tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-50589454182774405472024-03-12T16:51:42.386-07:00Whitney Shefte MultimediaWhitney Sheftehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13172561218573574816noreply@blogger.comBlogger46125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5058945418277440547.post-58375387461214664582011-07-20T07:13:00.000-07:002011-07-20T07:13:52.061-07:00The city's sauce<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/the-citys-sauce/2011/07/16/gIQATPchII_video.html"><img border="0" height="223" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1P2u0nR0rCS-juVoxqqhy9NtJv1k6yLLrVeZbkSaOcqJ2yMV4eu-_7a8g_hRudzy6RH5IhS9tig-Bwwhjqi8ccdv6QRSILFIC_UoWoUZzMDF8gQmcmOgYzZaCUvOcK9_uUMtPWG6rW4CW/s320/Picture+3.png" width="320" /></a></div><br />
I produced <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/the-citys-sauce/2011/07/16/gIQATPchII_video.html">this video</a> on D.C.’s semi-famous Mumbo Sauce, also known as Mambo Sauce to some. Most of the home-grown folks I talked to have known about the sauce for years and grew up getting it from their favorite Asian carryout restaurant. But the transplants who have only moved to D.C. in recent years have never even heard of the stuff. Arsha Jones, who recently launched a business making a bottled version of Mumbo, makes the point that if she were moving in from a different place, she probably wouldn’t go to the seedy carryout joints either. And those are the places where the sauce is found. And the sauce is always different depending on where you go because most of the carryout restaurants make it themselves from a secret recipe. It’s a story about a funky sub-culture that thrives in this city but remains a secret to so many.<span id="goog_51258834"></span><span id="goog_51258835"></span><a href="http://www.blogger.com/"></a>Whitney Sheftehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13172561218573574816noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5058945418277440547.post-45869763519488772022011-06-20T05:11:00.000-07:002011-06-20T05:11:36.083-07:00House for homeless GLBT youth<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/home-for-homeless-glbt-youth/2011/05%20/21/AFrN2d8G_video.html"><img border="0" height="202" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUpjryQGzD2W0ncz2VhwBgAqjT5Ep8thSVU_mSsBq-kId7_UQUmTu1fpD1gbr05lDjYgHWTfQoNwweb7xuWQJ6Sstxh7RT3uRv7Z1WGj7aJasx0lwLTMQFyUzd08GjweI2NmYbP9Es3OGn/s320/Picture+10.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/gay-and-transgender-teens-find-refuge-at-home-created-for-them/2011/05/11/AFir1k8G_story.html" target="_blank">Wanda Alston House</a> in northeast Washington is a transitional housing space for homeless gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender (GLBT) youth. Eight to nine people between the ages of 16 and 24 live in the house at any given time and there is wait list of 10 to 25 more all the time. I produced this <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/home-for-homeless-glbt-youth/2011/05%20/21/AFrN2d8G_video.html" target="_blank">video story</a> about the house, focusing on a transgender woman named Sarah Feliciano. Sarah moved to the house in March after staying at Ronald Reagan National Airport instead of sleeping on the streets or in a shelter. She was initially shunned from her mother’s home after revealing her desire to live as a woman, as Sarah, instead of as a man, named Guy. This story tries to take a look at the struggles these GLBT youth face, especially those who are transgender, and the solutions that this house helps provide for them.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div>Whitney Sheftehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13172561218573574816noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5058945418277440547.post-34342251544681326322011-06-20T05:07:00.000-07:002011-06-20T05:07:25.108-07:00Closure never comes for 9/11 survivor<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/closure-never-comes/2011/05/02/AFz8NfcF_video.html"><img border="0" height="179" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPbbaxpV57Q7q0MXhWTYB1IqQ_i9iSYXsA_2NeI5itXRJa8oYj-8bJtPuT4F3Y1neYRMVQXygK0TmlDQIZA17DbTHs8bGQPBwWl7kOvsb7wURHXCHuLQiZuJcXCFjuHef84Eflb-3DPVe4/s320/Picture+9.png" width="320" /></a></div>Though Kathy Dillaber survived attacks on the Pentagon on Sept. 11, 2001, her sister did not. Dillaber recalls seeing her sister at work that morning where they discussed the attacks on the Twin Towers they had just learned about on the news. Almost ten years after that day, Dillaber considers what the death of Osama bin Laden means for her while visiting her sister's memorial bench at the Pentagon Memorial. <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/closure-never-comes/2011/05/02/AFz8NfcF_video.html">See the video here.</a>Whitney Sheftehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13172561218573574816noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5058945418277440547.post-8568804597437611072011-03-03T14:04:00.000-08:002011-03-03T14:04:56.524-08:00Race and the recession: How Americans are getting by<div style="font: 13.0px Consolas; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">African Americans in Prince George's County, Md., grapple with how to get by as they face increasing unemployment and foreclosure. <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/video/2011/02/19/VI2011021903754.html">See the video here. </a></span></div><div style="font: 13.0px Consolas; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
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And the second, <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/video/2010/10/31/VI2010103105146.html?sid=ST2010102805974">"Pot politics"</a> is as about Proposition 19<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="199" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSzgSKp2b1BlA-59HHLyko3Q9C8bmdORz5rX3fmW9FFMPDD2Wuf8Q_9K16i0C7EEXG3xCCj6PZ2YNffFbE_uoQfISqErmhgdKUk_nW92qMbs1iqzg6Ca5IFXBsLx3c3HP5lqIiL68vJL0W/s320/Prop19Grab1.jpg" width="320" /></div>Whitney Sheftehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13172561218573574816noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5058945418277440547.post-62116088550432582852010-10-05T08:21:00.000-07:002010-10-05T08:21:21.528-07:00The Cost of War: Traumatic Brain Injury<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/tbi"><img border="0" height="215" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnFLyNBbUBGZLm2rL5jKm0yMGm8SVMabnvCMywMtPM4ku-BDAf3i5GinWPqTV1z5e3Xt0TzF5gT2JVNvR4bQpz-J5QmQH6e2Iv4rnQDj587Qz-ll12Df2tDz1AR1Zoj9bjNjftgM6PEeRV/s320/TBI.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; font-size: 11px;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; font-size: 11px;">For the past couple of months I have been working on a big multimedia project on traumatic brain injury and how it can change soldiers' personalities and impact their lives forever. I made six videos and we also had stellar photographs by Marvin Joseph, amazing motion graphics by Alberto Cuadra and Kat Downs put it all together into a really stellar interactive. Christian Davenport wrote the story, which an extremely well-written and moving piece. <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/tbi">See the project here. </a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">In advance of the Preakness last Saturday, I worked on a story about the declining horse breeding industry in Maryland. Breeders like the one I focused on, Bill Boniface of Bonita Farm, blame their troubles on the fact that surrounding states have slots at their racetracks while Maryland still does not. The <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/video/2010/05/14/VI2010051401875.html">video is here</a> and you can also check out Ian Shapira's <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/story/2010/05/14/ST2010051403048.html">story here</a>. </div>Whitney Sheftehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13172561218573574816noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5058945418277440547.post-57675444975012519232010-05-07T05:35:00.000-07:002010-05-07T05:35:39.833-07:00Finding solace in the Virginia countryside<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/video/2010/03/25/VI2010032503590.html">Choosing the Holy Path</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">I visited Holy Cross Abbey for a day to shoot a video, called <i><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/video/2010/03/25/VI2010032503590.html">Choosing the Holy Path</a>,</i> about what life is like there for the monks. This small group of men spends their day praying and working on their fruitcake operation, which is the source of their livelihood in addition to the guesthouse donations they receive. At the guesthouse, individuals can visit for a few days of near-silence, experiencing the services the monks hold in the chapel and enjoying the beauty of the surrounding Blue Ridge Mountains. </span></div>Whitney Sheftehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13172561218573574816noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5058945418277440547.post-63276652504633541202010-05-06T20:19:00.000-07:002010-05-06T20:41:23.582-07:00Vacations can make for the best projects<div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/special/travel/india-in-motion/">India in Motion</a></div><div><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2wfq00lNIdwFgcy0m5nKvjmN8wcq8dRWtNNLZYM04rXfCBY5OZ8deno2KOZPTumcB6E9NYhbYl8-Zb2SDhuil4venw5qqQlL4RG7bqqO2IHjD3DAWI4d1re-cyTL8lJZpCMuSDBxdYPJ-/s1600/IMG_3341sml.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2wfq00lNIdwFgcy0m5nKvjmN8wcq8dRWtNNLZYM04rXfCBY5OZ8deno2KOZPTumcB6E9NYhbYl8-Zb2SDhuil4venw5qqQlL4RG7bqqO2IHjD3DAWI4d1re-cyTL8lJZpCMuSDBxdYPJ-/s400/IMG_3341sml.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5468362592292043506" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">In January 2009, friend and colleague Kat Downs and I traveled to India to visit a college friend and to pack as much adventure into eleven days as we could manage. We visited over seven cities including Mumbai and Delhi and took in vibrant sights and sounds along the way. I shot with the Canon 5Dmkii for the first time on this trip, gathering hours of scene footage and collecting ambient sound. When we returned to the US, I worked on editing the video together little by little when I had extra time, eventually putting together <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/special/travel/india-in-motion/">India in Motion</a> with the help of Kat's fabulous design. In addition to what I gathered in the field, I put together lots of loops from Soundtrack Pro to create a soundtrack that I felt matched the mood of the visuals. The project is intended to immersive and interactive with short scene videos that demonstrate how colorful, intense and vibrant this country really is. </span>Whitney Sheftehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13172561218573574816noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5058945418277440547.post-77641403374476209662010-02-22T06:52:00.001-08:002010-02-22T06:57:58.956-08:00Moving through Metro<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/video/2010/02/20/VI2010022003121.html">See the video</a></div><div><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw7cEUNTkZ6Lg8oTkmxqqLzbBlv43SCLlb4b5ycYR5LV5N1qnB4V9n-A7HgqTm3UEeoTfo-s-dF2TYCdldVxLvqMOk1XGEubvJ8H8fcw5XUCIXXYeFI9osw6TGRZ5motcBU0Gakvh0avtn/s1600-h/metro-ws1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw7cEUNTkZ6Lg8oTkmxqqLzbBlv43SCLlb4b5ycYR5LV5N1qnB4V9n-A7HgqTm3UEeoTfo-s-dF2TYCdldVxLvqMOk1XGEubvJ8H8fcw5XUCIXXYeFI9osw6TGRZ5motcBU0Gakvh0avtn/s320/metro-ws1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5441081024597911346" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT8FEfgUwwW15fmYC5uGVOpLNaEa-iR1vlTOty9ukg-q0KdQm7OVz09G4HPZCWI5-qctDRbKgcKPR-GVygQ7OeflwaTXzWjmFjPxbQRXAQSBCgCAPoSNtqF4yBf2lFjNSR7Zu5WZlPnzOD/s1600-h/metro-ws1.jpg"><br /></a><div style="text-align: center;">I was assigned to spend an entire day on the metro, documenting the ebb and flow of passengers' commutes. I did several interviews and originally edited the piece incorporating those interviews. But as I neared the end of the edit, I realized the piece was becoming extremely boring. The comments people made about Metro were not novel sound bytes or expert opinions. People basically said the expected: most are somewhat concerned about their safety but they ride metro anyway because it's their best means of transportation. So instead of sharing thoughts that we all have already heard, I decided to try a more artsy approach. I grabbed some audio clips from Soundtrack Pro and edited the piece to the music. I sped some clips up and slowed some down and tried to create a more emotional scene piece. <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/video/2010/02/20/VI2010022003121.html">Here it is</a>. </div>Whitney Sheftehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13172561218573574816noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5058945418277440547.post-78270135133027179092009-12-08T19:04:00.000-08:002009-12-08T19:16:17.260-08:00Wasting Away: The Squandering of D.C.'s AIDS Dollars<div style="text-align: center;">Wasting Away: Failing the sick in an ailing city<br /><span style="font-size:78%;">While the sick languished in alleyways and on park benches in the city with the nation's highest AIDS rate, D.C. government allowed widespread waste and mismanagement to overwhelm the city's AIDS services. A three-part documentary explores some of these groups and the lives impacted by a lack of care. </span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/special/metro/aids-funding/video.html"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_nFktyV-KX83aBXgmZNZApJX0SPIRjp8xpoIg0kaxFW2RBeqvlYp9X6_P1tBaTJchD5bpzm1-jmYfgVcB_qMAn7uTgZL7Fu98Qj6jF_UO7yv5JN1F9QnAzHAW0ShpAnYPsO8zHmjs8L9T/s320/AIDSoverview.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5413069022652444658" border="0" /></a><br />A House for healing<br /><span style="font-size:78%;">When Leshelle Hicks came to Joseph's House, a D.C. hospice for people with HIV/AIDS and other terminal illnesses, her health was failing. Today, she believes the program saved her life.</span><br /><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/video/2009/10/18/VI2009101802032.html"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 184px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXCO-QxK99nutapCjYg60k6tltNy2MMIM2wYo3FRq0vQFFN7tt8ntUTkEfQIFkM1Ev4k159zBtR6FWST5R9oswz-inKuclGosG_Hq8_ocWakuoMesllRrZiNAioiE9Ah3KJ4Y1IVbfYB9u/s320/AIDSjosephs.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5413068944366352066" border="0" /></a>Whitney Sheftehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13172561218573574816noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5058945418277440547.post-66228062040332231892009-12-08T18:54:00.000-08:002009-12-08T20:00:14.375-08:00Last Chance High School<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size:78%;">At-risk teenagers who have struggled in traditional high school try to make it through tough academic<br />and physical rigiors of the strict military-style school<br />Freestate Challenge Academy at Aberdeen Proving Fround in Maryland.</span></span><br /></div><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;">Part 1:<a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/video/2009/07/31/VI2009073103172.html"></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/video/2009/07/31/VI2009073103172.html"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 204px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho8x0rQaAShmxDLJA4sT3gQ6EfuBDX9vknT0aIVu0PYkaIUpIwRrxakKhd_8ENbbLVGd7cO58uShrSY2PC2cjoC-Cqns_ALBR_NMkbwqj7Gh6atnmt2JelWgOhDE5YltfQV4wQPemFAdL0/s320/Freestate1e.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5413080614102552194" border="0" /></a><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Part 2: <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/video/2009/08/03/VI2009080300717.html"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 190px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD-uMzkmyM_Mf-86BLkjWdeUVM8_JH4yvcn10wEVHdclUldQWsMd6BNL493UUP2v4OMPIZdzBDL4iwg46G-kdM66eVc4J-cb8MnDYSuPmiWu-Byxl1M-v9wmaWHlgYw19r7SeVt76Tn0zv/s320/freestate2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5413080703050536578" border="0" /></a></div>Whitney Sheftehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13172561218573574816noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5058945418277440547.post-5135792936249688682009-12-08T18:53:00.001-08:002009-12-08T19:21:02.847-08:00A Great-Grandmother's Love<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size:78%;">Gail Ertel cares for her great-granddaughter, McKenzie Campbell, who is blind, autistic and medically fragile. Since McKenzie requires constant attention, Ertel is unable to work and must rely on outside funding to make ends meet.</span><br /><br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/video/2009/06/20/VI2009062001294.html"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 179px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-gw1RPgEFRGXqpW-r_YousghpnO1mt3BshcauqxsKPonsY2REepA9BcxOANH6ntmBlV6Y0EmGY6tb-xDEL4aFme-eyW6PcPv3x9LnGgmYZ0A2IL-0fzif4755i-w25SdjEydMNXFaW0wg/s320/greatgran.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5413064154234953810" border="0" /></a><br /></div>Whitney Sheftehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13172561218573574816noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5058945418277440547.post-23301317705133788982009-12-08T18:50:00.000-08:002009-12-08T19:20:14.543-08:00Racing Against the Odds<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size:78%;">Matt Bowie, a T8 paraplegic who lost mobility in his legs due to a spinal cord injury in 1981, races his 1970 Camaro SS using adaptive hand controls at the 75-80 Dragway in Monrovia, Md., every weekend.</span><br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/video/2009/05/20/VI2009052003098.html"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 209px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoVQfXidOframn4WPdGKIWNw8gzm-RYHJa9VOenaQTgYK23v_T6vDIudpIlDH_b7OGiEHjq_6bG6ZF2I8_8hGk1hrN3qR6Q_72ukfUY15D1Rx9dRm_yzwKK20fkREJKANmXb18ACHjR59l/s320/dragrace.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5413063682912727938" border="0" /></a><br /></div>Whitney Sheftehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13172561218573574816noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5058945418277440547.post-6954162168689260372009-12-08T18:49:00.002-08:002009-12-08T18:50:54.861-08:00No Greater Love<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/gallery/2009/05/08/GA2009050803459.html"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 216px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRYNdYT80UJt7brvbxEWU3qjpRAsoWxLyWQH8fDrimL97VO71ZqQURKJqMaMUA2Q2JTLsh1lq2qLuWjcO0Yk31RB65G91y4kfZVYPacjoRyHtqjgZsNPyHtwMM-OZTJyYUhcwssT-iy9Rq/s320/nogreaterlove.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5413063362394416626" border="0" /></a>Whitney Sheftehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13172561218573574816noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5058945418277440547.post-41460659369768292412009-12-08T18:49:00.001-08:002009-12-08T19:23:07.674-08:00Fish & Politics<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size:78%;"><br />Virginians gather in Wakefield to eat shad, drink beer and mingle with gubernatorial candidates Bob McDonnell (R), Brian Moran (D) and Terry McAuliffe (D) at the annual Shad Planking.</span><br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/video/2009/04/16/VI2009041602412.html"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC5N47qOiF4jgkrmjPB_aPjVWNV7A6fK1RGBCDYPyQyjAbKUi2GSzK9fqbsXXOvacRE1E07peP_6-1tEUg1iPgKh_scaTzJLYy0ni0FPSxxqTWH5FYmpx9yhsgbCXqd_cPvJBWqcfx_BmK/s320/fishpolitics.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5413063093050641842" border="0" /></a><br /><br /></div>Whitney Sheftehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13172561218573574816noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5058945418277440547.post-6350172081868505822009-12-08T18:47:00.000-08:002009-12-08T18:49:01.635-08:00Sacred Ground: The Building of the Pentagon Memorial<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/nation/interactives/pentagonmemorial/video/"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 183px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY7Vxc4oHaplrq1S1tykKffvuX9PhotT7bMbqn_LCTopiQm7h8OtZCNFGgQYk04D7LmDw4Q91R-h_RUJmcGb-uLJIPA95Dt7wnGbD5hNR0FKFelIMfI5yBtO-rngNIZHJq0_bWhwrVIHvP/s320/pentagon.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5413062954054987986" border="0" /></a>Whitney Sheftehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13172561218573574816noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5058945418277440547.post-51677899766088028582009-12-08T18:46:00.002-08:002009-12-08T19:22:07.769-08:00Assessing Obama's First 100 Days<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size:78%;">At the Newseum, the public rates Obama's first months in office.</span><br /><br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/video/2009/04/27/VI2009042703062.html"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 204px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0yzH3MeKzETijEOnq_IdUND3VU6PBaZLN5v0m3-Z4Qlral_-DpymoBO8r0xsHnTX5nkKSvCtvTYoFUFCCpGs2R9b0LxyzwunM3Bf78S5HAGaxrxknGA54H476gmt_vKRQAlVuqsHo7Din/s320/100days.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5413062588588253458" border="0" /></a><br /><br /></div>Whitney Sheftehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13172561218573574816noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5058945418277440547.post-11368455143193771842009-12-08T18:46:00.001-08:002009-12-08T19:26:13.195-08:00Resolving Conflict Without Courts<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:78%;">The Community Conferencing Center, a non-profit organization in Baltimore, helps people settle disputes by talking to one another face-to-face.</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/video/2009/03/20/VI2009032001073.html"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 179px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicMM_26ecq-7sICN2RSsquT1wNxYzvX_2RNQXXjVE_ZNg1rzxI3zlTJWzW9Q8_JzGJ33lWJRlWKoBbSduXDG0Miah9Pp0WG-jpFFFYhQ-UtWwuBlOogZfmhaw6aVA_nqpZt_zyQIHjJa_2/s320/conflict.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5413062360498181778" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/video/2009/03/20/VI2009032001997.html">Drumming for Dialogue</a> is another video I produced for this story.<br /></div>Whitney Sheftehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13172561218573574816noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5058945418277440547.post-29060971336475586152009-12-08T18:45:00.000-08:002009-12-08T19:23:56.063-08:00Presidential Prodigy<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size:78%;"> Molly O'Hare, 10, a fourth-grader at St. James Catholic School in Falls Church, Va., can list all of the Presidents of the United States in order, backwards and by random number.</span><br /><br /><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/video/2009/03/24/VI2009032402502.html"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 182px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-K8-VIl5LO7aAt7qwAEDl7VHDfHkUsfPWOiXSAJW976G2P0lqOJMMFUgEa0Dv-SkiUfATfio5OjE4zPszNnoYvXRw7LCK7KV8snkjT8uTBnr40cT5bv2FnJlD5YTrpWgD1z6_AKShPKn2/s320/presprod.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5413062201544098770" border="0" /></a><br /><br /></div>Whitney Sheftehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13172561218573574816noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5058945418277440547.post-86412296021083032442009-12-08T18:44:00.001-08:002009-12-08T19:34:17.737-08:00Failing the Chesapeake Bay<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:78%;"><span class="blurb">In communities along the water's edge, where the bountiful estuary empties and the health disolves, residents say the region's culture is also eroding. </span></span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/metro/interactives/failingthechesapeake/index.html"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnYPoReviiYvuTQQSjYXSfMQ619MXZwPjhSPmKZQWB-I6Cq38KQbJLrFsEnbNttDIjA79w50GvG3ITAdUSGvlG08DUPAA1YbGhFl96DBZ24z6NwySzVHmzEg3eWHgjHxbvM0iZRXY681Fo/s320/chesapeake.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5413061947482568114" border="0" /></a><br /></div>Whitney Sheftehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13172561218573574816noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5058945418277440547.post-27449882050090489892009-12-08T18:41:00.000-08:002010-05-07T05:42:41.460-07:00The Healing Fields<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 78%;"><span style="font-size: 12px;">Hundreds of unin</span></span><span style="font-size: 78%;"><span style="font-size: 12px;">sured and underinsured Americans flock to Wise County, Va., every ye</span></span><span style="font-size: 78%;"><span style="font-size: 12px;">ar to seek treatment at a makeshift fiel</span></span><span style="font-size: 78%;"><span style="font-size: 12px;">d hospital operated by the Remote Area Medi</span></span><span style="font-size: 78%;"><span style="font-size: 12px;">cal Volunteer Corps. For three days in this isolated corner of Appalachia, a small army of health-care profession</span></span><span style="font-size: 78%;"><span style="font-size: 12px;">als offers medical attention to patients who are not likely to see another doctor o</span></span><span style="font-size: 78%;"><span style="font-size: 12px;">r dentist all year. The annual clinic saves lives and alleviates suffering, but in </span></span><span style="font-size: 78%;"><span style="font-size: 12px;">the face of a growing national health-care crisis, it </span></span><span style="font-size: 78%;"><span style="font-size: 12px;">may not be enough.</span><br />
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