Katrina Media Fellowships
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Christopher Tetens and Lauren Thompson
2006 Filmmakers To document the failures of the New Orleans criminal justice system that were brought to light by Hurricane Katrina, particularly the brutality and neglect faced by those incarcerated in the Orleans Parish Prison during the disaster. Tetens is currently working towards a graduate degree in media management from New School University and has extensive experience producing long and short format documentaries, broadcast documentary series, reality series, and promotional and industrial films. He has produced and worked as a field and segment producer for MTV Networks, Discovery Channel, A&E, Court TV, Nickelodeon, and TLC. Thompson received a degree in Broadcast Journalism from Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism. She has worked as Producer, Director, and Field Producer/Camera on a number of programs for ABC, A&E, CNN, Food Network, Oxygen Network, and Court TV. She is the recipient of two Telly Awards, the Cine Golden Eagle Award, and John M. Patterson Award for her Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism thesis. Tetens and Thompson relocated to Baton Rouge and formed 360 Media Group in September 2005 to pursue their current New Orleans film project. Brooklyn, New York | |
