Guns
What documenting mass shooting survivors taught me
In the wake of a school shooting in Parkland, Florida, filmmaker Olivia Merrion reflects on her work documenting survivors of such tragedies.
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Biography
Olivia Merrion is a producer and documentary filmmaker who has produced online videos for NPR, PBS, Recode, the Associated Press, Discovery Communications, and Slate, among others. She attended James Madison University, where she earned her degree in digital video and cinema. Her capstone film received honors from the Broadcast Education Association and won the Audience Choice Award at the Virginia Student Film Festival. After graduating, she worked in Washington, D.C., as a freelance shooter and editor for NPR and other media outlets. In late 2015, she joined the creative studio collective 1504 as a contributing producer.
Articles
Grieving in a Fishbowl
Heather Martin helped start a support group for survivors of mass shootings – she desperately wants the group to stop growing.
Since the Spill
The 2010 Deepwater Horizon spill was an accident unlike any other – millions of animals were killed. But did it change any policies?
All Work. No Pay.
Recovering from Rehab
Brad McGahey was sentenced to a year in prison for buying a stolen horse trailer. But when he went before a judge, he was sent to CAAIR instead.
And Justice for Some
Does the time fit the crime?
The number of women in U.S. prisons has increased more than 700 percent since 1980. And for nearly all of that time, Oklahoma has led the nation.
And Justice for Some
Before Prison
Oklahoma incarcerates 151 out of every 100,000 women, often given harsh sentences for nonviolent drug crimes.
Health Care
Is Egg Donation Safe?
Dr. Jennifer Schneider lost her 31-year-old daughter to colon cancer in 2003. She wonders whether there was a link between her daughter being a three-time egg donor and the tumors found on her ovaries and abdomen.