November 2008.From Election Day through the Inauguration, for 50 consecutive days, 50 bloggers from 50 states (plus one from the nations capital) filmed the economic crisis as it looked to them. Their perspectives were all over the map: a mechanical engineer in Alabama, a stay-at-home mom and writer in Colorado, an unemployed translator in California, and everything in between.
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Behind the Scenes
SelectionProducer Paul Pangman scoured the internet, in search of one state blogger from every state.
Participants Names and occupations (as of the air date) listed under each video
FinancingProduction costs were covered by Purple States LLC and the Carnegie Corporation.
Editorial ControlThe producers selected the citizens and determined the content. The individual pieces appeared on CNN’s iReport, and many of them aired on CNN.com. The Washington Post broadcast Advice for Obama as op-ed video.
Credits
- Produced by Cinnamon Kennedy
- Field Production by Paul Pangman and John Kennedy
- Video editing by Cinnamon Kennedy
- Videography by the 50 bloggers, using whatever camera they happened to have.
Jeff Barnett, mechanical engineer
Maia Nolan, paralegal, writer
JD Tuccille, writer
Frank Lockwood
Kris Arden, unemployed (translator)
Amy Gates, stay-at-home mom, writer
Craig Powers, unemployed (software company executive)
Tom Noyes, healthcare finance
Claudia Olivas & Sergio Olivas, painter
Jesse Kozel, actor
Marcio DaSilva, computer specialist for apartment management company
Ryan Kawailani Ozawa, real estate data company
Kit Lennington, medical transcriptionist
Chanel Winn, adult etertainment
Jim Ansaldo
Tara VanBrederode & Jeff Angelo, attorney; community relations for telecom company
Carrie Evans, clerk
Angela Parker, writer & marketer
Judy Reagan, unemployed (restaurant owner)
Gerald Weinand, architect
Geoffrey Vaughan, duplication technician
Graham Palmer & Mark Palmer, student; online marketer
Alexander Bouchard, unemployed (auto industry)
Aaron Brown, community college instructor
Scott Phillips, pastor & builder
Tamara Isaac, self-employed
Lexi Sundell, artist & designer
Deborah Porter, event marketer
Katherine Morrison, web work
Greg Kender, screenwriter
Jamai Haquani, small business owner (merchandise)
Matt Wilstein, ad agency employee
Christy Nelson, stay-at-home mom
Maggie Hopper, unemployed (landscape designer)
Eric Scondag, IT professional
Tebbe Farrell, musician & filmmaker
Kristyn Grewell, realtor
Jack Benneth
Spencer Lewis, interactive advertiser
Ellen Croteau, unemployed (waitress)
Meredith Allan, unemployed (TV news anchor)
Todd Epp, attorney
Simon Lynn, stagehand & carpenter
Jason Kranzusch, unemployed (tech)
Tony Naccarato, graphic designer
Lisa Carton, psychotherapist
Ali Wyne, think-tank researcher
Lia Hollander, unemployed (tech)
Shawn Smith, unemployed (recent grad)
Bob Burner, self-employed (web work)
Jared Michaud, unemployed (writer)