Reported and produced project with text, visuals and audio entirely remotely (2020)
Native youth transform into the leaders of tomorrow
PHOENIX – In March, Tawny Jodie was preparing to travel to Israel for her first trip overseas. By July, she was masked and delivering food boxes in rural New Mexico amid a deadly pandemic. As a full-blooded Navajo, the 20-year-old said she was compelled into service when COVID-19 started ravaging her community and others across the Navajo Nation.
Produced and edited the short documentary, photos and audio (2020)
Invisible chapters: Writing the next chapter in literary diversity
TUCSON – One Saturday morning, a mother and father take their daughter to the public library for the first time. The young girl walks around her parents to look at the librarian at the front desk, gazing at another Black person in a public space that’s usually occupied by white people.
Co-produced the photo and audio gallery, including several portraits I photographed (2019)
The Faces of Disaster
Hurricanes. Tornadoes. Wildfires. Floods. Homes were destroyed and memories incinerated. Lives were lost and families fractured. Disasters changed everything, but they survived.
Photo by Miki Jourdan/Flickr
Wrote and designed an interactive for this piece (2020)
Amid COVID-19 and Black Lives Matter, providers push for equity in treating eating disorders
PHOENIX – Changes in lifestyle associated with COVID-19 have heightened concerns among health professionals about anorexia, bulimia, binge-eating and other eating disorders. But one demographic is drawing particular attention: Black women, who have long been overlooked in this specialized area of treatment.
Wrote and photographed for this piece (2019)
The “island mindset” of a resilient Iowa community
ABEL ISLAND, Iowa – Simply put, Abel Island is an unlikely place to live. Surrounded by the Mississippi River on three sides, the northeastern Iowa community, which is mostly a summer retreat, boasts an airstrip and unparalleled boating access.