Premiere Event – you are invited

Some of the subscribers to this blog know me personally and live in Minnesota.  Some of you don’t know me personally but still live in Minnesota.  Some of you live everywhere but here. … Continue reading →

VIDEO: Afghanistan from my P.O.V.

This is a re-post.  I’ve been sharing my experiences in Afghanistan with groups of kids.  To do so I thought it would be helpful to put a short, non-narrative, natural-sound (i.e. no rhyme… Continue reading →

Talking about Afghanistan on TV

I’m excited to make an appearance on Almanac tonight. Almanac is ‘it’ when it comes to public affairs coverage in Minnesota. Having the producers invite me to chat about this up coming trip… Continue reading →

Learning from ‘Camp Victory, Afghanistan’

Preparing to embed with the Minnesota National Guard’s Agribusiness Development Team in Zabul Province, Afghanistan (ZADT) has given me reason to seek out and watch documentaries about the Afghan war, the Afghan culture… Continue reading →

Seeing what Afghans see

As a television producer every once in awhile I take a step back and realize my job allows me to experience so much more than most.  Don’t get my wrong, my days are… Continue reading →

Tech specs

Time to get technical.  Now that I have most of the official planning out of the way: Visa, ISAF credentialing and flight itineraries.  I am now beginning to divert my attention to the… Continue reading →

Afghanistan ADT background

Like most, a few months ago I knew next to nothing about Afghanistan. What I did know was pretty simple: here’s a war going on, there has been years of fighting, there was… Continue reading →