Recent work

Here are short videos using all natural sound narratives driven by the subject's voice.

Coach teaches kids lessons about sports and life. 4min24sec.

He dances with fire. 1min20sec.


Different strokes for folks who play through the winter in Chicago. 1min20sec.

Michigan couple reflects on the poison found near their riverfront home. 1min38sec.

Prozac, Iraq and suicide is the topic of this grandmother's lament. 2min19sec.


Winter at Chicago's Lincoln Park Zoo is made easy for some animals not built for the climate while quite natural for others. 1min29sec

92-year old blues legend David "Honeyboy" Edwards reflects on a life of gambling, women and a Grammy award in an interview with WBEZ-FM. 4min15sec.

Bus ride to history. 4min47sec.


Chicago 8th graders witness history 2min50sec.



Tourists decide Chicago's Olympic fate 2min53sec

Pastor's last sermon 2min

Their goal: Cheer up America! 1min53sec.

Blagojevich nude painting. 1min29sec.

"Go ahead and tape me says" Governor Blagojevich one day before his arrest 2min 37sec

Big sexy men dancing 2min 24sec

Obama's neighbors watch him vote 1min 44sec

Teachers go weightless 2min 21sec

Winner of "Bring Lou to School" contest 3min30sec

Dungeon Master explains secrets of the game 1min33sec

Prayers at Jennifer Hudson family home 1min 17sec

Torture victims get their day in court 1min 20sec

Second chance for rare butterfly 1min 58sec

2008 Chicago Marathon hot but doesn't stop 1min 31sec

Army mother and daughter reunion 1min 29sec

Flood victim rescued 40sec

Students help neighbors sandbag. 1min19sec

Look Ma! No brakes! 1min23sec

New Hindu Temple in Chicagoland 1min56sec

Would you get naked to sell soap? 1min08sec

Heat cancels Chicago Marathon. 2mins38sec

Amtrak passengers recount the accident that sent many to hospital. 1min37sec.

Forensic archaeologists dig up a 100-year old murder mystery in a Chicago graveyard. 2min27sec.

Eulogy for "Pigeon Man" of Lincoln Square. 1min25sec.

South Side Chicago's Irish Parade is arguably the city's best. 1min32sec.

North Side Chicago pub fans watch European Fooball Championship. 53sec.


George Hood spent a week and 176 hours riding a stationary bicycle to raise money for his YMCA. 1min18sec.


In a victory for blind people, a new court ruling may change the look and feel of US currency. 1min4sec.

South Side grade schoolers meet characters from the Civil War. 1min51sec.

138-year old gilded statues, survivors of the Great Chicago Fire, are returned to service in the city's second oldest church. 1min20sec.

Opening day spirits aren't dampened for Cubs fans at Wrigley Field despite the weather. 1min18sec.

South Siders have their day in the sun for White Sox home opener. 1min10sec.

"I can't take Brownie anywhere" 3mins37sec

Five-year-old golfer. 1mins10sec


Tribune's architecture critic crawls through a new skyscraper under construction for a tour with the building's architect. 2min25sec.

Female firefighter trains for fight with cop. 1min29sec.

Iraq project

As part of 4-person team from the Tribune, we began this project when President Bush ordered 20,000 more troops to Iraq for "The Surge" in 2007. The Army ultimately denied us permission to report further from Iraq but we are looking forward to the soldiers return later this summer. Aahmer Madhani and Kuni Takahashi reported from Iraq while I joined writer Dahleen Glanton in covering Army families here at home.

Troops are deployed from Georgia on their way to Iraq. 1min8sec.

Newlyweds deal with the pain of separation. 3min18sec.

The platoon's first sergeant and his family. 2min49sec.

First her husband is deployed, then her father returns to duty in Afganistan. While her father is a career military man, her husband is outspokenly critical of the situation in Iraq. 3min9sec.

Nurse and Lieutenant, husband and wife, deal with careers and their long distance relationship.3min.

Amanda copes with Josh's absence and has a bittersweet reunion temporarily during his leave five-months into deployment. 4min35sec.

Keeping in touch with Daddy via the computer. 57sec.