
Sam Wolson
@samwolson
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Emmy and Peabody winning director / Interactives Visual Features Editor @newyorker
Joined October 2009
https://t.co/8t1BJnMsh2 Our VR film Reeducated is now available on the @NewYorker website, Youtube and on Oculus TV. The film takes viewers inside one of Xinjiang’s “reeducation” camps, guided by the recollections of three men who were imprisoned at the same facility.
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A new film takes viewers inside Xinjiang’s secret detention camps for Uighurs and other predominantly Muslim minorities.
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Sen. Warren, Sen. Van Hollen, and Rep. Jacobs are demanding answers from the Dept of Defense about the killings in Haditha and the military’s response, in a ten-page letter to the inspector general citing our reporting.
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If you've been listening to this season of In The Dark, you should take a look at this companion immersive interactive that walks you through the day of the Hadith massacre (it's not graphic but v. compelling). An incredibly ambitious piece of work. https://t.co/rZNMZDdtas
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What happened that day in Haditha?
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This is the most ambitious @newyorker has ever undertaken. @InTheDarkTNY combined forces with our interactives team @david_kofahl @samwolson to explore what actually happened in Haditha. Worth your time.
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U.S. Marines killed 24 civilians in Haditha, Iraq. No one has been held accountable for the killings. An interactive documentary examines the competing narratives of what happened, based on statements from American service members and surviving Iraqis.
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We also released a short bonus episode of @InTheDarkTNY today, with me going behind-the-scenes with Sam to talk about the making of this piece.
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Podcast Episode · In The Dark · S3 Bonus · 12m
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For months, The New Yorker’s Sam Wolson & David Kofahl have been working alongside us on a different way to examine what happened in Haditha - through first-person statements of Marines & survivors. Their immersive piece is out today, and it’s stunning.
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Stunning interactive documentary reconstructing what happened in Haditha by @david_kofahl @samwolson @InTheDarkTNY.
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On the morning of November 19, 2005, U.S. Marines killed 24 people in Haditha, Iraq. They also recorded the aftermath of their actions. See the photographs, obtained by @InTheDarkTNY, which the military tried to keep from the public for years.
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When U.S. Marines killed twenty-four people in an Iraqi town, they also recorded the aftermath of their actions. For years, the military tried to keep these photos from the public.
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In the Dark has obtained photos of the 2005 massacre in Haditha, Iraq — which the U.S. military tried to keep from the public for years
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When U.S. Marines killed twenty-four people in an Iraqi town, they also recorded the aftermath of their actions. For years, the military tried to keep these photos from the public.
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If you’ve been paying attention, journalism is in crisis mode. So If you want to feel good about journalism—awed by meticulous reporting, smart detective work, innovative storytelling, and true bravery—then the 5 interactive media projects highlighted in this #PeabodyFinds
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Create your own @NewYorker cover with the tool we built for this week's A.I. issue: https://t.co/vTAKlEmisA
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In the past several days since our investigation was published by @NewYorker there has been a lot of follow-up coverage and activity. This thread offers some highlights: 🧵
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.@ian_urbina and a team of investigators spent the past four years visiting ships from China’s distant-water fleet in their largest fishing grounds, reporting on the human and environmental costs of the country’s seafood industry. https://t.co/v98at0cTpj
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Read this incredible, immersive investigation by @ian_urbina, years in the making and demanding the most intrepid of reporting. China has invested in a shadowy armada of far-flung fishing vessels. "The Crimes Behind the Seafood You Eat."
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China has invested heavily in an armada of far-flung fishing vessels, in part to extend its global influence. This maritime expansion has come at grave human cost.
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The Crimes Behind the Seafood You Eat: China has invested heavily in an armada of far-flung fishing vessels, in part to extend its global influence. This maritime expansion has come at grave human cost. https://t.co/cimuNqomZ1
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My latest for @newyorker is this interactive “Touchstones” column on Wong Kar Wai’s “In the Mood for Love” — the way its beautiful aesthetic has become ubiquitous online but its deeper meaning kind of lost
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Wong Kar Wai’s 2000 masterwork has influenced filmmakers ranging from Barry Jenkins to Sofia Coppola—and innumerable teens on TikTok.
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.@chaykak explores the iconic 2000 film “In The Mood for Love”—a movie whose aesthetic has inspired many movies since and even a popular social-media trend.
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Wong Kar Wai’s 2000 masterwork has influenced filmmakers ranging from Barry Jenkins to Sofia Coppola—and innumerable teens on TikTok.
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Immense gratitude to @Deardarkness and @ghazalblues at The New Yorker for this gorgeous treatment of an excerpt from my forthcoming collection, THE FERGUSON REPORT: AN ERASURE!
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A poet redacts the Department of Justice investigation of police bias and brutality in Ferguson, Missouri, revealing larger lyric insights about American life.
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In a new interactive poem, @Nic_Sealey creates a breathtaking sequence that reimagines the Department of Justice’s investigation of the Ferguson Police Department following the tragic events that occurred in 2014. https://t.co/HSPMiGdDEo
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In 2022, the documentary 'Reeducated' by grantees @benmauk and @samwolson received the first interactive and immersive media @PeabodyAwards. Check this virtual-reality documentary that gives a glimpse inside one of Xinjiang’s secret detention camps. 📹 https://t.co/9hOBoAUdw1🎥
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Survival in Xinjiang is an experimental immersive reporting project that includes "Inside Xinjiang's Prison State," an interactive feature story for The New Yorker, and Reeducated, a virtual-realit...
Last year marked our first official award cycle for interactive and immersive media. Take a look at this special video highlighting the emerging voices and innovative storytelling from our latest #PeabodyWinners in this space. 🏆 #PeabodyAwards #StoriesThatMatter #XR #Gaming
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