Sandra and Mudit met on a new kind of dating app. 3 months later, they were living together in Hawaii. This is their love story. 


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March 2021.

Story Dating

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Most of us avoid talking about death. But for some, these conversations aren’t new. They happen at Death Cafes: gatherings where folks talk about the end of life, sip tea, and eat cake.

But now, because of coronavirus, mortality is on everyone’s mind. Death feels closer than ever, but social distancing keeps loved ones apart as they die and grieve.

In this audio Death Cafe, Elissa Mardiney and a host of death experts explore how the pandemic is changing dying

Death At A Distance

Made in collaboration with Alexa Burke. in this piece, we examine our identities as white women in relation to telling stories. As white storytellers, what are we missing? And what has a documentary program like the Salt Institute for Documentary Studies been missing as a primarily white endeavor?

Shay Stewart Bouley/Questioning Whiteness

Portland residents' thoughts on the Roux Institute, a new Northeastern University innovation hub, coming to town.

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A short promo piece for my feature piece made at the Salt Institute for Documentary Studies titled "Death at a Distance."

Promo Death at a Distance

This is the inaugural episode of Salt Waves, a podcast from the Salt Institute for Documentary Studies. This episode was made by me and my classmates in the Spring 2020 Salt cohort.

Through a variety of interrelated pieces, this episode explores the theme of "questioning." Asking questions is the heart of our work as documentarians. This time though, we don’t just question others--we turn the questions on ourselves.

I contributed to the writing and recording of the host narration, the segment "Pro Tips with David Brancacchio" and the segment "Questioning Whiteness with Shay Stewart Bouley."

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