‘What does copyright infringement sound like?’
This video takes a look inside one of the highest profile copyright cases from the last decade — and how experts differentiate between infringement and inspiration. This piece won the 2020 SND Best of Digital Design, Bronze Award and was nominated for a 2020 Webby. Motion design by Sarah Hashemi.
‘McMansions: The houses people love to hate’
There’s a certain type of house that people love to hate. They’re called ‘McMansions,’ and architecture critic Kate Wagner has dedicated her website, McMansion Hell, to explaining why these houses rub people the wrong way.
‘Your at-home DNA test results could solve cold cases’
The rise of consumer genetic tests has provided law enforcement with new tools that have the potential to break open cold cases. This piece details the genetic genealogy process, which combines advanced DNA profiling with old-fashioned records research to solve crime.
‘How ranked-choice voting can tip the scales’
This piece uses the lens of a neck-and-neck senate race in Maine’s 2nd district to explain how ranked-choice voting works and its potential impact on national politics. I repurposed the explainer portion of this video into an evergreen explainer about how ranked-choice voting works.
‘This man ate ‘expired’ food for a year. Here’s why expiration dates are practically meaningless’
Expiration dates can be confusing. And that confusion leads to a lot of food waste. This story profiles a local business man who took a stand against expiration dates. Motion design assist from Sarah Hashemi.
‘How to win a trade war’
How does a trade war start? And how does it end? To answer these questions, this video re-imagined a trade war as an 8-bit video game. This piece won 3rd place in the 2019 WHNPA ‘Eyes of History’ Multimedia Awards in the Explainer category.