About Us

This multimedia site was produced entirely by students in Rich Beckman's "Multimedia Design" course in UNC-Chapel Hill's School of Journalism and Mass Communciation


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Rich Beckman
Producer

Rich Beckman is a professor of photojournalism at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Ryan Thornburg
Student Producer

Ryan is a senior journalism major at UNC-CH and is publisher of UNC's first online journal The Fifth Estate. He has worked with The Electronic Frontier Foundation, The Daily Tar Heel and The Cary News.

Alana Smith
Associate Producer of Design

Alana, who designed most of the icons for this site, is a senior journalism major at UNC-CH. She also serves as the art director of the School of Journalism and Mass Communication's quarterly magazine,The Journalist.

Andrew Tucker
Associate Producer for Photography

A senior at North Carolina State University, Andrew commutes to Chapel Hill twice a week to participate in the Multimedia Design class. Andrew interned at USA Today this summer photo editing with the Olympic bonus section.

Jennifer Fox
Associate Producer for Videography

Jennifer Fox is a second year Masters student in journalism at UNC-CH.

Erin Beach
Associate Producer for Content and Flow

A student at North Carolina State University, Erin does photography around the Triangle.

Adam Bianchi
Adam is a senior at UNC-CH in the journalism school and also works as station manager of Student Television for UNC.
Eric Leathers
Eric designed the icons for the Faces of the Fair page. He is a senior journalism major.
Simone Lueck
You can see Simone in the music video "My Name Is Prince." She is a senior in the School of Journalism and Mass Communication at UNC.
Greg Makris
Mark McCarthy
Jesma Reynolds
Heather Robinson
Arika Slack
Clay Stapleford
Diane Toomey
Andrew Tucker
Christian Valiulis
Liz Welchman
Brian Whittier