NPR station

The Unspoken Surgery We Inherited | The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

https://open.spotify.com/episode/5TDQpyhbUOXz9Wtdz0eP6t


  • my investigation into the South's high hysterectomy rate was also produced as a podcast

Buried Truths Season 4 | WABE and NPR

https://www.wabe.org/podcasts/buried-truths/


  • Contributed reporting to Peabody award-winning podcast
  • Continued reporting started on the podcast into written article published in The Bitter Southerner 

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