Eight years ago this week, five journalists were killed at the Capital Gazette. Rob Hiaasen had donated to my first film just months before. He wrote back two words: “Art lives.” I think about that every time I pick up a camera. substack.com/@lot1/note/c...

My dad covered Vietnam for NBC. I made a #documentary about a #Baltimore startup news organization. This week's substack post is about how those two things connect. lot1.substack.com/p/in-my-bloo...

Post-production isn't just editing. I'm still conducting interviews, filming B-roll at 5am, and riding the light rail for footage. A look at what 'finishing' a #documentary actually looks like: open.substack.com/pub/lot1/p/p...

This. Is. Just. 🔥🔥! Maryland's faculty are never going to stop fighting until we all get the collective bargaining rights we deserve. And our Maryland communities support us! @senbillferg.bsky.social, @mddems.bsky.social, @mdhousedems.bsky.social, help us get SB6/HB106 passed this session!

“It’s just hard to watch this discourse and the amount of money that [Amazon MGM] poured in while all of our other funding sources are drying up.” The ‘Melania’ #documentary cost $75 million. It’s made $7 million so far. www.ms.now/news/melania...

As a doc filmmaker, one of the most frustrating things about the $75 mil #Melaniadocumentary price tag is at the same time, watching the government dismantle normal funding sources for independent docs, especially the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.

Is Daniel Radcliffe playing me in this show?!

18 years ago, the #Ravens announced a new coach. I was freelancing at WBAL-TV so my photojournalist and I ran out to ESPN Zone to talk to fans. It's crazy to see what the fans said about #Harbaugh then. I just dug up my old story.

Woke up super early for these! These are screengrabs of locator shots for my upcoming documentary about The #Baltimore Banner. A Banner Year is in post production right now. More updates soon! #documentary #filmmaking

How streaming elevated (and ruined) documentaries. Fascinating read: open.substack.com/pub/statsign...

🎥New Update on my new #documentary “A Banner Year🔥 I included a fantastic sound bite from David Simon. He talks about where they got the idea of the policeman’s wake in the bar in “The Wire”. Spoiler: it didn’t originate with the police in real life. open.substack.com/pub/lot1/p/a...

🎥New Update on my new #documentary🔥 A lot happened this year! I included a fantastic sound bite from David Simon. He talks about where they got the idea of the policeman’s wake in the bar in “The Wire”. Spoiler: it didn’t originate with the police in real life open.substack.com/pub/lot1/p/a...

This evening, I stood with the hardworking New Yorkers of CWA District 1 and the NewsGuild of New York as they fight for fair treatment from Conde Nast. I'll always support our unions and our workers.

More screenshots! I wanted to do this documentary to highlight the immense dedication journalists have in their quest for truth. From investigative teams to covering city elections, the public often doesn’t see the challenges journalists face just to hit publish.

🎥 One of the most fascinating parts of filming A Banner Year was capturing the incredible skill of reporters as they navigated conversations with sources on and off the record. Watching journalists persuade their sources to share their stories was insightful.

this rocks. when indiana edu killed the student newspaper, Purdue stepped up, printed the forbidden issue, drove it to Bloomington and stocked the boxes.

🎥I’m still amazed at the incredible access the journalists granted me for A Banner Year. 📰✨ This documentary will show how quintessential journalism comes together and emphasizes the critical importance of the truth. From the Preakness to the Key Bridge collapse. #journalism #filmmaking

I found some pictures of my dad, Lou Davis, reporting, including one with Walter Cronkite and one me! 📸 This is why my new documentary, A Banner Year, means so much. This project is deeply personal. My dad passed away in 2016 but his legacy lives on! 🎥📽️ #Documentary #Journalism #WalterCronkite

From late nights crunching out a story after the Key Bridge Collapse, to braving Preakness, our cameras followed The Baltimore Banner reporters on the biggest stories of last year. 🎥 Here are a few more screenshots from our #documentary about #journalism in #Baltimore, "A Banner Year."

In a week that has been a disaster for the #FirstAmendment, it's important to understand why it's so vital. My new #documentary in post production follows reporters at the Baltimore Banner. It is about how crucial and hard #journalism is. Here are a few screenshots.

Reminder: @propublica.org is still tracking how immigration agents use force when they make arrests. Do you have video or other documentation of forceful or violent arrests by immigration agents that we should review? Please reach out. email: [email protected] Signal: @nicolefoy.27

A couple of screenshots from my documentary a Banner Year. We just started post production, thanks to the Saul Zaentz Innovation Fund. #documentary #documentaryfilmmaking #filmmaking

Started post production on my #documentary this week! Read all about it. open.substack.com/pub/lot1/p/s...

New update on my documentary A Banner Year! We officially started post production! Read all about It! open.substack.com/pub/lot1/p/s...

Sucked out by Super drag

I can’t help thinking of Bridesmaids when I see the #andjustlikethat thumbnail.

Investigative reporting has never been more important and AI is not going to file the records request, make all the phone cakks and knock on the door

Big, breaking news! A Banner Year, my new documentary about the Baltimore Banner, was accepted into the Saul Zaent Innovation Fund’s new pilot editor-in-residence program! We start full time in August! #documentary

I didn’t know I needed this reboot, but this looks amazing. And it’s @edgarwright.bsky.social youtu.be/KD18ddeFuyM?...

1/4 🧵 – I think we’re seeing iceberg of local tv news with the New York City election. There’s been reporting that It was big ad spend vs social media video. Mamdani connected through vertical, personal TikToks and Reels while Cuomo’s coffers focused on tv ads. Political advertising keeps…

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The index card wall is up! Starting post on my documentary: Banner Year!

Support indie film! This film festival was amazing to Queen of the Capital Not Film Fest www.kickstarter.com/projects/nff...

JOURNALISTS IN LA or COVERING FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT: Press rights groups are trying to coordinate responses to unlawful attacks by federal officers against journalists during protests. If you can help ID individuals in charge of operations (incident commander, etc.) & contact info please LMK.

Amazing. Respect the lede.

This is fun Anthropic's new AI model shows ability to deceive and blackmail www.axios.com/2025/05/23/a...

Here’s my prediction- ai only videos are going to explode on YouTube and then fail because people want authenticity on that platform (the you in YouTube). It’ll work on instagram reels because everything is fake there anyway, but what makes YouTube special is the people on it.

Well this sucks A24 Scales Back Documentary Division, Lays Off Five variety.com/2025/film/ne...

20 minutes of Norm entering Cheers. RIP youtu.be/VXED2AVlbR0?...

A film that takes place where you’re from Saint Elmo’s Fire (Go terps!)

Schmigadoon! > wicked

Finale Day. film still #66 Adam with balloons. #severance

#severance no notes. Stuck the landing. What a fucking end.

This is great youtube.com/watch?v=r01f...

That Severance episode was one of the best episodes of TV.

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I love this list every year: Sundance 2025: The Cameras and Lenses Behind 26 Documentaries www.indiewire.com/gallery/sund...

That’s a (almost) wrap on Production! Wrote up a new production blog: open.substack.com/pub/lot1/p/t...

That’s a (almost) wrap on Production! Wrote up a new production blog: open.substack.com/pub/lot1/p/t...