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Operation Agent Touch
The Howard Center for Investigative Journalism at ASU
Our small team of reporters and editors produced a deep investigation into federal agents who engaged in sex acts with suspected sex trafficking victims at least 17 different times over five months. Our multimedia project includes an audio story I produced, videos/photos, an interactive timeline and an animated graphic. Our investigation was published by major national outlets including The Associated Press, The Washington Post and The New York Times.
🏆 Operation Agent Touch earned a first-place Online Reporting award from the Society of Professional Journalists.
The audio story I produced for the project earned the Broadcast Education Association’s first-place award for Educational Audio Reporting.
“A Rising Threat”
Episode 4, News21’s State of Emergency documentary series
I directed the finale episode of News21’s award-winning, four-part documentary series on natural disaster recovery and response. “A Rising Threat” focuses on how flooding is reshaping life in rural America and small coastal towns, where communities built around the water are now losing their livelihood and history to it.
🏆 News21’s State of Emergency project earned multiple awards, including the 2020 Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Award for College Journalism and the top student award for Investigative Reporters & Editors. The project was also honored by Editor & Publisher, the Broadcast Education Association and the Online Journalism Awards.