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 [...]
SF Bay Guardian | Making a Marriage
October 2008
Making a Marriage: The story of a same-sex wedding
by Elizabeth Shemaria, Lisa Pickoff-White, Marnette Federis and Gaelle Faure
This project was published online with the San Francisco Bay Guardian, just before the November 2008 election that passed Proposition 8 in California.
Specific skills I used:
-Served as Project Manager
-Shot and edited the intro page image in photoshop
-Shot, [...]
Oakland North | Dollars and Change
November 2008
Dollars and Change: Backing Obama in the Bay Area
by Elizabeth Shemaria, Lisa Pickoff-White and Rhyen Coombs
This project was published with Oakland North during the 2008 Presidential Election.
For this project I:
-Researched, designed and produced the section “Cash Flow” using Flash
-Researched and contacted Obama campaign donors to secure on camera interviews
-Conducted interviews for the section”Why [...]
Oakland Tribune | The Black Vote in Oakland
February 2008
The Black Vote in Oakland
by Elizabeth Shemaria, Brian Aguilar, Shimrit Berman, Laurie Burkitt, Sierra Filucci, Amy Jeffries, Kevin Jones, Danielle McNamara, Julia Olmstead, Lisa Pickoff-White and Eric Zassenhaus.
Created on Super Tuesday, February 2008. This project was published by The Oakland Tribune and Yahoo! News, as a Top Story during prime time.
For this project I:
-Assisted [...]
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 [...]