Seeking justice is no easy task, especially when you are a small community of people fighting exploitive industries. Small grassroots groups are often made up of people struggling to find the time, energy, and money to fight these battles as they work to take care of themselves and their families. They seldom have the means to undertake professional communications work that is essential to growing their cause and combating misinformation from industry-funded public relations firms.
For those who need them, we offer our communication services on a pay-as-you-can basis—or possibly even free—depending on our resources and availability. Whether it be simple communication consultation or media production, we offer our expertise to help small organizations reach wider audiences, bridge difficult political and cultural divides, and combat corporate misinformation. Need help? Please feel free to contact us.
Services include:
- Photography
- Video Production
- Media Relations
- Audience Research
- Campaign Development
- Graphic Design
- Print Media
- Basic Website Development
Portfolio
Photography
Media Outreach
Writing & Media Relations
The World We Need. Chapter 12: “Thoughts of a Coal Miner”. The New Press. Book. Edited by Audrea Lim. 2021.
“Coal Mining’s Dark Past.” Explore Parts Unknown. 2018.
“Don’t Tell Coal Country, ‘That’s What You Get For Voting For Trump.’” Huffington Post. 2017.
“Appalachians Have Lost More Than Coal, We’ve Lost Who We Are.” Huffington Post. 2017.
“Stereotyping Appalachians Feeds Only the Coal Industry.” Yes! Magazine. 2017.
“The pain pill epidemic isn’t going anywhere until we end coal’s dominance.” The Washington Post. 2017.
“How America Failed My Family of Coal Miners.” The Daily Beast. 2016
“I Was a Fourth-Generation Coal Miner. Here’s Why I Quit.” Yes! Magazine. 2016.
“Who’s Worried About Global Warming?” Audubon Magazine. 2014.
“Coal Miner to Obama: Set strong carbon controls.” The Hill. 2014
Film, Television, & Video
“Coal Miner to Trump: ‘Coal Isn’t Coming Back’” The New York Times. Video Op-Ed. August 21, 2018.
“Season 11, Episode 1. West Virginia.” Anthony Bourdain Parts Unknown. 2018.
C-SPAN – Washington Journal. May 9, 2017.
“Here is how a post-coal Appalachia could thrive.” Grist. YouTube. 2016.
Blood on the Mountain. Evening Star Productions. Documentary. 2016.
Radio & Podcast
“Let’s Talk Dirty to Clean Energy.” Excerpt from “Journey of a Former Coal Miner.” Climate One. Podcast. February 16, 2024.
“Journey of a Former Coal Miner.” Climate One. Podcast. May 14, 2021.
“Climate Conversation S2E1: An Appalachian Perspective on Just Transition.” MIT ClimateX. Podcast. November 8, 2017
“Two US coal miners, two very different perspectives on the future of coal.” NPR / PRI’s The World. March 29, 2017.
Contributions
“The 100-year capitalist experiment that keeps Appalachia poor, sick, and stuck on coal” Quartz. Gwynn Guilford. December 30, 2017.