credits

PRODUCER, empire of ebony
post-production

The first production to tell the full story of the Johnson Publishing empire.
Director: Lisa Cortes, with Roger Ross Williams and One Story Up

PRODUCER, the debutante
forthcoming premiere

Independent feature documentary on the revival of a Black debutante ball in post-industrial Ohio. Mix of immersive verité, archival and stylized dream sequences.
Director: Contessa Gayles, with NBC Studios / Westbrook

PRODUCER, man on the run (2022)
Feature Documentary, Netflix

Documentary airing on Netflix investigating one of the world’s largest and wide-reaching financial scandals, 1MDB.
Director: Cassius Kim

DIRECTOR, fiasco (2021)
Muti-part series, FX

Short film on the Iran Hostage Crisis, and how Jimmy Carter navigated the world-changing events of 1979. Archival and Interview based series.

SUPERVISING PRODUCER, on the trail (2020)
Feature HBO Max & CNN Films

Verité documentary following five female CNN reporters as they chased the tumultuous primaries of 2020.
crafted story structure and cast, managed a team of up to 25 people - field and post - with multiple crews concurrently filming the unpredictable story. managed deliverables, archival, legal review and post schedules

DIRECTOR/ PRODUCER, the weekly (2018-2020)
End of the Line, v. Johnson & Johnson, Open Arms
The New York Times, FX, HULU

Collaborated with NY Times reporters to advance stories from print to film and pitched original film ideas

DIRECTOR / PRODUCER vice news tonight (2016-2018)
HBO

developed and directed original features and documentaries. supervising producer for specials and documentaries

PRODUCER, bloomberg tv (‘12-’13)

produced and shot one hour documentaries, multi-part series, investigations and packages

PRODUCER cbs news (‘13-’16)

reported, produced, and scripted original feature stories for all three CBS news flagship programs
field produced major domestic and international events, World Cup in Brazil, Ali Funeral, Paris ISIS attacks, Pulse Nightclub shooting

FIELD PRODUCER / AP/ PA in america on cnn

crafted storylines; field produced; wrote; managed edits; research stories & archival and affiliate footage; pre-interviewed characters; managed media
produced day-of-air pieces and segments
created original web content to build the In America brand
FILMS: Women of 9-11; Don’t Fail Me: Education in America; Rescued: The Children of Haiti, Black In America

awards

Emmy (2019) Wins
Outstanding Coverage Breaking News
Outstanding Feature Story in Newscast

Emmy (2018) Nomination
Outstanding Special

Front Page (2018)
Special Reporting

Gracies (2018)
Best News Program 

Peabody Award (2011)
The Gulf Oil Spill

Front Page (2011)
Best Documentary 

Gold World Medal (2011)
Social Issues/Current Events, New York Festival

education

New York University

MA- Broadcast Journalism

University of Virginia

BA – History & Sociology 

find me

Instagram: @ashorland

Twitter: @ashorland