Elena Rue Multimedia Producer
Multimedia
The Council
I recently launched a visual storytelling business, StoryMineMedia, with my colleague Catherine Orr. We decided to launch our website with the release of our first independent project. “The Council,” a series of short, quirky webisodes about a middle school student council election.
My Son’s Eyes
Renee Pinkney’s 19 year-old son Don’Tay suffers from a mental illness. At age 15, he allegedly committed a crime during a psychotic episode. Don’Tay has been in jail for over a year without education or treatment for his illness. While waiting for a trial, Renee and her husband Joey are fighting to gain rights for [...]
The Great Wide Open
When Rachel Westbrook found out she was pregnant, she knew that she could not keep her baby, but she also knew that she needed to be in his life. Doug Dotson and Maura Dillon had been married 10 years before they discovered they could not have a baby on their own and would need to [...]
Starting Over
North Carolina is one of two states that prosecutes all 16- and 17-year olds as adults. After being accused of being in a fight at school, Jaqwan Dancy was suspended from school and put on adult probation.
Power Play
As Detroit attempts to reinvigorate a failing economy, alternative energy pioneers have a chance to spark a new industry. Garth Schultz, a solar panel entrepreneur, is poised to begin production, start up his business and help Michigan’s factories start churning once again. [College Photographer of the Year, Silver, 2010]
People of Plaquemines
Liz Sullivan lives with her family in Buras, La. Her husband Donnie has worked as a shrimper his whole life, but even as the family strains to maintain normalcy, she fears her son might never go fishing with his father again.