Documentary Filmmaker | @harvard Nieman Fellow, Class of ‘25 | @coloradocollege Class of ‘07

Joined August 2008
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Listen better with all this trolling and social media vitriol surrounding us. New @substack #documentary #filmmaking open.substack.com/pub/mikesh…

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🎓 Big news! Emmy-nominated filmmaker & journalist @MikeShumFilms ’07 will deliver the 2025 Commencement address. "I hope I can send these students off with some inspiration, some energy, maybe even hope." Read more: coloradocollege.edu/newseven… #CC150th #commencement2025
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Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine began three years ago this week. In that time, FRONTLINE and our partners have investigated Russian President Vladimir Putin’s grievances with the West, the circumstances that led up to his invasion of Ukraine, the grim toll the fighting has taken on civilians and more. As this conflict marks a somber milestone, explore a collection of our coverage: to.pbs.org/3DhWmy5
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It has been three years since Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine. FRONTLINE and The @AP’s 2023 documentary “20 Days in Mariupol” offers a visceral, first-person account of what the besieged city of Mariupol endured during the first weeks of Russia’s siege. to.pbs.org/4k9OOOx
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Democracies Should Never Spy on Journalists, Even in the Name of National Security buff.ly/41EXMMP

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18 Dec 2024
In a new FRONTLINE documentary, residents of a Lahaina neighborhood recall having no warning when the August 2023 Maui wildfires reached them and navigating narrow roads, downed power lines and backed up traffic as the fires surrounded them. to.pbs.org/4gmpAKu
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16 Dec 2024
FRONTLINE investigates the deadliest American wildfire in a century, and the missed warnings that made it so unstoppable. The documentary examines the fire’s causes, the chaotic response, and how changes to the climate and landscape have made Maui increasingly vulnerable to fires. Special streaming premiere Tue., Dec. 17th: to.pbs.org/4iF9wVH
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27 Nov 2024
China just freed 3 American prisoners. But it is holding many Chinese citizens on unjust charges. Yuyu Dong, a former @Harvard Nieman fellow, is the most prominent journalist being detained in mainland China. How will the Trump administration handle this? nytimes.com/2023/04/24/world…
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A Chinese court sentenced a high-ranking editor and columnist for a major Communist Party newspaper to seven years in prison on espionage charges on Friday. Dong Yuyu was arrested in 2022 while having lunch with a Japanese diplomat. nyti.ms/49jo7Cc

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29 Nov 2024
China sends a message to the world with this harsh sentencing — telling them that anyone engaging in people-to-people exchanges could be labeled a spy. Dong Yuyu, 62, was a respected journalist and @Harvard fellow doing ordinary meetings with diplomats and foreign journalists.
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27 Nov 2024
A State Dept. official says China has released three imprisoned American citizens: Mark Swidan, Kai Li and John Leung. The official says all Americans designated by the State Dept. as wrongfully detained in China are now free and will soon be reunited with their families.
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28 Nov 2024
A notable prisoner swap on the eve of Thanksgiving
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Should journalists “help protect their country’s 2½-century-old democratic experiment, which also protects the existence of their craft? That requires braving the ire & denunciations of Republicans long conditioned to scream bias.” By @JohnJHarwood niemanreports.org/articles/w…
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31 Oct 2024
Now streaming on the PBS App, YouTube and frontline.org.
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30 Oct 2024
The filmmakers behind ‘American Voices 2024’ spoke to FRONTLINE about how Americans’ sentiments on power and government have changed in the last four years and more. to.pbs.org/3AluUhs
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