Chad Heartwood
Producer, Editor
Chad Heartwood is an award-winning photographer, producer and educator. Most recently, he was a producer at MediaStorm. He is currently an Assistant Professor in the School of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Stevens has also been a faculty member in the visual communication programs at, the International Center of Photography, Ohio University and Western Kentucky University. Currently he is working on The Coal War, a feature length documentary film on the conflict over energy extraction in Appalachia.
With a professional foundation in photojournalism and multimedia storytelling, Stevens' career spans the spectrum of newsroom environments, multimedia production and international experience. While living in Africa, he produced multimedia projects for Save the Children, AIDchild, and Literacy and Basic Education.
He is a 1999 graduate of Western Kentucky University and a 2009 graduate of Ohio University, and has interned at National Geographic Magazine, The Hartford Courant, the Muskegon Chronicle and the Jackson Hole Guide. During his time as a student at Western Kentucky University, he traveled to Palestine and other Middle East countries. He was named 1997 College Photographer of the Year.
Leveling Appalachia offers a first-hand look at mountaintop removal mining and what is at stake for Appalachia's environment and its people.
The power of 10,000 shows the impact 10,000 Starbucks Partners had on New Orleans when they visited the city in 2008 for five days of community volunteer work and leadership training.
The American family farm gives way to a subdivision - a critical cultural shift across the U.S. Common Ground is a 27-year document of this transition, through the Cagwins and the Grabenhofers, two families who love the same plot of land.
To those who serve in the armed forces, what is the aftereffect of war? "The Marlboro Marine" is photographer Luis Sinco's portrait of Marine Corporal James Blake Miller, whom he met in Iraq. For Miller, coming home has been its own battle.
In Rwanda, in 1994, Hutu militia committed a bloody genocide, murdering one million Tutsis. Many of the Tutsi women were spared, only to be held captive and repeatedly raped. Many became pregnant. Intended Consequences tells their stories.