LIFTxVoices: Darren Nichols
- Danielle K Brown
- Feb 20, 2024
- 1 min read
LIFTxVoices' inaugural workshop highlighted Detroit's trusted messenger and beloved columnist Darren Nichols (Detroit Free Press). The LIFTxVoices programming is a public-facing data-driven storytelling project that allows researchers from the LIFT project to collaborate with media makers to visualize the data we collect for the more general public.
Pop Up Docs ® is a mobile media production company that offers a framework for engaging youth and young adults in visual journalism production through apprenticeships – to help tell the stories we find in the data, from the narratives of trusted messengers to the specific concerns of Black communities.
Video, Lighting, Audio, and Interview Questions By: Alaina Lindsey, Apollo Reed, DJ Beatty, Ambrose Cornelius, Jack Rumsey, Jackson Moffett, Juan Holguin, Josie Woodyard, Hendrix Domangue, and Adia Nealy.
Workshop Mentors: Brianna Schmidt, Alexis Schmidt, and Myles Taylor.
LIFT Project Director: Dr. Danielle K. Brown
During our first workshop, ten Michigan high school students produced a short documentary-style interview production about the named trusted messenger and Detroit Free Press columnist Darren Nichols. For future workshops, Sony will provide additional technology with state-of-the-art camera, sound, and video production equipment rentals. This program will produce both a traditional short documentary and an interactive, web-based documentary presentation of trusted messengers that impact Black communities.