Beth is a producer, writer and editor, and Stephen is a director, photographer and editor. They each received their Bachelor of Journalism Degrees (broadcast and photojournalism) from the Missouri School of Journalism (eons ago!) They work with a variety of news, entertainment, commercial, education, and government clients, including Entertainment Tonight, NBC Nightly News, The Today Show, MSNBC, PBS National, ABC News, CNN, CBS The Early Show, Rachel Ray, Discovery Channel, NASCAR Images, Bloomberg Television, Food Network, The History Channel, Missouri Press Association, Missouri Department of Conservation, Missouri Department of Elementary & Secondary Education, Linn Technical College, and University of Missouri, among others.
Stephen and Beth's experience covers all facets of the video and film production business, with projects ranging from commercials, corporate training and public relations, to film and video documentaries, news, and live satellite teleconferences. Their award-winning web series, Finding Wild Missouri, received a 2014 Mid America EMMY for Best Short Program. The 12-part web series features unique natural places in Missouri, hosted by a travel writer who logged miles on every state-maintained road in the state. Their latest feature documentary, Deadline in Disaster, follows the lives of The Joplin Globe staff in the aftermath of the EF-5 tornado that destroyed one-third of the town and the lives of 161 residents, including the Globe’s page designer. It received a Mid-America EMMY for Best Feature - Cultural, and the Mirror Award from the Newhouse School of Journalism. Deadline in Disaster also received Best Foreign Film by the China Academy Award of Documentary Film in 2013. Other television documentary projects include Neither Here Nor There, a feature-length documentary about a Bosnian War refugee family resettling in the Midwest, and sponsored by Missouri Arts Council and Women Make Movies. The film received Best Heartland Feature at Kansas City Film Festival, 2010. In 2009, Beth and Steve produced, wrote, and directed an EMMY Award-winning documentary, Trustees for the Public, which aired on PBS; Other documentary films include Our Fragile Earth, an environmental video series, which received recognition at the National Environmental Awards Council, recipient of a Silver Telly Award, First Place Documentary Award by National Press Women, screening at the San Francisco Environmental Film Festival and featured in Graham Nash’s 1996 U.S. Concert tour. They have also produced several short documentary films, which have been screened at festivals in the U.S. and Europe. Beth and Stephen have also received Best Distance Learning Program honors from the U.S. Distance Learning Association for a satellite teleconference and multi-media series they created, Changing Channels – Careers for the 20th Century. The series received numerous awards and recognition, reaching thousands of high school students across the country.
Stephen and Beth served as founding board members of Columbia Access Television, a local public access channel, which is training community residents in television production and media literacy.
Stephen and Beth served as founding board members of Columbia Access Television, a local public access channel, which is training community residents in television production and media literacy.