TIKTOK
KQED NEWS
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TikTok video explainers on Bay Area news and events.
APOLOGIZING FOR JOHN MUIR
KQED NEWS
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The Sierra Club apologized for racist remarks its founder, naturalist John Muir, made more than a century ago as the influential environmental group grapples with a harmful history that perpetuated white supremacy.
Executive Director Michael Brune said it was “time to take down some of our own monuments” as statues of Confederate officers and colonists are toppled across the U.S. in a reckoning with the nation’s racist history following the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis.
E-BIKES IN NYC
PERSONAL PROJECT
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E-bikes were banned in New York City until 2020 despite being widely ridden by delivery drivers.
THE OUTCAST
Propublica
"We were told not to be scared at school, that school was a safe place for everyone."
Role: Illustrator, Animator, Editor
High school sophomore Alex fled violence in Honduras and was excited to start learning English at a Long Island High School. But his class doodles were seen as gang symbols, and led to his deportation.
This video accompanied a series of articles that won the 2018 Pulitzer Prize for feature writing by reporter Hannah Dreier.
Futura
Spec Video
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Futura is a ubiquitous font. But did you know it has a Nazi origin story? This video was made on spec.
Comida Mobile
Oakland Local
Role: Videographer, Editor
In Fruitvale, Latino food cart vendors maintain a connection to their home countries through food and entrepreneurship.