A few samples of my Multimedia work for nonprofits and higher education

Research Video Abstracts

Scientific publications can be a challenging read, but videos can be a great way to highlight the main findings and potential impact of the work. Here are two examples I produced for Global Fishing Watch, working with one of the authors to voice the work.

Western Corn Rootworm: Enemy No. 1 for corn

Nematodes are usually bad news for gardens. But not always - as I learned shooting and producing this piece on how they are tiny superheroes in one aspect of agriculture. The challenge for this video is that I shot it - both the interview and the b-roll - before seeing the written story it would accompany, so I did my best to try to imagine all the visuals I might need to illustrate the science. This was backwards from the usual approach, so I was pretty pleased in the way it ended up coming together.

I also worked with Jeffery Chase to illustrate what happens in this epic battle beneath the soil’s surface. The result is a short explainer video that you can see linked to via a card in this main story.

Highlight Reel - Footage from the DSV Alvin 2500 feet deep along the East Pacific Rise

I produced this highlight reel from footage captured during 15 dives along the East Pacific Rise in the DSV Alvin. The dives down to the hydrothermal vent communities down there averaged about 2,500 meters in depth and were part of the CEOE Dives Deep research cruise in which I served as the education and outreach specialist. See the highlights of the month-long cruise in the Wakelet story I curated for the cruise here > 

Under the guidance of professor and oceanographer George Luther, UD CEOE students participated in a series of dives to a depth of 1.7 miles below the ocean surface. These research dives took place in DSV Alvin from March 27 to April 16, 2017, at 9 North, a region of hydrothermal vent activity situated along the East Pacific Rise in the Pacific Ocean.

Bay to Bay Story Map 

For this immersive multimedia story, I used a ArcGIS StoryMap to allow viewers to follow along with a Delaware Sea Grant teacher workshop that traveled across the center of the Delmarva Peninsula exploring local watersheds, from the Chesapeake Bay to the Delaware Bay. I updated the story daily during the summer workshop and it includes photos, video, data that was collected, and ArcGIS maps. You can scan through it embedded below, or experience the fullscreen version here > 

Travel: Fall into Delaware

Winning entry for Delaware Tourism's annual video contest. The footage is from throughout the state, from White Clay Creek State Parks in northern Delaware down to Assawoman Wildlife Refuge.

Focus on Experiential Learning: Greening Haiti

DelVal students and faculty are working in Haiti to install systems to grow food on residential rooftops, which will provide fresh produce to Haitian communities.

#15SecondScience Video Series

A weekly series of short, educational videos on marine and aquatic science topics for Delaware Sea Grant's social media channels. (Note: I produced episodes through August 2017 and did not produce those released after.)

Profile: Water Watchdogs - UD's Citizen Scientists

For over 20 years, water quality monitoring volunteers with the Delaware Sea Grant-led University of Delaware Citizen Monitoring Program have fanned out across the state’s coastal region to visit assigned monitoring sites and collect data. 

Promo: Catching the Wind

Watch as 125 first graders from Smyrna Elementary rotate through four content stations, which include hands-on, interactive activities about the science of wind.

My Environmental Journey

Winning entry of Delaware Environmental Institute student ambassador’s annual video competition during University of Delaware’s environmental film festival, “Lights, Camera, EARTH!"

Profile: Sara Gumbiner, '10, DelVal equine studies

"If you dream big, just remember that you make your own luck." That's the philosophy DelVal alumna Sara Gumbiner lives by.

Research: Surveying Scallops on the R/V Sharp

The University of Delaware's research vessel Hugh R. Sharp is making use of technology to help the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association survey scallop populations along the mid-Atlantic coast.