Highlight of multimedia work, including social, video, photography, and news gaming.
SOCIAL:
- Leader in establishing the smart, pithy, and sometimes humorous social media voice for AJ+ that millions of followers come to expect.
- Followed breaking news updates, including live tweeting breaking news from Syria to mass shootings to the 2016 election.
- Fostered an engaging voice (including GIF reactions and info-gifs) for news that is relevant to a progressive, millennial audience interested in social empowerment.
- Project epitomizing social engagement for AJ+’s diverse millennial audience; started as a question on Twitter asking audience how they respond to the question, “Where are you from?”
- Received thousands of insightful responses, some of which I pursued and shaped into compelling personal essays.
Edutopia (George Lucas Educational Foundation)
- As a senior-level social media editor, managed all facets of social media and audience engagement, including calendar, ad budget, and weekly updates.
- Ran special campaigns such as building email subscribers through Teacher Appreciation Week (exceeding ambitious metric goals) and experimented with developing platforms.
Capital Public Radio (Northern California’s NPR affiliate)
- Part-time interactive producer often covering breaking news via blogs and social media updates.
- Leader in weekend coverage.
Live blog: Smarter Balanced results
- Use of live blogs for EdSource, a nonprofit organization covering education news in California and beyond, surrounding the event of the release of Smarter Balanced results. (EdSource had never done live blogs.)
- Comprehensive, featuring EdSource articles, content from various other organizations, social media responses, and more.
- Generated anticipation toward the release date of the Smarter Balanced exam results in part by creation of low-budget “#CommonCore Countdown” GIF targeting new audience outside of policy makers, including parents, teachers, and students.
PHOTO + VIDEO:
AJ+ History of Chinese New Year Red Envelopes
The #LunarNewYear isn't over yet …
Here's the story behind hong bao, or red envelope, a symbol of good luck. pic.twitter.com/KzbZSlxe3G
— AJ+ (@ajplus) February 10, 2017
- Wrote script and recorded voiceover for an animated short on the history of red envelopes of Chinese New Year.
How to Foster Kindness During Distance Learning
- Produced, wrote, and recorded voiceover for animated short about ways to foster kindness during distance learning.
Stop Motion: What Are California Schools Teaching About Sexual Health?
- Gov. Jerry Brown signed a law that would make sexual education mandatory for students in grades 7 through 12. Here’s what lead up to the law and how it’s being implemented in the classroom.
- Wrote, produced and edited stop-motion video on low budget.
CA High School Exit Exam (EdSource)
- Photographer focusing on Telesis Radford, a prime example of a bright, eloquent young person whose future was in limbo because of failing one exam
- Followed her both at school and at home. Black and white imagery to reflect the uniform vibe of the day.
- Poduced time-lapse video on Chinese paper cutting for Chinese New Year.
- Slideshow focused on the intersection of tech and travel, with tips on how to shoot amazing photos with your smartphone.
- Interviewed leading photographers in the field and featured their work in a slideshow.
- Old Tumblr that includes photography from travel and everyday life.
NEWS GAME:
- Reported on this feature story about “parachute kids,” underage students mainly from China and Taiwan who come to the U.S. to study without their parents.
- The award-winning game helps put people in the shoes of a parachute kid, and is an extension of the article.
- Focused on the growing number in public schools and their unique set of issues and circumstances.