Associate Professor | Hussman School of Journalism and Media
Video Storytelling, Photojournalism + Multimedia
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”Farmsteaders” PBS broadcasts
6,861 broadcasts throughout the U.S., reaching a potential audience of 302,271,236.
Hearst Journalism Awards Program
(Role: Advisor and Coach. I, along with Pat Davison, coach students and teach courses that produce projects entered in Hearst Multimedia and Photo competitions.
Note: I’ve listed the individual Multimedia and Photo championship wins here. We have won the national Multimedia Championship 9 out of the last 12 years, and won 4 of the last 12 Photojournalism Championships.)
2022 Multimedia Championship
Lucas Pruitt First Place Chris Ocana Second Place Angelica Edwards Third Place Lauren Cmiel Finalist
2022 Photojournalism Championship
Angelina Katsanis First Place”
— 2022
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”The Great Forest” Producer
Feature documentary that follows experts throughout southern Appalachia as they struggle to conserve one of the most biodiverse regions in the temperate world. To be completed in 2022.
2021 Hearst Journalism Awards Program
(Role: Advisor and Coach)
2021 Multimedia Championship
Hope Davison First Place Nash Consing Finalist
2021 Photojournalism Championship
Angelica Edwards Third Place”
— 2021
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Edward Vick Prize for Innovation in Teaching
41st Annual News and Documentary Emmy Awards
Outstanding Business and Economic Documentary nominee, “Farmsteaders.”
2020 Hearst Journalism Awards Program
(Role: Advisor and Coach)
2020 Multimedia Championship
Lucas Pruitt Finalist
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— 2020
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”Farmsteaders” Premiere
(Role: Producer, Story Consultant, Co-Editor)
Documentary, “Farmsteaders,” national television broadcast on PBS’s documentary showcase series.
2019 Hearst Journalism Awards Program
(Role: Advisor and Coach)
2019 Multimedia Championship
Darian Woehr First Place Abby Cantrell Third Place
2019 Photojournalism Championship
Alex Kormann First Place”
— 2019
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Senior Faculty Research and Scholarly Leave
”Overburden” Impact Campaign
Curriculum development and educational screening campaign development for documentary film.
View the engagement workshop video here:
”Farmsteaders” International Film Festival Premiere
Montebelluna, Italy
2018 Hearst Journalism Awards Program
(Role: Advisor and Coach)
2018 Multimedia Championship
Robert Gourley First Place”
— 2018
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”Overburden” International and National Broadcast
(Role: Director, Producer, and Cinematographer)
38th Annual News and Documentary Emmy Awards
Short Form Documentary Juror
Tales of the American South
An interdisciplinary project with the Center for the Study of the American South and Morehead Planetarium and Science Center.
2017 Hearst Journalism Awards Program
(Role: Advisor and Coach)
2017 Multimedia Championship
Claire Collins First Place Casey Toth Finalist”
— 2017
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Developed Hussman’s first business/freelancing class
Southern Documentary Fund Film Grant
”Farmsteaders” wins grant for post-production.
World Press Photo Foundation
Long Form Multimedia Juror
Full Frame Documentary Film Festival
Shorts Competition Juror
2016 Hearst Journalism Awards Program
(Role: Advisor and Coach)
2016 Multimedia Championship
Emily Rhyne First Place
2016 Photojournalism Championship
Dillon Deaton Second Place Tegan Johnston Third Place ”
— 2016
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”Overburden” World Premiere
Full Frame Documentary Film Festival
The film screened at 20 national and international film festivals.
David Brinkley Teaching Excellence Award
Raising the Score: Empowering the Community for Maternal Health Care
Interactive documentary student project for CARE USA.
Pare Lorentz Documentary Film Grant
”Overburden” wins post-production film grant.
2015 Hearst Journalism Awards Program
(Role: Advisor and Coach)
2015 Multimedia Championship
Emily Rhyne Third Place
2015 Photojournalism Championship
Carolyn Van Houten First Place Callaghan O’Hare Finalist”
— 2015
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National Geographic Magazine Publication
”In Coal Country, a Community Fights for Wind,” a short film by Chad Stevens Heartwood.
2014 Hearst Journalism Awards Program
(Role: Advisor and Coach)
2014 Multimedia Championship
Carolyn Van Houten First Place”
— 2014
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Tanner Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching
Junior Faculty Development Grant, “Overburden.”
National Geographic Magazine video series
”Celebrating the Power of Photography”
The project included the creation of 38 videos, all crafted by UNC video students in a special course, profiling the most influential National Geographic photographers.
2013 Hearst Journalism Awards Program
(Role: Advisor and Coach)
2013 Multimedia Championship
Julia Wall Second Place
2013 Photojournalism Championship
Carolyn Van Houten Finalist”
— 2013
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United Nations
United Nations Population Fund’s End Child Marriage campaign video in Times Square in New York City.
2012 Hearst Journalism Awards Program
(Role: Advisor and Coach)
2012 Multimedia Championship
Jon Kasbe First Place”
— 2012
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32nd Annual News and Documentary Emmy Awards
New Approaches to News and Documentary, “Caught in the Crossfire,” Winner
UNC-CH Arts and Humanities Grant, “Overburden.”
2011 Hearst Journalism Awards Program
(Role: Advisor and Coach)
2011 Multimedia Championship
Margaret Cheatham Williams First Place
2011 Photojournalism Championship
Arkasha Stevenson First Place First Place”
— 2011
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31st Annual News and Documentary Emmy Awards
New Approaches to News and Documentary, “Intended Consequences,” Nominee
Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University Journalism Award, “Intended Consequences”
2010 Hearst Journalism Awards Program
(Role: Advisor and Coach)
2010 Multimedia Championship
John Adkisson”
— 2010
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Online News Association
Online Journalism Award Winner, Online Video Journalism, “Leveling Appalachia: The Legacy of Mountaintop Removal Coal Mining.”
The project included the creation of 38 videos, all crafted by UNC video students in a special course, profiling the most influential National Geographic photographers.
