Produced by Collee Wong.
Wong interviewed her long-lost grandmother about her difficult and often tragic life story. Using archival photos, maps and a variety of other tools, Collee created an interactive, visual essay exploring her grandmother’s past.
Produced by Maria Pimentel.
Who Will Take Care of Me? is a documentary film exploring the challenges faced by a growing population of elders.
Maria is a solutions-driven, multilingual videographer and producer with proven excellence in videography, content production/editing, social media management, and production techniques. She graduated from the Loyola DMST program in 2019 and now works as the Multimedia Coordinator at Japanese American Service Committee (JASC).
Produced by Brenden Arney.
Our Coordinates, Your Adventures. is a travel campaign for Thailand. Arney’s grandmother is an immigrant from Thailand and he has been wanting to visit his entire life. He finally had the opportunity to make the trip and spent 30 days traveling the country, capturing pictures, videos, and drone footage. He then put everything together in a fun advertising campaign, and rebranded their homepage to be more modern and timely.
After being introduced to Microsoft Paint as a child, Brenden Arney became passionate about digital creation. Throughout his life he’s prioritized learning new creative tools in order to explore and experiment with that passion.
Produced by Jacob Pieieczynski.
Have you heard of the possibility of a serial killer in Chicago? Dating back to 2001, 51 strangulations of women on Chicago’s South, Far South, and West sides have gone unsolved with the lowest clearance rate in the country — leading many to believe there’s a serial killer on the loose in Chicago. Tune in to this six part digital series exploring how these women’s stories have gone largely unheard and what is being done about it.
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Jacob Pieieczynski is a Chicago-based editor, producer, and writer with a passion for meaningful and intentional storytelling.
He has experience working with non-profit organizations in Milwaukee and Chicago. Most recently, he worked on The Chicago Public Education Fund’s #PrincipalPrideChi campaign, creating three profile videos that garnered an organic reach of over 50k people, supervising the design of campaign collateral, coordinating newspaper advertisement placement in all major Chicago newspapers, and assisting in a social media campaign that compiled a total reach of over 3 million people across Chicagoland.
He attended Marquette University, receiving a Bachelor’s degree in Digital Media and a Bachelor’s degree in Writing Intensive English. He graduated with Master’s of Communication in Digital Storytelling from Loyola University in 2020 and now works as a Marketing Manager for One Hope United.
Produced by Tongtong Yue.
My Way is an interactive film about a car enthusiast. Ron works in a packaging manufacturing company. He has a deep love with cars. In the story, he talks about how he strikes a balance between his job and hobbies in his daily life.
Tongtong Yue is a filmmaker and photographer from Beijing, China. She likes to express her understanding of art through technology and software.
Produced by Megan Heinowski.
Henry Darger: The World of an Outsider Artist is an interactive story about Henry Darger, a reclusive custodian who lived in Chicago until his death in 1973. After his death, the discovery of his paintings and writings transformed him into a poster boy for “outsider art.”
The Big Empty: California’s Drought is an interactive project and website investigating the California drought.
Produced by Nicole Wong.
Nicole is a content creator/curator specializing in copywriting, photography, and research. She graduated with her Master’s in Digital Media and Storytelling from Loyola University Chicago in 2016.