A behind-the-scenes look at filming APM Reports’ breakout podcast Sold a Story in Washington, D.C. with reporter Emily Hanford. Lindsey Seavert and I captured the human side of the investigation and produced social videos that reached thousands in the education world.

I spent a couple days filming Macathon, Macalester College’s 24-hour innovation challenge. Students from around the world tackled real-world problems with surprising creativity — from fixing temperature-reading bias to preventing feeding tubes from freezing in Minnesota winters.