About Nicholas L.

I’m a multimedia journalist and editor passionate about combining text with photography and videography to tell stories from a unique perspective. My work has been featured by The Economist, Foreign Policy, Quartz, VICE and many others. I started working as a photographer on conflict and human rights issues while interning and copy editing at a small newspaper in Sana’a, Yemen in 2012. From there, I began working as a freelancer, first in Tunisia, then in Cairo, covering the aftermath of the Arab Spring. I’m currently based in Fayetteville, Arkansas, working on a series of long-term reporting projects in rural Arkansas, Oklahoma and Louisiana.

About Matt R.

I have been working in the film and video industry a little over a decade, and continue to love my work. I am a skilled Producer/Editor and have worked on many different projects ranging from music videos, corporate, marketing and sales, web-series and films all across the country.

About Ben P.

Photographer and documentarian Ben Powell’s assignments as a cinematographer have taken him to communities around the world, while his documentary films as a director have focused on landscapes near and dear. His adopted home state of Texas and the obsessive characters (and celebrities) that collect its historical treasures play a central role in “Phil Collins and the Wild Frontier,” which premiered at the 2013 New Orleans Film Festival. His first feature documentary, BARGE, focuses on the culture of towboat workers not far from his home town of Cleveland, Mississippi and premiered at the 2015 SXSW Film Festival, going on to win Best Documentary Feature prizes at Indie Memphis and the Dallas International Film Festival. Powell has received received artist grants from the Austin Film Society and the Garrett Scott Documentary Development Grant, and holds a BFA in Film, Animation, and Video from the Rhode Island School of Design.

About Kat R.

Kat Robinson is a food historian and travel writer based in Little Rock. She is the author of Another Slice of Arkansas Pie: A Guide to the Best Restaurants, Bakeries, Truck Stops and Food Trucks for Delectable Slices in The Natural State. She is also the author of three previous travel dining guides: Arkansas Pie: A Delicious Slice of the Natural State (2012), Classic Eateries of the Ozarks and Arkansas River Valley (2013) and Classic Eateries of the Arkansas Delta (2014). She is the host of the Arkansas Educational Television Network program Make Room For Pie: A Delicious Slice of The Natural State, a committee member of the Arkansas Food Hall of Fame and the Arkansas fellow to the Southern Food and Beverage Museum, as well as the 2011 Arkansas Department of Parks and Tourism Henry Award winner for Media Support. Her work appears in regional and national publications including Food Network, Forbes Travel Guide, Serious Eats, AAA Magazines and AY Magazine, among others. While she writes on food and travel subjects throughout the United States, she is best known for her ever-expanding knowledge of Arkansas food history and restaurant culture, all of which she explores on her 1200+ article website, Tie Dye Travels. Kat's previous experiences include radio personality work and television producer, including eight years as the senior producer for Today's THV This Morning, the CBS affiliate morning show in Little Rock. She lives in Little Rock with her daughter Hunter, partner Grav Weldon and a pair of mutant cats.

About Megan P.

Business owner, videographer, and editor specializing in commercial business promotion, special events, weddings, subjective projects, etc. Maintains a working knowledge of best-in-class industry software and film equipment. Utilizes digital channels including website, social media, and online advertising to generate additional business. Booked, filmed, and edited nearly 100 weddings over a course of 5 years. Familiar and comfortable in traveling near and far for work related shoots. Highly visually forward, impeccable attention to detail, concise and fresh story telling expert.

About Kevin C.

Emmy Award (Mid-America) winning documentary filmmaker Kevin Thomas Clark has been making documentary films for over 20 years. His first film, Died for Zero, about the unsolved murder of his father was named Best of at Indie Memphis Film Fest and lead to the funding for his next 4 films. The Old Gray Lady, an in-depth look at the history and death of one of the last progressive newspapers in the American South, earned critical praise from both sides of the newspaper war that ushered in her end. His follow ups, The Crisis Mr. Faubus Made and Is you is… A Louis Jordan Story presented important historical events and characters in interesting and creative packages for new audiences. For public television, Clark has been a producer, director, cinematographer and editor for Emmy nominated series, films and digital shorts. His work earned 6 Emmy nominations in 5 years; with 2 awards for his films Ain’t Dead Yet and A Final Run—The 1969-70 Carver Cobras.