Special Projects
A Different Cry
“A Different Cry” is a series about a subject matter that isn’t discussed enough in communities of color. Data and research shows suicide rates among Black children in America are double that of their white peers. In “A Different Cry,” we explored how bullying and racism are contributing to the startling statistics through the stories of two young children.
For this project, I got the chance to work with our investigative team, Atticus. Atticus produces online longform stories that aren’t always easy to talk about. In just our first week of releasing this series across our company, Tegna, we received more than 890,000 visitors. My job was to be in charge of the the digital aspects, including the layout of each story, creating the webpage for the content, overseeing the app section, and all of the digital behind-the-scene duties it takes to pull off a project of this magnitude.
There are multiple stories within the series. You can find them all here.
Mothers Matter
Mothers Matter is also an important project I worked on with Atticus. This series turned out to be the top story of 2018 for our company, Tegna. The project discusses maternal mortality rates. As the digital producer, I got to help with brainstorming, creating headlines, and social plans for everyone to follow. It was amazing to see this story start a conversation about an issue that needs more attention. And I was lucky to have a small part in it.
Here is a look at the full series, Mothers Matter.
She went to the hospital to have her baby. Now her husband is raising two kids alone
Why childbirth is a death sentence for many black moms
‘A river of blood:’ A mom describes her near-death experience in the delivery room
American moms are dying in childbirth. What you can do about it
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White House report: Georgia still in red zone for COVID-19 cases, but progress continues
Missing Clark Atlanta student Alexis Crawford found dead
Everything to know about the 2019 Super Bowl in Atlanta
Grandmother’s prayer closet only thing left standing after tornado demolishes Alabama home
She was playing in the front yard and watched a car plow over her friend.
Super Bowl sex trafficking sting now up to 40 arrests in Atlanta
Her mom asked the judge to have her sterilized, but this is the sentence she was given
A part of web producing is also being able to edit and create social videos. Take a look.
I have also had the opportunity to plan special coverage events for our digital team. Here’s a digital-only special on the one-year anniversary of a massive tornado that ripped through our area.
As days approached the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, our team started the planning process of how we would react to the breaking news whenever it dropped. For the digital concept, we decided to create a looping playlist with stories that explained what this means for Georgia and what could happen next. Here’s some of that coverage below.