Edythe McNamee

Emmy-nominated cinematographer and journalist, Prof Medill NU, Former National Geographic, CNN, Human Rights Watch. Small woman, big camera, bigger hair

[Edythe McNamee @edythemc]

My ❤️ @matt_kwong working all night to get @UpFirst out in the morning. This is 4am maybe? Lots of nice sunrises this week.

[Edythe McNamee @edythemc]

Lucky for me, and frankly for Nat Geo, fabulous producer @gabbi_ewing picked up many of those stories and saw them through.

[Edythe McNamee @edythemc]

A video I co-produced for @NatGeo was named as a finalist for the ASME Ellie Awards last week. I haven’t worked for Nat Geo in more than two years, but that’s what happens when you work on stories with such a long timeline!

[Edythe McNamee @edythemc]

A harder thing is when you start working at NG, you’re handed a ream of stories that are already in progress. You get to finish some, you start some of your own, if you’re lucky you get to finish some that you started, and then when your time is up, you have to hand your work off

[Tom Gara @tomgara]

Everyone learned how FB and others messed with metrics for video views / engagement etc, and then like 6 months later there's all these straight faced stories about TikTok stars getting three billion views in their first 11 minutes on the platform etc

[Edythe McNamee @edythemc]

@wakeamkira @NewsHour Congratulations! Does that mean you're moving to DC?

[Edythe McNamee @edythemc]

@shmcminn @NPR congratulations!

[Edythe McNamee @edythemc]

Tonight at 9pm, watch my doc "Katie's New Face" on @NatGeoChannel !

[Susan Goldberg @susanbgoldberg]

A groundbreaking face transplant gave Katie Stubblefield a second chance at life. Watch "Katie's New Face" on @NatGeoChannel Saturday at 9 pm. Even this 22-second preview makes you want to cheer for her.

[Edythe McNamee @edythemc]

When I first began filming Katie's journey, we didn't talk much about the suicide attempt. The focus was recovery and preparing for the transplant, and for me, building trust. 2 years later, Katie was ready, and brave, to talk about what she's experienced and how far she's come.

[Susan Goldberg @susanbgoldberg]

When she was 18, Katie Stubblefield tried to kill herself. Today, after a groundbreaking face transplant that saved her life, she is bravely speaking out on teen suicide -- the 2nd highest cause of death of teens. Hear Katie in our @NatGeo story. https://t.co/k0tNijm03p

[Edythe McNamee @edythemc]

Two photographers...and a cinematographer...
It was amazing to work with Maggie Steber and Lynn Johnson on this story though, and I think this interview articulates some of what was challenging about this story.
https://t.co/HwottfabIk

[Edythe McNamee @edythemc]

I spent two years visiting the Stubblefield family to document this ground-breaking face transplant and recovery process. I'm lucky to have met such a strong family, who were so honest in sharing their experiences.
https://t.co/8CCS99HLAS

[Kristen Chick @kristenchick]

Photojournalism has a rampant sexual harassment problem, and women are done staying silent about it. I wrote about it for @CJR, naming some of the perpetrators and the well-known institutions that have turned a deaf ear to women's complaints https://t.co/6aZ7r3LwC1

[Edythe McNamee @edythemc]

@kittenwithawhip My Canadian husband @matt_kwong says to go to Fishman Clubhouse in Scarborough.

[Edythe McNamee @edythemc]

Ugh. Also why would anyone pass up the opportunity to cast a badass woman as Robyn? This could have been so good! https://t.co/Q1SldmgV5E

[Edythe McNamee @edythemc]

If you look closely, some Korean athletes are wearing @thenorthface, and some appear to have an identical unbranded white parka. Sanctions don't pause for symbolic #Olympics moments! Are they unbranded northface, or a different company? And will N. Koreans be able to bring home? https://t.co/vqrKjILTCD

[NBC Olympics & Paralympics @NBCOlympics]

Host country South Korea and North Korea enter as one in the #WinterOlympics #OpeningCeremony. https://t.co/Ay5QOzAHZD

[Edythe McNamee @edythemc]

@julieturkewitz Congratulations! Always great seeing your byline and reading your stories.

[Edythe McNamee @edythemc]

bomb cyclone all over the backyard @ Massachusetts https://t.co/Dw3IKUgWX8

[Edythe McNamee @edythemc]

Ski wax. Made in West Germany. Please appreciate the kitchen floor as well. https://t.co/J08czoIR69