The Biohacker: Living with Cyborg Upgrades

“I like to think I have cyborg upgrades.” She’s a biohacker with three microchip implants. I meet up with Amie Dansby as she gets a new one installed and learn more about why she has microchip implants.

VICE: Inside the CHAZ/CHOP Zone

Meet the Activists Inside Seattle’s Police-Free Zone In the early morning on June 9th, Seattle activists took over about 6 blocks surrounding the recently abandoned East Precinct of the Seattle Police Department — and they haven’t left. Full story here.       Role Cinematographer Full Credits Producer: Kristin Fraser Cinematography: Jessey Dearing, Lance Bangs This…

Vice: This App Lets You Give Money to People Experiencing Homelessness

This App Lets You Give Money to Homeless People From Your Phone What if you combined the functionality of Venmo and GoFundMe with the user interface of a dating app to fight homelessness? “Samaritan” is a new startup out of Seattle that provides homeless people with small “beacons” (a key fob that functions as a…

Vice: Mueller Investigation

Mueller’s Investigation Has Created An Underworld Of Online Sleuth Sorting through the data of the dead — their pots, their knives, and the rocks they cooked on — in order to reconstruct how they once lived, is not so different from tracking the Special Counsel investigation. On a Friday in February, Adrienne Cobb, 29, lab…

Starbucks: Upstanders Season 2

Upstanders Season 2 is a collection of short stories celebrating ordinary people doing extraordinary things to create positive change in their communities. These stories of courage and humanity remind us that we all have the power to make a difference. After creating the pilot episode and several episodes in season one, I produced four more films…

WSJ: The Hidden Safety Risks of Your Amazon Order

The Hidden Safety Risks of Your Amazon Order Amazon’s pursuit of boundless selection has led it to become a massive marketplace with millions of sellers. But has this business strategy put customers at risk? WSJ investigates how unsafe products, including children’s products and toys, have become available for purchase. Photo: John P. Campbell for The…

Starbucks: Courtney Block Competes in Special Olympics

Courtney Block is deaf due to a rare condition called pontine tegmental cap dysplasia. She was born with neurological problems, deafness, seizures and progressive vision loss. Less than 50 people in the world are known to have the disorder which causes both physical and cognitive issues, said her father, Ken Block. At 37, she may also be…

Great Big Story: Believe Us, You’ve Never Seen a Clam Like This

Believe Us, You’ve Never Seen a Clam Like This A geoduck is the world’s largest burrowing clam. That’s pronounced “gooey duck.” And it looks like a… um… (well, you have eyes.) This saltwater clam is unique to the Pacific Northwest and is challenging to harvest. But the crew at Taylor Shellfish Farms in Bow, Washington,…

Politico: My Generation Is Never Going to Have That

On a brisk Saturday morning in March, a 27-year-old programmer named Zach Lubarsky, bundled in a fatigue jacket and knit cap, took a ReachNow rental car to the north end of Seattle and spent an hour or so scouting one of city’s most desirable neighborhoods. Wallingford, as it’s known, offers house hunters some of the…

Starbucks: Hot Java Cool Jazz

Every year, five Seattle high school jazz bands are selected to compete at The Paramount. The event is hosted by Starbucks and 100% of all ticket sales from the concert go to the performing school music programs. Since 1995, Hot Java Cool Jazz has raised more than $625,000 for local school music programs. In 2018, I…

Education Week: Changemakers

When Teresa Garcia moved to Washington state from Arizona, she expected to have a tough time navigating the bureaucracy of a new school district—especially since her children needed specialized services and she was still trying to master English. But she quickly found a powerful and reassuring ally within the Federal Way school district near Seattle: Trise Moore,…

VICE: This navy midwife has delivered 5,000 babies

David Loshbaugh is Commander in the United States Navy serving in an elite unit. One of 30 active duty midwives in the ranks, Loshbaugh serves his country every day — by delivering babies. Check out the published story on Vice News Tonight.   Role Director of Photography Full Credits Producer: Amanda Pisetzner This segment originally aired…

Great Big Story: Rescuing Cats from Super Tall Trees

As professional arborists, brothers-in-law Tom Otto and Shaun Sears are quite adept at climbing trees. The cats that they rescue are not. And with a plethora of trees—and cats—around Seattle, they decided to put their off hours to good use and return scared, stuck kitties to their worried owners. Working completely off donations, these two…

Not My President

This is an observational film of the peaceful protest of more than a thousand Seattleites who marched through the city the day after Donald Trump won the presidential election. Thousands of people in cities across the nation took to the streets, a sign to Trump and to the world, that the next administration will have…

Law Enforcement Assisted Diversion

A conversation between a recovering addict, a Seattle police officer, and a case manager on their experience as some of the first participants in an innovative harm reduction program. The Law Enforcement Assisted Diversion (LEAD) is a harm reduction program started in Seattle. Instead of incarcerating low level, repeat drug offenders, LEAD is a pre-booking…

NYTimes: A Company Copes With Backlash Against the Raise That Roared

Dan Price, chief of Gravity Payments, raised the annual salary floor for his employees to $70,000. Most responses were positive, but Mr. Price says that even the negative letters were valuable. When I found out I’d have just over an hour and a half for this shoot, I knew I wanted to bring Tim Matsui…