Sarah Grochowski, editor of the Aldergrove Star, is up for a New York Emmy award B次元官网网址� recognizing her work as an associate producer on a documentary segment about the opioid crisis around Harlem.
The achievement comes after Grochowski spent several years in the big apple, working for numerous publications and media outlets including the New York Daily B次元官网网址 B次元官网网址� the cityB次元官网网址檚 widest circulating newspaper.
The 27-year-old was raised in the very community she now writes about and fittingly got her start in the business by delivering the Aldergrove Star when she was young.
Her passion for journalism culminated from an International Studies degree at Trinity Western University (TWU) and extensive travel around the globe.
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An interest in the film industry led to a production assistant position, and within months, work as a producer with BRIC Arts MediaB次元官网网址檚 BRIC TV channel in Brooklyn.
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At BRIC, Grochowski helped assemble projects for the public access channelB次元官网网址檚 B-Heard Town Hall features, discussed during live TV by guest activists, politicians, celebs, and scholars.
Her ten minute segment titled Highway Mike, is a portrait of a formerly homeless man battling an opioid addiction while performing outreach to prevent overdoses at an abandoned park in Washington Heights.
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The segment was produced in May of 2018 and went on to earn official selection distinctions at the Docs Without Borders, Socially Relevant, and Social Justice Film festivals.
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She explained that a team of news execs at BRIC applies for what they think is fitting, and put Highway Mike up for consideration in the Societal Concerns Feature Segment category.
While she is doubtful sheB次元官网网址檒l attend the actual ceremony, Grochowski said she is honoured by the nomination and that the recognition only fuels her passion to make more documentaries and telling human stories in the future.
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