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Civilians trapped in a war zone without humanitarian aid. Child labor in overseas factories that export to the West. Migrants navigating the most hostile routes on earth in search of a better life. These are the kinds of stories I’ve pursued over the past decade as a multimedia journalist and filmmaker. I write, take pictures and make films. Sometimes, I get in front of the camera. But the goal remains the same: to seek out hard, under-reported subjects and make them resonate as much as possible.
A contributing editor at Rolling Stone, I was formerly TIME magazine’s Afghanistan correspondent and have reported from more than sixty countries and a dozen conflicts spanning West Africa to Southeast Asia for National Geographic, Outside, Men’s Journal, The Washington Post, The Guardian and The Economist. I’m also a contributing editor at VQR and member of the Frontline Freelance Register. On the broadcast side, I produce and host films for Al Jazeera English, National Geographic, SBS Dateline, Vice on Showtime and Vice World News.
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Civilians trapped in a war zone without humanitarian aid. Child labor in overseas factories that export to the West. Migrants navigating the most hostile routes on earth in search of a better life. These are the kinds of stories I’ve pursued over the past decade as a multimedia journalist and filmmaker. I write, take pictures and make films. Sometimes, I get in front of the camera. But the goal remains the same: to seek out hard, under-reported subjects and make them resonate as much as possible.
A contributing editor at Rolling Stone, I was formerly TIME magazine’s Afghanistan correspondent and have reported from more than sixty countries and a dozen conflicts spanning West Africa to Southeast Asia for National Geographic, Outside, Men’s Journal, The Washington Post, The Guardian and The Economist. I’m also a contributing editor at VQR and member of the Frontline Freelance Register. On the broadcast side, I produce and host films for Al Jazeera English, National Geographic, SBS Dateline, Vice on Showtime and Vice World News.
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Much of my journalism has been supported by the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting, where I was an International Reporting Fellow. Project pages for investigations into Bangladesh’s garment industry, a hidden resource war in Burma and a range of other subjects can be found here. This partnership has allowed me to dig deeper into the issues I care about and engage directly with live audiences.
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Much of my journalism has been supported by the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting, where I was an International Reporting Fellow. Project pages for investigations into Bangladesh’s garment industry, a hidden resource war in Burma and a range of other subjects can be found here. This partnership has allowed me to dig deeper into the issues I care about and engage directly with live audiences.
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After years of roadwork as a one-man-band, I founded Blackbeard Films out of a yearning to collaborate and explore new creative frontiers. We’re based in Oakland, CA, and Baja, Mexico, with a global network of seasoned journalists and producers that share a commitment to telling groundbreaking stories. Our first feature-length documentary film, Riders on the Storm, will premiere in 2023.
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After years of roadwork as a one-man-band, I founded Blackbeard Films out of a yearning to collaborate and explore new creative frontiers. We’re based in Oakland, CA, and Baja, Mexico, with a global network of seasoned journalists and producers that share a commitment to telling groundbreaking stories. Our first feature-length documentary film, Riders on the Storm, will premiere in 2023.
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Please get in touch if you have ideas to share, want to tag-team a project, organize a talk or film screening, or just need some guidance as an independent journalist in an ever-shifting field. We’re all trying to get by and get better, and we need allies.
Onward.
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Please get in touch if you have ideas to share, want to tag-team a project, organize a talk or film screening, or just need some guidance as an independent journalist in an ever-shifting field. We’re all trying to get by and get better, and we need allies.
Onward.
