Freshman Raises Baby Chicks in his Dorm
March 24th, 2024

Wrote, shot, and edited profile feature video about Drake Whitman, a Mizzou freshman who had been keeping baby chickens in his dorm room and fighting against Res Life to keep them on campus.

Freshman Drake Whitman raises baby chickens in his dorm room

For the past month, Whitman has been raising four chickens in his dorm. When it’s nice out, Whitman takes his chickens in a shopping cart to the Quad, where he lets them run around and invites people to pet them. Whitman calls a farm in Salsbury, Missouri home, where he raises chickens, ducks, and cockatiels. Before he got the chickens on campus, Whitman would go to Columbia Pet Center to see their parrots. For Whitman, it was natural to want to be around birds.



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Savor Kitchen Replaces Sabai on Campus
Maneater Student Newspaper
October 29th, 2024

Shot, edited, and wrote video package about the addition of an allergen-free dining location on Mizzou’s campus during the fall 2024 semester. Video made with help from Aidan Seymour and editors Shyam Punnachilil and Sam Brusven.

Savor Kitchen replaces Sabai: Mizzou Dining introduces an allergen-free location

 This semester, MU Dining Services replaced Sabai with Savor Kitchen on campus. Savor is a dining location free of all top nine allergens. The restaurant allows customers to go down the food line with workers and build bowls including rice, protein, and vegetables. In the first two months of operation, Savor has been more profitable than Sabai.



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Columbia Waste Management Rolls Out Roll Carts
February 18th, 2024

Shot, edited, and wrote video package about the City of Columbia’s addition of roll carts to weekly trash pick up in early 2024. Interviewed local residents, frequent recycling bin users, and Columbia Waste Management community relations specialist.

Columbia rolls out garbage carts. What does it mean for recycling?

 The City of Columbia will begin solid waste collection via roll carts starting March 5. However, the city still won’t pick up residential recycling. Since May 17th, 2023, the City of Columbia indefinitely suspended curbside recycling pick-up. Instead, citizens must use one of the eight designated recycling drop-off centers in Columbia to dispose of their recycling. Resident since 2008, Tina Balser comes every week to drop off her recycling.





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