GAIL N. ABLOW

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EXPERIENCE

MULTIMEDIA PRODUCER, DIRECTOR AND WRITER • Immigrant Legal Resource Ctr., Writer / Social Media Producer January 2018 - present Write blog posts, manage Twitter account, and produce video for the New Americans Campaign on a part- time basis. Profile new Americans and cover topics including the financial and legal obstacles that prevent immigrants from pursuing citizenship, and effective strategies to encourage and assist naturalization.

• Family Pictures USA, Writer / Story Producer September 2018 - June 2019 Wrote and produced for a pilot PBS series shot in Florida, North Carolina, and Michigan. The documentary-style, hour-long programs told the stories of families, communities, and the country through the lens of the family photograph album.

• BillMoyers.com, Writer/Producer January 2016 - January 2018 Produced video commentary and podcasts with Bill Moyers on topics including the birther lie, the EPA, racial inequality, and money in politics. Produced Making Change, a video series featuring grassroots activists. Wrote a weekly column answered readers’ questions about democracy called Explain It! Curated Dig Deep featuring the best of the week’s investigative journalism.

• Carnegie Corporation of New York, Media Fellow September 2015 - June 2018 Wrote and produced multimedia stories about citizenship and immigration. Directed and produced American Beat: Cops and Refugees Join Forces in Boise, a documentary about police officers in Boise, Idaho building trust amongst refugees from Africa and the Middle East. Broadcast on PBS World in 2018. *Won 2018 NW Regional Emmy Award and was “Highly Commended” at the 2018 AIBs.

• Public Affairs Television, Writer / Producer Moyers & Company October 2011 - January 2015 Wrote and produced for a weekly long-form interview and public affairs program on public television. Covered the criminal justice system, money and politics, inequality, and public participation in democracy.

Bill Moyer’s Journal March 2007 – May 2010 Produced documentary reports and long-form interviews for a weekly program about public affairs on PBS. * LBJ’s Path to War nominated for Emmy Award for best feature in a news magazine, 2009. * Henry Waxman nominated for Emmy Award for best interview, 2008.

• Fork Films, Story Consultant March 2011 Co-wrote the script for Peace Unveiled, about Afghan women fighting for a role in the peace process, for the five-part PBS series, Women, War & Peace. * The series won the Overseas Press Club’s Edward R. Murrow Award, 2011 and a Gracie Award, 2012.

• CNBC, Writer / Producer August 2010 – February 2011 Worked on a freelance basis with correspondent Darren Rovell to produce, report and co-write Behind the Counter: The Untold Story of Franchising, an expose of the $1.3 trillion franchise business.

• NOW on PBS, Contributing Producer September 2006 -January 2007 Reported, produced, and co-wrote How Green? The documentary profiled unlikely allies in a battle to protect wilderness in Idaho—the reddest state in America.

• CNBC, Writer / Producer March - October 2006 Wrote and produced segments for American Airlines: A Week in the Life, a behind-the-scenes look at the airline industry. Stories included Wrenching Change, on labor and management relations, and Extreme Makeover, on airline maintenance.

• CNN, Segment Producer 2005 -2006 Wrote introductions and produced live interviews on a freelance basis for American Morning, anchored by Soledad O’Brien and Miles O’Brien. * Contributed to 2005 Peabody Award-winning coverage of Hurricane Katrina and its aftermath.

• Public Affairs Television, Documentary Producer 1998 – 2003 Now with Bill Moyers: Kids and Chemicals Produced and directed a PBS documentary on the scientific search for chemicals in the environment that may be harming children.

Bill Moyers Reports: Earth on Edge Wrote, produced and directed segments about the impact of human activity on the ecosystems of the rainforest in British Columbia and the grasslands of Mongolia for a PBS special report.

On Our Own Terms: Moyers on Dying in America Field produced and reported for Living with Dying and A Different Kind of Care; the first two episodes of a four-part PBS series on the complicated issues underlying life and death choices. * Nominated for Emmy Award, 2001, Outstanding Informational or Cultural Programming.

• ABC News, Field Producer 1993 - 1998 Directed, produced and wrote for a variety of documentaries:

The Century: America’s Time, Seeds of Change 1900-1914 and Shell Shock 1914-1919 * Cine Golden Eagle Award, 1999.

Nightline: Shadow of Doubt: The death penalty case of Kerry Max Cook.

Saturday Night: Cancer—the Race for a Cure

Turning Point: When Children Accuse, Who to Believe? * Edward R. Murrow Award, 1997.

EDUCATION

COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY, M.S., Graduate School of Journalism John M. Patterson Prize for outstanding enterprise reporting.

HARVARD COLLEGE, A.B., magna cum laude, Fine Arts

STANFORD UNIVERSITY, John S. Knight Fellow One of 19 journalists chosen for a year of independent study.