http://backyardmedia.org Print and Multimedia Storytelling Wed, 26 Aug 2009 02:43:59 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en French rap star Abd al Malik embraced rap as a way to channel his frustration, tell his story and critique society. Published in Ode Magazine, April 2009.]]> http://backyardmedia.org/2009/08/french-muslim-raps-for-peace/ Back-office crusader Michelle Chan is raising expectations for ethical practices in international finance. Published in Ode Magazine, Jan/Feb 2009]]> http://backyardmedia.org/2009/08/campaigning-for-clean-banking/ I explored the big ideas that are driving the future of the sustainable fashion industry in this article published in Ode Magazine, June/July 2009.]]> http://backyardmedia.org/2009/08/six-eco-trends-reshaping-the-fashion-industry/ In San Francisco's Roadworks Printing Fair, artists press giant linoleum prints with a steamroller. I shot and edited this story with Rhyen Coombs for the San Francisco Bay Guardian, October 2008.]]> http://backyardmedia.org/2008/10/art-in-the-streets/ Three women in San Francisco are reviving old-school butchering practices and serving up sustainable meat. I co-produced this video with Rhyen Coombs for the San Francisco Bay Guardian, July 2008. ]]> http://backyardmedia.org/2008/09/avedanos/ This is part one in my series on a community living on boats in Pillar Point Harbor in Half Moon Bay, Calif. Published by the Half Moon Bay Review, September 2007.]]> http://backyardmedia.org/2008/09/slideshowsliving-aboard-rod-shoenlank/ This is part two of my series on live-aboards. The Welsh family decided living on a boat would bring them closer together. Published by the Half Moon Bay Review, Half Moon Bay, Calif.]]> http://backyardmedia.org/2008/09/live-aboard-2-welsh-family/ Part 3 of my series on the Pillar Point Harbor live-aboard community. Steven Sandstrom-Phillips has turned his boat into a solar-powered moveable home. For the Half Moon Bay Review.]]> http://backyardmedia.org/2008/09/living-aboard-3-sandstrom-phillips/ The day I visited Bob Cannard’s farm in the Sonoma Valley, I nearly drove right by. The road had climbed steadily up from the cul-de-sacs, the wineries and the golf course of Glen Ellen, toward the blue-green ridge of the Sonoma foothills. ]]> http://backyardmedia.org/2008/09/vegetable-whisperer/ This is a photo-audio essay exploring small-scale livestock operations, in the Bay area. It looks at the journey an animal takes to get to the butcher shop and the feelings of people involved in the process. ]]> http://backyardmedia.org/2008/09/livestock/