I've spent 15 years finding stories worth telling — on the statehouse floor, in living rooms, and on the road. Now I build content that does the same thing for brands.
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I started in small-market television, worked my way up to chief legislative correspondent at NewsChannel 5, and covered everything from commercial fishing in the Outer Banks to the Tennessee state house. Along the way I learned that the story is always the thing — not the gear, not the platform, not the format.
In 2020 I started Apfel House Media to do that work on my own terms. I shoot, write, and edit — for music venues, businesses, real estate clients, and anyone who needs a camera operator who also knows how to tell a story. If you're looking for someone who can walk into a room, figure out what matters, and make something out of it — that's what I do.
Built and operate a Nashville video production company serving local businesses, music venues, and real estate agencies. End-to-end production with consistent $80K in net annual sales across six-plus years.
Owner · Operator · ProducerBuilt and led video podcast productions from the ground up for Outkick, We'll Be Seein' with Trent Attyah, and other sports betting personalities. Managed multi-platform distribution and daily social content strategy.
Podcast · Sports · SocialSenior political reporter with relationships spanning the full Tennessee state government — Governor Bill Lee, Speaker Cameron Sexton, Lt. Gov. Randy McNally. Twelve-year broadcast journalism career covering policy, politics, and accountability investigations.
Emmy Win · Investigative · PoliticalOn-camera field reporter covering Denver and Boulder. Independently developed, shot, wrote, and edited every piece — building deep relationships with local government and institutions along the way.
Field · On-Camera · EditorWeekend anchor and enterprise reporter. Covered commercial fishing at sea, a rural hospital closure, and uncovered an alleged real estate fraud later charged by police. Won Emmy and six AP Awards in this role.
Emmy Win · AP Awards · InvestigativeFrom concept to final cut — scripting, shooting, directing, and editing content that earns attention. Camera-agnostic across Sony, Canon, Fujifilm, Panasonic, and Nikon systems.
Fifteen years distilling complex subjects into compelling narratives for television audiences. That editorial discipline — clarity, pacing, stakes — translates directly to brand content.
Built podcast productions from scratch at Savage Ventures, managing end-to-end production and multi-platform distribution for nationally recognized sports and entertainment shows.
Wrote and reported high-impact investigations that led to police action and changed policy. Strong editorial writing skills across broadcast, digital, and documentary formats.
Years of working directly with executives, elected officials, and institutions under pressure. Practiced at listening to what a client needs their audience to feel — and building the content to get them there.
Deep fluency in Adobe Premiere, Final Cut Pro, and DaVinci Resolve. Color, audio, graphics, and delivery — no handoffs needed. The whole pipeline under one roof.
Kelly Lindberg was a star defensive player from childhood through college — LSU, College of Charleston, state championships. Years of heading the ball left her with depression, disorientation, and suspected CTE. A portrait of an athlete living with a diagnosis medicine can't yet confirm.
Read Story → NewsChannel 5 · Nashville Investigative · PoliticsA Republican-led House subcommittee voted to shelve legislation that would have banned marriage under 18 — after a lobbyist argued it conflicted with a same-sex marriage lawsuit. The sponsor said he was blindsided. Senate records showed girls as young as 10 had married adult men in Tennessee.
Read Story → WCTI NewsChannel 12 · Outer Banks Feature · CommunityChuck Godley was a championship-winning race car driver at East Carolina Motor Speedway — until he died in a highway crash at 27. His family painted his 1993 Mustang red, white, and blue, covered it in handwritten notes, and handed the wheel to his half-brother. A story about grief, speed, and the things we inherit.
Read Story →Every project starts with understanding what you need your audience to feel, understand, or do — not just what you want to say.
Fifteen years of journalism trained me to find the human truth inside any subject — the angle that makes people lean in rather than scroll past.
Script, structure, and narrative spine. The story gets built before anything is shot — so production serves the idea, not the other way around.
Full-service production: camera, direction, interviewing, and post-production in Adobe, Final Cut, and DaVinci. No handoffs. One person accountable end to end.
Content shaped for where it lives — broadcast, social, web, podcast, or experiential. One story, adapted for every platform it needs to reach.
Won for writing, reporting, and videography — with five additional nominations across a 15-year broadcast career. The industry's highest recognition in television journalism.
Five Radio Television Digital News Association awards in North Carolina, recognizing consistent excellence in videography and visual narrative craft.
Multiple AP awards for writing and visual reporting, including six in the Outer Banks market — recognizing both literary quality and visual impact across multimedia formats.