Shotgun Sessions
The New Orleans music scene in real time.
- Reporter / Journalist
- Field Producer
- Audio Storyteller
Mason M.
New Orleans, LA, USA
$150 - $1000000000 / Day
About
I have been a contributing reporter for the internationally recognized media outlet VICE for a little over five years now. In my time writing for VICE, I've covered everything from Alabama's rural moonshine infrastructure to New Orleans' rising drag queen scene and written about America's first trans congressional candidates. I've also worked for CNN's Inside Man production team working with renowned filmmaker and documentarian Morgan Spurlock and spent several months working on the Emmy winning television series Top Chef. Over the previous two years I reported for a newspaper publisher in the Rocky Mountains where I received 10 Colorado Press Association awards in less than two years.
Top Services
- Reporter / Journalist
- Editorial Photographer / Photojournalist
- Field Producer
Clients
Top Projects
Shotgun Sessions interview with 'Fancy Pants'
An interview with one of New Orleans' most exciting up and coming bands.
- Reporter / Journalist
- Field Producer
- Creative Director
Produced for Vice
Meet the Queen Behind New Orleans's Changing Drag Scene
This article was an exploration into New Orleans' rising drag queen scene. For the piece, I interviewed and attended several events with Vinsantos Defonte, one of the city's most important drag icons, along with talking to some of her current and former drag students.
- Reporter / Journalist
- Editorial Photographer / Photojournalist
Health care crunch: Chaffee County, Buena Vista fare better than other rural areas
A exploration into providing reliable health care and services to one of the country's most isolated communities.
- Reporter / Journalist
- Editorial Photographer / Photojournalist
Produced for Vice
Misty Plowright Is More Than Just One of America's First Trans Congressional Candidates
This was a profile on one of America's first ever Trans congressional candidates. Misty Plowright ran for a seat in Colorado's fifth district in the US House of Representatives and was defeated last November.
- Reporter / Journalist
Produced for Vice
Alabama's Moonshine Task Force Is Closing In on the Last Few Aging Bootleggers
This was an investigation into the Alabama Moonshine Task Force's enforcement of moonshine and bootlegging in one of Alabama's most rural and impoverished counties. I interviewed several moonshiners, members of the Moonshine Task Force and the local county sheriff.
- Reporter / Journalist
Equipment
Video
- DSLR or equivalent
Video
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- Reporter / Journalist
- Editorial Photographer / Photojournalist
- Production Assistant
- Field Producer
- Audio Storyteller
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Miscellaneous
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Miscellaneous