On this week's episode, Zach speaks to Michael Premo about his gripping documentary film, Homegrown.

On this week's episode, we speak to two entrepreneurs who left stable, secure jobs in the visual journalism industry to try to strike out on their own. Mike Fahey built Fahey Communications, a PR agency, and Scott Proposki became a consultant and educator after building his own seven-figure business. Learn about these two men and what drove their ambition and success. To learn more about Scott:

https://thecamerafocusmethod.kit.com/

To learn more about Mike:

https://www.faheycomm.com/

This week, we interview documentarian Ben Wolf about his film Changing Lanes. Learn more about the film here: www.changinglanesdoc.com

This week, we spoke to Christine Haughney Dare-Bryan for a one-on-one interview about her life and career. She's primarily worked as a journalist for organizations like The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and The Washington Post. Her work has also led to her involvement in multiple Netflix documentaries, including the James Beard-winning series Rotten and the film Poisoned. Additionally, she's an acclaimed podcast creator of the show Computer Freaks, which is all about the birth of the internet. Since being laid off by Inc., she's worked independently as an advisor and consultant, helping corporate clients and entrepreneurs with their video, podcast, and written storytelling needs. Furthermore, she's created a video series with Columbia Business School and is teaching storytelling and business pitching for Iona University. She is open to work and always seeking clients, so if there is a skill or service you need advice on, reach out to her, and she can help you with it.

Filmmaker Michael Kellman drops by the table and says more about his movie Say Less, a coming-of-age tale about a brother and sister and the dark family secrets they uncover during a night hanging out with their friends at a party. Buy or Rent the film on Amazon - https://amzn.to/4bRJihq

This week, we spoke to Michael Nigor about his career in photojournalism and documentary filmmaking. We discussed his most recent documentary film, Iced Out of America, found here: https://therealnews.com/iced-out-of-america.

Dave and Zach discuss the Michael Premo documentary HOMEGROWN, which follows right-wing activists in the lead-up to January 6th. Subscribe to hear the interview with the director, Michael PremoYou can watch it now at https://homegrown.film/Website - http://www.aroundthelens.comFacebook - https://goo.gl/1ZqpHoInstagram - https://goo.gl/9s5KLETwitter - https://goo.gl/XLeYuWPatreon - https://goo.gl/O5BiyH

On this week’s show, we spoke to photojournalists Michael Brochstein & Scott Strazzante. Michael talked about his experience covering the State of the Union and what goes into photographing such a high-profile event. We also discussed the recent developments in the Nick Ut defamation lawsuit and our thoughts on the film that triggered it, Netflix’s The Stringer. The episode concluded with a discussion of Photo Mechanic and its integration of C2PA and how that might help support content authenticity in an AI-driven future.