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2021

Producer & Director of PhotographyRaising The Future: America’s Child Care Dilemma (Five-part series July 2021 on PBS NewsHour)

Producer – Raising The Future:The Child Care Crisis (one-hour documentary, October 2021 on PBS NewsHour)

Director, Writer & Producer - The D.A.'s Dilemma - a documentary short for Independent Lens (PBS) about a D.A.'s role in deciding who is eligible for mental health court.

2020

Director - Stay COVID Safe. Be Portland Strong. Three COVID safety videos for the City of Portland.

Series Producer – Hacking Your Mind – a four-hour PBS documentary series, 5 years in the making, funded by NSF about breakthroughs in the field of behavioral science.

Producer, FRONTLINE: Coronavirus Pandemic, A Tale of Two Washingtons - An investigation into the divergent responses to COVID-19 by leaders in Washington State and Washington DC.

Producer, Camera/Sound - The PBS NewsHour - "Oregon Wildfires" and "Work Shift"

Reporter, The Salem Reporter

Producer, Writer & Director, NBC Sports Northwest - "Oregon Ducks Uniform Craze"podcast

Camera/Sound, Boys & Girls Aid

Director/Producer, Marda's Gift - in development

Director/Producer, Ireland's Rainbow Family - in development.

2019

Producer/Reporter - "Reveal" public radio episode and podcast Catch a Killer with your DNA aired nationally 10/05/2019

Producer, Blue Chalk Media

Producer, Boys & Girls Aid

Producer - Inside the Psychologist’s Studio with Lee Ross – a web series for Association for Psychological Science.

Producer, Writer & Director - documentaries currently in development.

2018              

Producer, Inside the Psychologist's Studio with Roddy Roediger – a web series for Association for Psychological Science.

2017              

Producer - Inside the Psychologist’s Studio with Walter Mischel – a web series for Association for Psychological Science.

Producer - Inside the Psychologist’s Studio with Lila Gleitman - a web series for Association for Psychological Science.

2016            

Producer, Writer & Director – The Doctor Fix – an hour documentary about the changing business of being a doctor, distributed for public media by NETA, presented by OPB in 2017.

Producer– Inside the Psychologist’s Studio with Jennifer Richeson – a web series for Association for Psychological Science

2015             

Producer – FRONTLINE: The Vaccine War (update to the original broadcast) an investigation into the science and safety of America’s vaccine program.

Producer – A Christmas Invitation, a live-to-tape special performance of Pacific Lutheran University’s Choir of the West presented by OPB and distributed nationally.

Producer – Portland Civil Rights a live panel discussion about present-day civil rights issues in Portland, Oregon for OPB

Producer – Gravity Sports an Oregon Field Guide episode about extreme downhill skateboarding for OPB.

Producer  - Class of 2025 a CPB funded mini-documentary about an Oregon story that reflects challenges in American education, presented by OPB.

Producer– Inside the Psychologist’s Studio with Steven Pinker, Michael Posner and Alan Kraut, Association for Psychological Science

2014            

Co-producer – Daughters of the Forest the story of a school for girls in Paraguay that is saving the environment one girl at a time. (ITVS) for public broadcasting.

Producer – Endurance Riding an Oregon Field Guide episode about 100-mile races on horseback for OPB.

Producer– Inside the Psychologist’s Studio with Paul Ekman, Claude Steele and Annette Karmiloff-Smith – a web series for Association for Psychological Science

2013              

Producer/Director – The Computers -  the untold stories of women in computing history beginning with the six ENIAC programmers. Premiered at Seattle International Film Festival.

Co-producer – FRONTLINE: Life and Death in Assisted Living an investigation into corrupt practices in America’s assisted living industry for PBS.

Producer – Stan Peterson an Oregon ArtBeat episode about a wood carver for OPB.

Producer– Inside the Psychologist’s Studio with Jerome Bruner, Al Bandura and Eleanor Maccoby, Association for Psychological Science

2012              

Co-producer – FRONTLINE: Nuclear Aftershocks an investigation into the future of nuclear energy after the Fukushima meltdown.

Producer– Inside the Psychologist’s Studio with Brenda Milner, - a web series for Association for Psychological Science

2011             

Co-producer – FRONTLINE: The Meth Epidemic (update to original broadcast), PBS – national investigative documentary for PBS.

Producer– Inside the Psychologist’s Studio with Elizabeth Loftus, Association for Psychological Science, April 2011

2010             

Producer – Think Out Loud, Oregon Public Broadcasting. Worked with the executive producer, host and production team to produce a daily news/talk radio program.

Co-producer – FRONTLINE: The Vaccine War, an investigation into the science and safety of America’s vaccine program.

Producer– Inside the Psychologist’s Studio with Janet Taylor Spence; Linda Bartoshuk, Association for Psychological Science.

Archival Research & Licensing Manager – When Worlds Collide, PBS/ KCET September 2010.  A history of the Americas, post-Columbus.

2009

Co-producer –  FRONTLINE: Sick Around America; PBS March 2009.  An investigation into the failures of America’s health care system.

Producer – Financial Aid for College, Oregon Public Broadcasting, live studio panel, January 2009

2008

Co-producer – FRONTLINE: Sick Around the World; PBS April 2008. An examination of five foreign models of health care.

Co-producer – Andrew Jackson: Good, Evil and the Presidency 2-hour historical film for PBS, January 2008 about America’s 7th president Andrew Jackson.

Producer/Editor – Inside the Psychologist’s Studio with Elliot Aronson, Association for Psychological Science.

Producer – 20th Anniversary Tribute, Oregon Public Broadcasting, May 2008

Producer – Financial Aid for College, Oregon Public Broadcasting, live studio panel, February 2008

2007

Writer/Researcher – PBS – new series research and development, May 2007Co-producer, Skoll Foundation Films: International Bridges to Justice (Cambodia); Ceres (New York and San Francisco); premiered at Oxford University, March 25, 2007

Producer – Financial Aid for College, Oregon Public Broadcasting, live studio panel, December 2007

2006                

Co-producer – FRONTLINE: The Meth Epidemic, PBS – national investigative documentary about the people and power involved in America’s meth epidemic, February 2006

Producer – Meth: The Oregon Front, Oregon Public Broadcasting – studio panel discussion following FRONTLINE about Oregon’s meth epidemic.

Producer – Financial Aid for College, Oregon Public Broadcasting – live studio panel discussion, Dec. 2006

Co-author/Researcher – “The Healthy Skeptic” - Book about disease prevention by Wall Street Journal columnist Robert Davis; University of California Press

2005                

Associate Producer – Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room, Sundance Film Festival world premiere - Theatrical and DVD-released film documenting the corporation Enron’s rise and fall. Produced by HDNET Films.  

Producer – Financial Aid for College, Oregon Public Broadcasting – live studio panel discussion, Dec. 2005

Producer – The High Five Challenge, Oregon Public Broadcasting –  studio-taped quiz show for students.

Associate Producer – The Three Rabbis, Oregon Public Broadcasting – 1-hour historical documentary.

Associate Producer – Volunteer Town, Oregon Public Broadcasting – 1-hour human-interest documentary.

2004            

Producer – By the People, Oregon Public Broadcasting – Public affairs debate of the 2004 presidential election focused on rural and urban issues, for OPB

Associate Producer - Group Inc. - An independent multi-media production company in Washington, D.C.

2003-2004       

Associate Producer – NOW with Bill Moyers, PBS - Investigative unit reporting on the nexus of business and politics in Washington, D.C.

2001-2003    

Production Manager/Associate Producer – Life 360, A human-interest documentary series chronicling Americans’ daily lives.  Co-produced by ABC News Nightline and Oregon Public Broadcasting for PBS

1999-2001       

Associate Producer – The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer, PBS - News reports on politics and issues that drive American society.

Associate Producer – Oregon Public Broadcasting:

The Oregon Story: Migrant Workers, Oregon Public Broadcasting - 2001

The Sixties: Summer of Love, Days of Rage, PBS – 2005

Warnings From a Small Town, Discovery Channel – 2000

Sinking the Lusitania, PBS – 2000

The Oregon Story: Tribal Economy, Oregon Public Broadcasting - 2000

Oregon Artbeat: Left Behind, Oregon Public Broadcasting - 2000                       

AWARDS       

2011 NIHCM Foundation Health Care Journalism Award winner

2006 NETA (National Educational Television Association) winner, Meth: The Oregon Front

2006 Nancy Dickerson Whitehead Award winner, Frontline: The Meth Epidemic

2007 Prism Award nomination, Frontline: The Meth Epidemic

2005 Oscar nomination, Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room

2005 Silver Telly Award winner, The Three Rabbis

2001 National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Emmy award winner for ABC News coverage of the events on and immediately after September 11, 2001 in New York City

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