Laura Macomber

• Researched, pitched and produced stories examining America’s criminal justice system for stage and web (one-on-one interviews, panel discussions, video interstitials and performances) • Produced justice-related videos; acquired documentary and archival footage, wrote scripts, supervised edits through delivery • Conducted field research and reporting on German criminal justice system; toured working German prisons; interviewed and reported on German incarceration and prison administration • Conducted in-depth pre-interviews and booked criminal justice experts, social entrepreneurs and justice reform advocates for live storytelling event; recorded and edited interviews • Translated raw criminal justice data into digestible news items for broad audiences • Executed powerful first-person stories illuminating broader topics of incarceration, motherhood and prison, immigrant detention, court systems, community policing and bipartisan prison reform, among other subjects

• Pitching and producing stories for annual international journalism summit • Conducting pre-interviews and in-depth reporting; recording and editing interviews; field reporting on global women's issues • Combining out-of-the-box creativity with careful research to transform first-person narratives into compelling stories for video, web and stage; producing narrative-driven one-on-one interviews, panel discussions and live performances • Scripting and producing Women in the World videos for web and stage • Researching and developing international stories relating to women and global politics, human rights, fine arts, science and technology • Producing rigorously researched programs featuring Hillary Rodham Clinton, Nicholas Kristof, Cecile Richards, Laura Bush, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Juju Chang, Katie Couric, Melanne Verveer, and many other politicians, artists, journalists and activists • Managing celebrity talent (including Meryl Streep, Angelina Jolie, Hillary Rodham Clinton, Samantha Bee, Tracee Ellis Ross, Usher, Katie Couric, and many others)

Produced videos, wrote and managed scripts, booked shoots, produced shoots, transcribed interviews, sourced media and managed rights and clearances for stills and video footage

Produced segment for Moyers & Company broadcast, featuring: periodic reports on ALEC (the American Legislative Exchange Council), renewable energy laws; sick leave policies; animal abuse; voting rights. Booked shoots, managed media, conducted archival research and pre-interviews, managed scripts and rights and clearances.

Lead researcher, reporter and fact checker for 2014 documentary examining North Carolina's state legislature. Pre-interviewed and cast interview subjects, wrote scripts, managed media, coordinated field production and scheduled shoots.

- Researcher, reporter and producer for the The Daily Beast's annual live journalism event, Women in the World, a three-day storytelling summit that takes place in front of an audience of 4,000 at Lincoln Center - Reporting, researching, interviewing, scriptwriting, video production

- Researcher, reporter and producer for the The Daily Beast's annual live journalism event, The Hero Summit, a two-day storytelling summit that takes place in Washington, D.C. - Reporting, researching, interviewing, scriptwriting, video production

- Associate producer of a sizzle commissioned by the weather channel for a docu-reality series about bike messengers in NYC - Casting interview subjects, organizing shoots and shaping story arc