Art Beyond Borders
May 2008
Print element of multimedia package.
YANGON, MYANMAR – Sunlight streams into an art studio on the first floor of a retail complex in Yangon, Myanmar on a Saturday afternoon. Five artists sit on a blue and yellow bamboo mat, smoking cigarettes, chewing betel nut and drinking beer. The artists laugh and speak in Burmese, surrounded [...]
Human Rights Watch | Burma and Cyclone Nargis
July 2008
Burma: Cyclone Donors Should Ensure Transparency & Accountability
Produced by Elizabeth Shemaria
This audio slideshow was produced as part of my work at Human Rights Watch in New York, NY as a Summer 2008, I.F. Stone, Multimedia Fellow.
Specific skills used:
-Selected images from Reuters, AP and other sources
-Interviewed sources, transcribed and edited audio and produced the slideshow [...]
Art Beyond Borders
May 2008
Art Beyond Borders: How Myanmar Art Travels to Thailand and Beyond
by Elizabeth Shemaria
This project was created during a Spring 2008 travel class, Covering Burma, with the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism.
For this project I:
-Reported from Chiang Mai, Thailand and Yangon, Burma(Myanmar)
-Designed the project using Illustrator and Photoshop
-Shot photos and edited the slideshow using [...]
The Falling Dollar
March 2008
The Falling Dollar: How a weak dollars helps and hurts Northern California
by Elizabeth Shemaria, Laurie Burkitt, Brian Aguilar and Shimrit Berman
This project was created as part of the Advanced Multimedia class at the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism.
For this project I:
-Shot, edited and produced the section on Real Estate In Final Cut Pro
-I [...]
Northgate News | Bay Area Youth Support Burma
September 2007
Bay Area Burmese Youth Give Voices to People of Myanmar
SAN FRANCISCO – Under a grey sky, standing beside the Chinese consulate, 19-year-old Kyaw Naing held a microphone to his lips as he led 200 protesters in repeated cries of “Free Burma” on a recent Friday afternoon. As he does at all such gatherings, the [...]