Commercial fill for a largely unsold CTV platform with no ad skip.

Compiling a year’s worth of reporting into a fluid half-hour. The definitive document of the early scandals.

A nightly interview and panel show highlighting black voices.

Steve Donald and I developed the show with our news department. Claudio del valle Esparza and John Eung Soo Kim designed. I oversaw marketing.

Losing this show is one of covid-19’s worst tragedies. 2019 - 2020.

I wanted a challenge.

I cornered a journalist to maximize a morning show visit for a high-interest story.

Artful cutting room rescue from a standard-issue history of house music local news feature.

Promoting our morning show in the most 2014 way possible.

A selection of static and motion outdoor creative running in Chicago from 2018-2020.

A collaboration with John Eung Soo Kim and Claudio del valle Esparza.

Immediate reactions from our entertainment reporter. An all nighter to have ready to promote during Monday morning news.

A rare look inside the weirdest building in Chicago’s skyline.

Lead feature in a magazine show pilot.

An encouragement to the newsroom to invest time and interest in long-form journalism with national reach.

Winner of the 2022 Chicago/Midwest Emmy Award for Newsgathering: Societal Concerns. My first Emmy for editorial work.

I produced, wrote, and designed. John Eung Soo Kim shot and edited. Narration provided by Leon “The Destined Legend” Rogers.

An aggro block spot I made when no one was paying attention. Great rhythm: everything snaps into place. From 2014.

This recruitment commercial happened in the dead of summer when all of my production crew was on vacation. Chicago Police got the verité treatment as I shoot video at a 12th grade level. The tone on these is pitch perfect.

An annual funds drive for the Greater Chicago Food Depository: give cash and you’ll get a Chicago celebrity chef’s family recipe. We shoot packages with morning show talent and the chefs preparing the dish. We turned it into a sponsor opportunity. Everyone wins.

The second video is the 2021 Holiday Helpings packages I was backdoored into producing. I was sent to assist the covid-restricted productions, only to find out absolutely nothing had been set up and no one else sent. Three in one day, each with hard outs. An iPhone 11 and an Obama-ear HP enterprise laptop. I had to turn around the post ASAP as a flight loomed. Beat the shit out of me but I love how they turned out. Good flow and vibes.

Recognizing a milestone at America’s best local television station. An honor to work there.

I wrote and produced with Russ Nelligan. Richard Feindel shot, designed, and edited. From 2012.

It’s one of the last “side-street bars” in Chicago. A neighborhood watering hole that’s in the neighborhood.

Nominated for a 2022 Chicago/Midwest Emmy Award for Outstanding Newsgathering: Human Interest.

I produced, wrote, designed, and edited. John Eung Soo Kim shot.

A proof of concept of content marketing using talent as a source instead of a presenter. A touch too smart for its own good. 2020.

I kind of lost my shit on this one. Some of my favorite work comes from assignments I didn’t want.

John Beach provided the amazing voice over.

Going beyond the traditional local news consumer tips story. This is where the time not spent commuting went.

I worked on this assignment while the boss was off for a summer vacation. Much more cranked up than what normally came out of our promo shop because of his absence. I only told Richard Feindel: “straight rhythm track, no VO, unload all your best shots, and it says experienced reporters/accurate forecasts/right now coverage.” He came into my office about five hours later with 80% of this on his second-generation MacBook Air.

An early attempt to make Fox 32 Chicago look like it’s actually located in Chicago. It wasn’t a good match tonally for where the station was at the moment. Still well executed.

Keith Moran, Dave Metzger, and John Eung Soo Kim were all over this.

In response to the dearth of community service opportunities in the dead of Chicago winter. A post-holidays love letter to our talents’ preferred local non-profits. Also, profitable, as it was sponsorable.

Big Michael Schatz production here.