Friday, October 3, 2008

Mercury News Wins an Emmy

San Jose Mercury News Photographer Dai Sugano produced the documentary video Uprooted that recently received an Emmy in the news and documentary section.

Please watch the video
http://www.mercurynews.com/emmys/ci_10533173

Uprooted
http://www.mercurynewsphoto.com/blog/2007/12/23/uprooted/

"Uprooted," which looks at the displacement of a group of mobile home residents in Sunnyvale, was nominated for new approaches to news and documentary programming in the documentary category. Sugano is the photojournalist and multimedia producer; Hernandez and Migielicz are the executive producers; and Julie Patel is the reporter.

A performer's journey from Peking Opera Stardom to Silicon Valley

This a story about a famous Peking Opera family emigrated from China trying to keep the tradition alive in Silicon valley. As a freelance job for the mercury news photographer Lipo Ching and myself set out to create amazing portraits of these stars and found a great story behind it.


http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_10612154?nclick_check=1






Video/production/editing by Kirstina Sangsahachart
photos Kirstina Sangsahachart and Lipo Ching