Producing

The Trail of Bits podcast explores the intersection of human intellect and computational power. Imagine having a couple of friends explain to you how they protect some of the world’s most precious data - friends who happen to be the world’s leading cyber security experts.

Early in 2021, high income countries controlled nearly 60 percent of global vaccine doses, despite having just 16 percent of the world’s population. COVID may prove the only way to defeat a virus is to provide equitable treatment around the world.

In this era of intense competition for students, how are some of the nation’s 100-plus Historically Black Colleges and Universities adapting for the future?

More than a dozen states have new laws banning transgender girls and women from competing on girl's and women's sports teams. Recently, three states have limited medical care or treatment that supports gender affirming therapy. On this episode of Us & Them, the battle over gender and sports. 

This group of people has been meeting for two years, to talk across their social and political divides. There’s a lot they disagree on and there are moments of awkward concern at the table as they navigate that space. But through food and friendship, they look for ways to come together.

The nation is changing the way it thinks about teen sex trafficking. States have decriminalized it for teens and offered help, and some are attacking the demand for commercial sex. I was an assistant producer for this documentary, conducting interviews, recording audio, helping to write scripts and web stories, and taking photos.

I worked as an assistant producer on the Peabody Award-winning first season of In the Dark from APM Reports. I conducted background research on sex offender legislation and recidivism, and scoured newspapers from across central Minnesota to find key information about the prime suspect who was later convicted: Danny Heinrich.

Illness and injury turn into a financial crisis for far too many American families. Health Care Hacks is an educational series helping our audience navigate their health care expenses by utilizing an insurance expert who can offer solutions in plain English. I developed the concept for this video series, and researched, wrote and co-produced it.

Can the world's worst cooks learn some cooking basics and master a few recipes with the help of James Beard Award-winning chef Mike Brown? I worked as an assistant producer on this show created for HyVee by Intuitive Content.