Emmy Nomination: "Voices of the Fallen"

For the fifth anniversary of the Iraq war, the Newsweek editors wrote an impactful cover story about the conflict as told through the letters and words of its heroic dead. I spent a day filming a family in Kentucky who had just lost their father to an IED the previous month. As you can imagine, the family's emotions were raw, the grief palpable, the hurt and loss etched on the children's faces. But the mom wanted to make sure their father's story was told so the father would always be remembered as a hero.

It was also the first project I traveled for while at Newsweek, and one of my first videos. I shot, produced and edited the video over a couple days, and composed my own music with Garage Band, back before Newsweek licensed music. It was a true one-person-band production, and one of the most rewarding projects I worked on while at Newsweek.

This and a piece by my colleague Jen Molina earned Newsweek its first News and Documentary Emmy nomination in 2007. It was also the first Emmy nomination of any U.S. magazine. The series was also awarded an MPA Digital Award for Best Online Video Series 2007, a MIN Best of the Web award for Integration with Print 2008, a 2007 Deadline Club Award from the NYC chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists, and a NY Press Club Award for Exclusive Online Content.

Client: Newsweek

Role: Producer, Camera, Editor

Run Time: 7:24