Video Journalism

David Todd is the Chief of Police in Fargo, North Dakota and one of his biggest fears is losing one of his officers. That happened in 2016, when Officer Jason Moszer answered a call about a domestic violence dispute. More officers are killed on domestic dispute calls than any other service call. Chief Todd says closing …

‘Even as a strong supporter of the Second Amendment, I have a red line.’ (NYTimes.com) Read More »

As clean energy job growth outpaces conventional energy sectors like coal in Illinois, new opportunities are being created in both rural and urban areas of the state. This video, produced for Midwest Energy News, explores how evolving grid technology — as well as new and existing state policies — have contributed to clean energy job …

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On the morning of New Year’s Eve in Chicago, hundreds marched down Michigan Avenue, one of the city’s wealthiest streets. Many of them held crosses with the names of all those murdered in 2016. There were more than 760 homicides in Chicago last year, the highest number since 1997. Craig was the Reporter/Director of Photography on this piece for AJ+

These are the Karachi vets who step in to save donkeys that are abused or injured in Pakistan’s remote villages. The program, launched by the Ayesha Chundrigar Foundation, sends the vets out every two weeks to treat the beasts of burden who work throughout Pakistan. In doing so, the donkey camps also help the desperately poor donkey owners.

Over Memorial Day holiday in Chicago, Craig joined more than two dozen other journalists with the New York Times to report on every single shooting victim in the city that weekend. The rate of gun violence has gone up this year in Chicago, and the holiday weekend usually sees a spike in shootings. In all, 64 people were shot …

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I went to Pierogi Fest in Whiting, Indiana to shoot a video complement to this story in the Wall Street Journal about the delicious — and highly caloric — Polish dumpling called the pierogi. Didn’t have a chance to dunk a nun, but I did have a few of the little dumplings, and I got to …

“Ladies and gentlemen… present your pierogis” Read More »

In the final part of a six-part series for MSNBC.com, we ask why, instead of standing up for victims of gun violence in places like Sandy Hook, U.S. Representative Robin Kelly chooses to sit in silent protest. We also meet parents who have lost children to see how they cope with their loss by channeling …

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ER doctors at Advocate Christ Medical Center try to save the lives of gunshot victims while family and neighbors mourn after a bullet pierces a house, striking 11-year-old Shamiya Adams dead. Produced, written, filmed and edited by Craig Duff with reporter Stephen Franklin. Narrated by Trymaine Lee.

Basketball coach Shawn Harrington struggles to recover from a gunshot wound that left him paralyzed while a high school teacher offers a message of forgiveness to those who forever changed his life. Produced, written, shot and edited by Craig Duff with reporter Stephen Franklin. Narrated by Trymaine Lee.