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NYTimes: Brooklyn’s Jazzy Jumpers

admin — Mon, 20 Dec 2010 21:40:49 +0000

I shot, edited, and produced this short documentary, in which ZeAndre Orr of Brownsville, Brooklyn, overcomes harassment to compete in the Holiday Classic Double Dutch Competition at the Apollo Theater.

In my work for NYTimes.com, I have covered local news, sports, politics and the arts.

NYTimes: Caroline Kennedy in Harlem

admin — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 16:26:38 +0000

In this breaking news piece, I covered Caroline Kennedy’s lunch with the Rev. Al Sharpton
at Sylvia’s, the famous soul food restaurant and stomping ground of Harlem politicos.

In my work for NYTimes.com, I have covered local news, sports, politics and the arts.

NYTimes: Bel Canto Opera

admin — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 16:26:00 +0000

I produced and shot second camera for this piece featuring Anthony Tommasini, classical music critic of The New York Times, as he discusses the heritage of bel canto opera.

In my work for NYTimes.com, I have covered local news, sports, politics and the arts.

NYTimes: A Wall Street Lifer, A Dying Trade

admin — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 15:59:16 +0000

I shot and produced this profile of 95-year-old Bob Newburger, who takes stock of seventy-four years on Wall Street and the increasingly dim prospects for his trade. I also wrote a profile of Mr. Newburger that appeared in The New York Times.

In my work for NYTimes.com, I have covered local news, sports, politics and the arts.

NYTimes: Break Dancing, Phnom Penh-Style

admin — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 19:09:42 +0000

A former gang member from Long Beach, California, teaches break dancing to at-risk youth in Cambodia.

In my work for NYTimes.com, I have covered local news, sports, politics and the arts.

NYTimes: Boys in the Scrum

admin — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 19:08:28 +0000

I co-wrote and co-produced this short documentary about the country’s first entirely African American high school rugby team at the Hyde Leadership Public Charter School in Washington, DC.

In my work for NYTimes.com, I have covered local news, sports, politics and the arts.