As President Barack Obama was deciding whether to send more troops to Afghanistan, Bill Moyers reflected upon the presidency of Lyndon Johnson and his agonizing decision to escalate America’s involvement in Vietnam. Using archival photographs, Lyndon Johnson’s secret recordings of phone calls, and Moyer’s personal memories, I produced an intimate essay that was nominated for a 2009 Emmy Award for best feature in a news magazine.
November 20, 2009
I produced Wendell Potter's first extended interview after he decided to leave his position as the head of public relations for Cigna, one of the country’s largest health insurance companies, to become a whistle blower. Potter exposed an industry that consistently put its health insurance profits before people's health.
July 10, 2009
When I produced this Bill Moyers interview with William K. Black, the former senior regulator who cracked down on banks during the savings and loan crisis of the 1980s, no one had yet used the "F" word. Black was the first analyst to go on the record to say that it was more than greed and incompetence that brought down the U.S. financial sector and plunged the economy in recession — it was fraud.
April 3, 2009
In this broadcast essay, Bill Moyers comments on one of the most corrupting fixtures in Washington D.C. — the revolving door between government leadership and lobbying. It is a lucrative pathway that ensures corporate interests will maintain the upper hand in determining public policy.
October 9, 2009
This piece explores what it means for the country when piety and politics mix. I attended Regent University's Law School graduation in Virginia Beach, VA to report on Pat Robertson’s mission to train a cadre of attorneys that is willing to place biblical law before the U.S. Constitution.
May 11, 2007