TV and Documentary
Springboard: the secret history of the first real smartphone
A decade before Steve Jobs introduced the iPhone, a tiny team of renegades imagined and tried to build the modern smartphone. Nearly forgotten by history, a little startup called Handspring tried to make the future before it was ready. This is the story of the Treo.
Credit: Executive Producer
I story edited and managed the post production and distribution strategy. Springboard premiered at The Verge’s 10 year event in NYC in 2021 and on The Verge OTT app for Amazon Fire, Android TV, Roku, and Apple TV.
Lisa: Steve Jobs’ sabotage and Apple’s secret burial
Sabotage, hired goons, and a landfill in Utah: this is a story about the life, death, and afterlife of Apple’s most pioneering flop, the Lisa computer. How it inspired generations of computers to follow; how Steve Jobs championed it, then turned against it; and how an outsider gave it another chance…before Apple closed the door on the Lisa forever.
Credit: Executive Producer
The idea for Apple’s secret burial came from a partnership with the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, CA. Along with this full documentary, we published a shorter complementary video on the Lisa computer’s design, and several engaging videos on our social channels.
Rocketland: The SpaceX superfans uprooting their lives for Elon’s Starship
SpaceX’s Starbase project has inspired fans from around the country to move to a small town in Texas just to live close to the facility. In April 2022, the Verge went down to Brownsville, Texas to meet some of Elon Musk’s most ardent fans and to try and understand the magnetism behind this project.
Credit: Executive Producer
A moodier piece with vérité elements. I story edited and oversaw the pitch, pre-production and post plan and execution.
The Future Of
With the help of industry experts, this docuseries examines new and emerging technological trends to imagine revolutionary possibilities, narrated by Jurnee Smollett.
Credit: Executive Producer
I was the only female executive producer (out of 9! sigh) and helped to pitch the show to Netflix, participate in the writers room, ensure reporting and research depth and accuracy, troubleshoot production and budget resources (during a pandemic), give edit notes, and devise an ambitious marketing promotion strategy that utilizes The Verge’s distinct reach.
Better Worlds
A multimedia science fiction anthology across text, video, and audio.
Credit: Executive Producer on video and audio adaptations
I assisted on story selection, animator selection, storyboard and edit notes, narrator selection and audio notes, and overall publishing strategy.
PODCASTS
Decoder with Nilay Patel
Decoder is a new show from the Verge about big ideas – and other problems. Verge Editor-in-Chief Nilay Patel talks to a diverse cast of innovators and policy makers at the frontiers of business and technology to reveal how they’re navigating an ever-changing landscape, what keeps them up at night, and what it all means for our shared future. Formerly Recode Decode. New episodes coming November 10th.
Credit: Executive Producer and Executive Director of Audio
I led the launch and branding strategy for Decoder after it took over from Kara Swisher’s Recode Decode feed. I hired and managed the producing team, guided the creation of our theme music, and gave early notes on interviewees, format, and publishing strategy. Later, I facilitated our ad read process with sales and editorial sponsorships, oversaw our live event strategy, navigated shifting personnel needs, and directed the launch of Decoder’s TikTok account. I also led growth discussions on a larger TV adaptation and other strategic partnerships for Decoder.
The Vergecast
The Vergecast is the flagship podcast from The Verge about small gadgets, Big Tech, and everything in between. Every Friday, hosts Nilay Patel, David Pierce, and Alex Cranz hang out and make sense of the week’s most important technology news. And every Wednesday, David leads a selection of The Verge’s expert staffers in an exploration of how gadgets and software affect our lives – and which ones you should bring into yours.
Credit: Executive Director of Audio
I managed the producing team, advised on new formats and a redesign, oversaw our live event strategy and the execution of editorial sponsorships, and directed the launch of The Vergecast’s YouTube channel and overall video production workflow.
Why’d You Push That Button?
Why’d you like that celebrity photo on Instagram? Why’d you leave that restaurant review on Yelp? Why’d you text in lowercase, or turn on read receipts, or share your location? The Verge’s Ashley Carman and Kaitlyn Tiffany ask the hard, weird, and occasionally dumb questions about how your tiny tech decisions impact your social life.
Credit: Executive Producer
Converge
Converge is a conversational game show from The Verge, hosted by Silicon Valley editor Casey Newton. Each week, one of the Valley's most fascinating entrepreneurs steps into the hot seat to play games that are both funny and revealing. It's a tech podcast that doesn't stick to the script — and goes places you'd never imagine.
Credit: Executive Producer
NEWS
Heroes of Las Vegas
The massacre at the Route 91 Harvest Festival killed 58 people and injured more than 500 others. In the days following the tragedy, our reporter Chris spoke to witnesses, survivors, first responders, and those who traveled hundreds of miles to help. This is a portrait of Las Vegas as it was recovering from the deadliest mass shooting in modern American history.
Credit: Showrunner, story producer
After the Flood
Hurricane Harvey wreaked havoc on the city of Houston, leaving whole neighborhoods submerged in floodwater. We joined one newlywed couple in their flat-bottom mud boat as they evacuated dozens of survivors from their homes
Credit: Showrunner, story producer, field guidance
Recording Police Brutality
As Black Lives Matter protests have spread across America, more and more people have begun sharing clips of police violence online. It’s not just happening at protests, either: sometimes police violence is captured in everyday life. On June 2nd, a traffic stop in Baytown, Texas turned violent when a couple friends began to question the arrest of a black man. One man recorded the clip and it went viral, but it didn’t end there. It set off a ripple effect across his life and the city of Baytown, Texas. What happens when someone uses technology to glare back at police interactions? For Isaiah Benavides, it may have put him in harm’s way.
Credit: Executive Producer, story editor
EXPLAINER
Kimbal Musk’s Farm of the Future
The way we get our food in the United States is completely messed up. When you go to the grocery store, especially in a city, most of the fresh fruits and vegetables you see have been trucked in from somewhere else, losing crucial nutritional value at an environmental cost. This is a huge problem, but Elon Musk’s brother has a solution...in the form of a shipping container.
Credit: Showrunner, story producer
Monsta X & Steve Aoki: how K-pop took over YouTube
K-pop is officially a global phenomenon and YouTube has been crucial in taking the genre worldwide. In this episode of The Future of Music presented by Aloft Hotels, we speak to K-pop group MONSTA X, DJ/Producer Steve Aoki, and YouTube’s Head of culture and trends, Kevin Allocca, to find out how this global platform has helped spread this genre and create one of the strongest fan bases worldwide.
I led series and season development, oversaw production, story edited, and directed all sponsorship execution.
Credit: Executive Producer
This is Elon Musk’s key to Tesla’s future
Elon Musk's Gigafactory is arguably the most important thing that Tesla makes. The 1.9 million-square-foot factory in Sparks, Nevada, is only 30 percent complete, but it’s already on track to make 60 percent of the world’s lithium ion batteries — and Tesla plans to build more Gigafactories around the world. The Verge took a look inside.
Credit: Executive Producer
What the last Blockbuster has that Netflix doesn’t
Did you know the last Blockbuster in America is in Bend, Oregon? In 2004, the company went from over 9,000 locations worldwide to exactly one in America. But in this streaming age, is there anything we can learn from Blockbuster? We traveled to Oregon to find out.
I story edited, oversaw production, and led development of The Verge’s on camera reporting talent.
Credit: Executive Producer
CREATORS
Beme News Update
Beme News was a grand experiment that brought together traditional journalists with creators to leverage CNN’s resources and create something new. As showrunner, and someone who had worked on both sides of the aisle, I was there to bridge the gap and guide the show from conception to delivery.
While our experiment didn’t last - and there are a myriad of reasons why - we had a ton of fun and it remains one of the wildest opportunities I’ve had to date.
Credit: Showrunner
Beme News: The Phone is changed forever
Another fun format experiment at Beme! This one with Jake Roper of Vsauce3, who was Beme’s head of production.
Credit: Showrunner
The tech MKBHD is bringing to CES 2019
The Verge worked closely with many creators in our space and maintained a collaborative relationship with Marques and his team both in video and in our podcasts.
Credit: Executive Producer
Building a camera: the plan was simple until it wasn’t
Full Frame is an Emmy-winning series built around one of The Verge’s talented creators, Becca Farsace. I guided show development and spearheaded marketing and execution for editorial sponsorships.
Credit: Executive Producer
SOCIAL
Short form vertical video is the dominant format at the moment. And TikTok has usurped YouTube as the top video search and news discovery platform. At the Verge we were strategic about which platforms we published certain videos on and why, but TikTok became the top priority to expand our brand and meet audiences where they are. The platform has been particularly huge for marketing podcasts.
EVENTS
Linda Yaccarino defends Elon Musk, and herself at Code 2023
I led The Verge’s production and distribution strategy for all of Vox Media’s 2023 Code Conference coverage. Employing a full stack distribution model, we strategically published certain full length interviews to YouTube, to our podcast Decoder, and news-making clips to Tiktok, IG Reels, and YT shorts.
Credit: Executive Director of Audio & Video
Hot Pod Summit: Decoder’s first live show
This was Decoder’s first live show, taped at the annual Hot Pod Summit in Brooklyn, NY. I managed the guest booking and oversaw the production plan with the Decoder podcast team.
Credit: Executive Director of Audio & Video