As a multimedia reporter, a lot of my work went beyond written stories to making and editing video clips of my interviews, events and speakers. I also made graphics breaking down stories or reporting on the status of Iowa’s water quality.

I shot my own videos and often worked with a co-worker on editing. I either did my own editing or cut up clips for my co-worker to stitch together and add text to.

Videos

• A Thanksgiving turkey catching fire from a deep fryer, orginally posted 2023, reposted 2024 (shot and edited)
  
  *This whole idea was mine and when I asked the Des Moines fire department if they would do it, they decided to make it a whole event.
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  University of Iowa students speaking at a subcommittee meeting how proposed sex education material would impact their desire to stay in the state, 2025 (shot and edited myself)
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  My sit-down interview with an Iowa senator about what Democrats wanted to bring up in the legislative session, 2025 (shot video)
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  A clip with a source from my longer interview, and story, about getting abortion pills in the mail, published 2025 (shot and edited in 2024)
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  Protest coverage about a DEI ban at Iowa State University, 2024 (shot video)
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  A video of myself talking about how to turn in absentee ballots in Iowa, 2024 (shot and edited)
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  A tour/interview of a Des Moines food pantry, chatting with a worker about how the pantry works and what demand is like, 2024

Graphics

The water quality graphics were a joint idea between me and my editor, and we started publishing them in 2021. Over time, they got more and more shares, sometimes reaching into the thousands. Sometimes I did all of the editing, and sometimes I compiled the list and forwarded it to the design team.

I also edited quote cards from interviews. These two graphics were posted on Iowa Starting Line’s social media accounts and accompanied the published story.

We also did graphics breakdowns of stories that we posted on social media for people who didn’t want to click on a link but were still interested in the story. Sometimes (like for the series below) I made the whole thing, but I also wrote scripts for the design team.

Here’s an example of a set I put together myself.

And I did a weekly series of pet adoption spotlights from a different Iowa shelter each week.