Frontline's "Un(re)solved"


​In 2020, Frontline and StoryCorps collaborated on a series of recordings for their project "Un(re)solved," a multiplatform experience examining a federal effort to grapple with America's legacy of racist killings.

I produced three of the Frontline-StoryCorps pieces, which are featured in the "Un(resolved)" web interactive and were also part of the traveling installation. In 2022, "Un(re)solved" won an Emmy for Outstanding Interactive Media: Innovation.

Uncovering the Asian American Old West (Yes! Magazine)

Asian Americans were conveniently written out of history about the Old West. But they were present—and prolific. Read my piece for Yes! Magazine.
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 Willie, Shig, and a Bird named Maggie (Storycorps / NPR)

Willie Ito and Shigeru "Shig" Yabu, childhood friends, were sent to separate Japanese Internment camps as kids.

At this Brooklyn restaurant, you can get Korean food with a side of Russian history (PRI's The World / Feet in 2 Worlds)

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Brooklyn’s Brighton Beach neighborhood has earned the nickname “Little Odessa” because of its concentration of Russian and Ukrainian immigrants. Among the Russian shops and cafes, one restaurant serves Korean cuisine with an Uzbek twist. Listen to my story on a Korean Uzbek family in Brighton Beach for PRI's The World. I produced the piece as a participant in Feet in 2 Worlds' Telling Immigrant Food Stories journalism workshop in 2017.

StoryCorps on NPR's Morning Edition

For five years, I traveled across the country to welcome and orient people to the StoryCorps experience. Below is a selection of interviews I recorded and produced that aired on NPR's Morning Edition.

Greg Force and Abby Force
Listen to their story (+ read the transcript) here.

A white father and daughter smile at the camera, both wearing blue shirts. Behind them is green foliage.
Greg Force (above left) tells his daughter, Abby Force, about what it was like to play a small role in the Apollo 11 moon landing in 1969, when he was a ten-year-old boy.

Cy Massar and Kay Johnston Massar
Listen to their story (+ read the transcript) here.

An elderly white couple smiles in front of a gray background. The man has black horn-rimmed glasses and is much taller than the woman, who wears red lipstick.
Kay Johnston Massar (above right) tells her husband, Cy Massar, about being the first girl to play Little League baseball.

Lauren Cartaya and Zach Cartaya
Listen to their story (+ read the transcript) here.

A Latinx brother and sister smile at the camera. They're standing on a hill, and behind them are the Rocky Mountains lightly dusted with snow.
Siblings Lauren Cartaya (above left) and Zach Cartaya remember how the 1999 Columbine High School shooting changed their lives forever.

Candi Reyes and Estela Reyes
Listen to their story (+ read the transcript) here.

Two Latina sisters smile, their heads inclined toward one another. The sister on the left is wearing a green scarf. The sister on the right is wearing a blue silk scarf.
Sisters Estela Reyes (above right) and Candi Reyes remember the passing of their father, Juan Reyes.

Dr. Sharon Brangman and Dr. Jenna Lester
Listen to their story (+ read the transcript) here.

A Black mother and daughter wear their doctors' coats and smile at the camera, heads inclined toward each other.
Dr. Jenna Lester (above right) talks to her mother, Dr. Sharon Brangman, about growing up in a family of black women who have dedicated their lives to medicine.

Jack ReVelle
Listen to his story (+ read the transcript) here.

A white father and daughter smile in front of a white wall. The father is elderly and wears several military patches on his blue shirt. The daughter has bright red hair.
Munitions expert Jack ReVelle (above left) remembers the aftermath of January 24, 1961, when a U.S. military plane accidentally dropped two hydrogen bombs into a field in North Carolina.

Jessi Silva and Maggie Marquez
Listen to their story (+ read the transcript) here.

Two middle-aged Latina friends stand in front of a white adobe building on a sunny day.
Maggie Marquez (above right) and Jessi Silva remember the day in 1954 that their teachers banned the Spanish language in school.

Mark Carles and David Carles
Listen to their story (+ read the transcript) here.

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David Carles (above left) and his little brother, Mark Carles, were best friends. They came to StoryCorps to reflect on how Mark's unexpected cancer diagnosis changed their lives.