Collaborations

I’ve worked with many teams across AP to help ensure that our reporting has a social-first approach. On countless occasions, I’ve led social video coverage and trained reporters on how to script on-camera stand ups and shoot stories designed for digital audiences. I’ve also gone into the field to shoot, and later produce, multi-format pieces. Here are some examples of collaborative projects I’ve shot and produced.

How one preschool uses PAW Patrol to teach democracy

Oct. 1, 2024

As lawmakers voted on a budget deal at the U.S. Capitol, a different kind of balloting was taking place a dozen miles away in a sun-filled Virginia preschool classroom.

At stake: which animated dog was the best character on the cartoon “PAW Patrol.”

This video garnered over 30,000 views on Instagram.

She used adult skin care products she saw on social media. The harm was more than skin deep

Sept. 3, 2024

When she was in fifth grade, Anna Goddard's daughter started to worry about getting wrinkles. She used adult skin care products she saw on social media and the harm was more than skin deep.

This video is part of a grant-funded series with AP’s education team that explores the relationship between social media and youth mental health.

This video garnered over 320,000 views on Instagram.

College students share advice to kids using social media for the first time

June 7, 2024

The apps and social networks that are consuming so much of young people’s attention were initially designed for adults, not children.

With that in mind, we asked teens and young adults to reflect on what they wish they had known as kids about social media.

This video is part of a grant-funded series with AP’s education team that explores the relationship between social media and youth mental health.

This video garnered over 28,000 views on Instagram.

Why this family chose to ban social media for their kids

June 5, 2024

Some say the best way to avoid the strains of social media is to stay off of it.

This is a rule that a single mother in Brooklyn has implemented for her three daughters.

This video is part of a grant-funded series with AP’s education team that explores the relationship between social media and youth mental health.

This video garnered over 670,000 views on Instagram.