Part of a limited-run podcast series, Chasing the Base, where I conceived the digital presentation, commissioned the photography, cut the audio, designed the layout, and produced each story on deadline.


Photography: John Tully

Photo Editing, Design, Audio Editing: Ariel Zambelich

Story: Trump’s Grip on GOP Is Clear in New Hampshire: ‘I Love That Man’

Photography: Cassandra Giraldo, Nitashia Johnson, and Zack Wittman

Photo Editing, Design, Video Editing: Ariel Zambelich

Story: The Pandemic Changed Where Americans Live

Photography: Zack Wittman, Danielle Villasana, Charity Rachelle, Wes Frazer

Photo editing: Ariel Zambelich

Story: God Inc.—Church Startups Spread Franchise Model Across U.S.

Photography: Carlos Bernate + Talia Herman

Photo Editing + Design: Ariel Zambelich

Audio Pullquotes: Soph Warnes + Brian McGill

Story: Two Biden Strongholds. Two Different Lists of Policy Priorities.

Photography: Natalie Keyssar

Photo Editing: Ariel Zambelich

Story: Devastated by One Hurricane, and Then Another, a Community Confronts the Company That Refused to Block the Floodwaters

Photography + Video: Laura Saunders, Kitra Cahana

Photo Editing + Layout: Ariel Zambelich,

Story: Bodies In The Borderlands

Photography: Alex Potter

Photo Editing: Ariel Zambelich

Story: In Uganda, Groups Offering Contraception And Family Planning Have Lost Millions In U.S. Aid Thanks To Trump’s Global Gag Rule

Photography: Verónica Gabriela Cárdenas

Photo Editing: Ariel Zambelich

Story: Migrant Children Trapped In Mexico Are Leaving Their Families And Crossing The Border Alone

Photography: Jessica Chou + Erica Seryhm Lee

Photo Editing + Design: Ariel Zambelich + Stephen Reiss

Story: Violence Spurs Many Asian-Americans to Activism for First Time

Photography: Rachel Bujalski

Photo Editing: Ariel Zambelich

Story: Covid-19 Vaccines Mean an End to Isolation at a Retirement Home

Photography: Mel Musto

Photo editing: Ariel Zambelich

Story: The Massive Immigration Wave Hitting America’s Classrooms

Photography: Kitra Cahana

Photo Editing: Ariel Zambelich

Story: “We Are Still Here”: Native Activists In Arizona Resist Trump’s Border Wall

Photography: Ryan Christopher Jones

Photo Editing: Ariel Zambelich

Story: Murderville

Photography: Nate Smallwood

Photo editing: Ariel Zambelich

Story: ‘Now They’re Voting Red’: A Pennsylvania Fracking Boom Weighs on Biden’s Re-Election Chances

Photography: Nate Palmer, Kriston Jae Bethel, Eman Mohammed

Photo Editing: Ariel Zambelich, Leah Latella

Story: How ‘The Talk’ Is Evolving Inside Black Families Amid Protests

Photography: Caleb Alvarado

Photo editing: Ariel Zambelich

Story: Reince Priebus Was Pushed Out by Trump. Now He’s Raising Money for His Coronation.

Photography: Bryan Derballa

Photo Editing + Direction: Ariel Zambelich

Story: No Vanity Project: At Art Center, Baryshnikov Tells Artists, 'You're The Boss'

Photography: Joel Angel Juárez

Photo Editing: Ariel Zambelich

Story: Undocumented Immigrant Faces a Choice: Become an Informant for ICE or Be Deported

Photography: Alex Wroblewski

Photo Editing: Ariel Zambelich

Story: Kenosha Reels After Shootings and Violence

Photography + Videography: David Gilkey

Photo Editing + Direction: Ariel Zambelich

Story: The Vanishing Islands Of India's Sundarbans

Photography: Miranda Barnes

Photo Editing: Ariel Zambelich

Design: Fei Liu + Ariel Zambelich

Story: A Play About Slavery Pushes Boundaries in a New York Prison

Photography and Videography: Claire Harbage

Photo Editing, Video Editing + Direction: Ariel Zambelich

Story: Refugees In Their Own Country

Photography: Lynsey Weatherspoon, Allison Zaucha, Gabriela Bhaskar, Jenn Ackerman

Photo Editing: Ariel Zambelich, Parker Eshelman, Meghan Petersen

Story: Photos and Voices of the George Floyd Protests: “We Deserve to Be Heard”

Photography: Gabriella Demczuk

Photo Editing + Direction: Ariel Zambelich

Story: True Believers, Protesters And Trump: Scenes From Cleveland

Photography: Gabriella Demczuk

Photo Editing + Direction: Ariel Zambelich

Story: True Believers, Protesters And Trump: Scenes From Cleveland

Photography: Alex Potter

Photo Editing: Ariel Zambelich

Story: “It Took Us Over a Week to Find All the Body Parts”

Photography: Andrea Morales

Photo Editing: Ariel Zambelich

Story: In the Face of Rising White Supremacist Violence, Police Continue to Investigate Victims and Activists

Photography: Christopher Gregory

Photo Editing: Ariel Zambelich

Story: Two Years After Maria, Relief Funds Promise Displacement for the Hardest-Hit Puerto Ricans

Photography: John Francis Peters

Photo Editing + Direction: Ariel Zambelich

Story: What Gets Made In LA Is Way More Than Movies

Photography: John Francis Peters

Photo Editing + Direction: Ariel Zambelich

Story: What Gets Made In LA Is Way More Than Movies

Photography: Angus Mordant

Photo Editing + Direction: Ariel Zambelich

Story: Protesters Leave Dakota Access Pipeline Area; Some Stay And Are Arrested

Host: Steve Inskeep

Producer + Photographer: Ariel Zambelich

Director: Mito Habe-Evans

First Assistant Director: Nick Michael

Videographers: Mito Habe-Evans, Nick Michael, Colin Marshall, Cam Robert

Editor: Niki Walker

Story: NPR's Exit Interview With President Obama

Photography + Writing: Brendan Hoffman for NPR

Photo Editing: Ariel Zambelich

Story: In Eastern Ukraine, A Struggle For Survival In The Crossfire Of A Little-Seen War

Photography: Jovelle Tamayo, Andrea Morales, Sarah Blesener

Photo Editing: Ariel Zambelich, Meghan Petersen

Story: For Nurses Day, Tales From the Coronavirus Frontlines

Videography: Andrew White

Photography: Amy Lombard

Photo Editing + Direction: Ariel Zambelich

Story: Arcadia, A Love Story

Videography: Andrew White

Photography: Amy Lombard

Photo Editing + Direction: Ariel Zambelich

Story: Arcadia, A Love Story

Photography: Amelia Phillips Hale, Kristian Thacker, Ariel Zambelich

Photo Editing + Historical Image Research: Ariel Zambelich

Series: WW2 Secret Mustard Gas Testing for NPR

Photography: Héctor Edú

Photo Editing: Ariel Zambelich

Story: Honduran Teen Fled Gangs At Home Only To Be Murdered While Stranded At The U.S.-Mexico Border

Photography: Pat Nabong and Todd Spoth

Photo Editing: Ariel Zambelich

Story: Trump’s Gutting of Toxics Regulations Will Mean Higher Profits for Polluters and Higher Cancer Rates for the American People

Photography: Eve Edelheit

Photo Editing: Ariel Zambelich

Story: Older Voters in Florida Could Be Key to the 2020 Election

Photography + Video: Yoon S. Byun

Photo + Video Editing: Ariel Zambelich

Story: Trump’s Turn-Out-the-Base Strategy Is Tested in Maine County

Photography: Celia Talbot Tobin

Photo Editing: Ariel Zambelich

Story: River of Trash

Photography: Nicole Craine for Buzzfeed News

Photo Editing + Text: Ariel Zambelich

Story: Picking Up The Pieces In Florida After Irma's Devastation

Photography: Verónica Gabriela Cárdenas

Photo Editing: Ariel Zambelich

Story: The Occupation: In South Texas, Border Residents Struggle to Cope With the Latest Military Surge

Photography: Kendrick Brinson

Photo Editing + Direction: Ariel Zambelich

Story: For Chuggaaconroy, Playing Old Nintendo Games Is a Full-Time Job

Photography: Bryan Derballa

Photo Editing + Direction: Ariel Zambelich

Story: No Vanity Project: At Art Center, Baryshnikov Tells Artists, 'You're The Boss'

Photography: Samar Hazboun

Photo Editing: Ariel Zambelich

Story: How Ahed Tamimi Became the Symbol of Palestinian Resistance to Israeli Oppression