May 13, 2013

Read My Mind

My cover is blown. A commercial for the Boone County Fire Protection District flashes across the screen of a tv in the PRIME Lab’s testing room. The camera follows a fire hose up to a flaming garage door with intense, melodic music in the background. A message appears on screen: “What would you do without volunteers?” […]

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Risks = Rewards

A young man from Mexico, Mo., leaves his hometown job selling real estate to travel the country as a band tour manager. The gamble pays off. Ten years later, after working with impressive groups such as U2, he’s producing music videos and documentaries in Los Angeles. But then the man reinvents himself. Having never worked for

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Fast, Flexible, Adaptable: Newsy’s Star Continues to Rise in the World of Journalism

Five years ago, Jim Spencer left his heart and established career in San Francisco. After pioneering ask Jeeves, one of the world’s first popular search engines, he decided to retouch base with his roots in the Midwest. Packing his bags, he headed east, eager to breathe life into his vision of a video news production

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