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Deputy Director, Opinion Video, @nytopinion @nytimes. I make explanatory & investigative short-form documentaries & innovative forms of visual journalism.
Articles by Jonah M. Kessel
The New York Times: New hires and new roles in Opinion Shows
Opinion Shows is thrilled to announce that we have hired four people to join our team. Ali Baluch is the new audience strategy editor for Opinion Shows. Ali’s background is in video production and digital strategy. He recently served as an associate producer at MTV. Ali has worked across preproduction and post, developing segment pitches, managing production schedules and licensing agreements and overseeing content distribution across MTV and Paramount+ social platforms.
Erica Berenstein joins New York Times Opinion
We are thrilled to welcome Erica Berenstein back to The Times as executive producer of Opinion Video. She will lead a growing team of journalists whose original reporting and visual storytelling tackle the world’s most pressing issues. Erica returns after more than seven years at Business Insider, where she was head of video and deputy editor in chief. At B.I., Erica launched new show formats like “View From Above” and “Insider Docs,” and built a video team that won multiple Emmys, Edward R.
Stephanie Shen joins New York Times Opinion - Editor and Publisher
As we continue to expand the reach of our journalism with vertical video, we’re delighted to announce Stephanie Shen is joining Times Opinion as a vertical video editor. Stephanie, it seems, has had a camera in her hand forever. She has been taking photos and making videos since she was 8 years old. At The College of New Jersey she realized her passion could be a career when she was invited to the 2020 Cannes Film Festival after her short was nominated for best documentary by Campus Movie Fest.
Sean Spicer Has Regrets. But He Still Believes in Trump. Original
Why did the first Trump administration go off the rails so quickly and spectacularly? And will his second administration do the same, or will it end up being more effective than many people expect?
Jan Kobal joins New York Times Opinion - Editor and Publisher
I’m delighted to announce that Jan Kobal is joining Opinion as a senior video journalist. He will be transforming Opinion podcasts into videos for our site and social platforms. He has already helped pioneer this new project over the past few months, working as a freelance video editor for “The Ezra Klein Show.” He has already edited episodes featuring Nancy Pelosi, Tim Walz, Nate Silver, Jon Stewart, Vivek Ramaswamy and David Remnick.
How Expensive Is Going to Jail? We Did the Math. Original
In the video above, we introduce viewers to Mike. He's not a real person. He's an invention, a generic character of our creation, whose grueling trip through the American criminal justice system is based on facts and real-world experiences. Mike is our guide to a hidden form of punishment: criminal justice fees. These are levied against people at every turn in their path through the system. They can be big - like the cost of posting bail - or small, like fees to see a doctor in prison.
What Israeli Survivors Believe Now
Iris Zaki, Tamir Elterman and After Hamas attacked their country this month, many Israelis fled to hotels, where they sought some version of safety. There, they’ve been processing their trauma as they move from that harrowing morning into a new world. In the Opinion video above, filmed in the days after the attack, survivors reflect on what they lost, whom they blame and what’s next — for them and for Israel.
Opinion | What Israeli Survivors Believe Now
Opinion|What Israeli Survivors Believe Now https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/30/opinion/hamas-israel-kibbutz-attack.html Iris Zaki, Tamir Elterman and Ms. Zaki is a filmmaker. Mr. Elterman is an editor and filmmaker. Mr. Kessel is the deputy director of Opinion Video. After Hamas attacked their country this month, many Israelis fled to hotels, where they sought some version of safety. There, they’ve been processing their trauma as they move from that harrowing morning into a new world.
Opinion | ‘I Don’t Have That Empathy. It’s Not in Me Anymore.’ What Israeli Survivors Believe Now.
Opinion|‘I Don’t Have That Empathy. It’s Not in Me Anymore.’ What Israeli Survivors Believe Now. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/30/opinion/hamas-israel-kibbutz-attack.html Iris Zaki, Tamir Elterman and Ms. Zaki is a filmmaker. Mr. Elterman is an editor and filmmaker. Mr. Kessel is the deputy director of Opinion Video. After Hamas attacked their country this month, many Israelis fled to hotels, where they sought some version of safety.
CHINA ARTWORK AUCTION
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Save FILE -- Liu Yiqian with some of his personal collection at his private art museum in Shanghai, China, Oct. 2013. The auction of part of Yiqian's collection, the largest auction ever held by Sotheby’s in Asia of works from a single owner, raised less money than expected on Thursday, Oct. 5, 2023, a sign that rising global interest rates may be starting to weigh on the market for fine art. (Jonah M.
The Ukrainian Children That Lost Their Dads to Putin’s War - The New York Times
Video by Mona El-Naggar, Jonah M. Kessel and Alexander Stockton Ms. El-Naggar is a reporter and producer. Mr. Kessel is the deputy director of Opinion Video, where Mr. Stockton is a producer. Sign up for the Opinion Today newsletter Get expert analysis of the news and a guide to the big ideas shaping the world every weekday morning. Kids didn’t start the war in Ukraine. They aren’t fighting it. They won’t be responsible for ending it.
Video: Opinion | What Is War to a Grieving Child?
new video loaded: What Is War to a Grieving Child? transcript transcript What Is War to a Grieving Child? Every day, Ukrainian children lose their fathers in Putin’s war. A grief camp is fighting to protect their youth. Every single one of these kids has lost a father in the war in Ukraine. Ukraine is in a fight for survival. Medicine, infrastructure, weapons — these are the priorities. But not here. This is a grief camp. Its priority is emotional healing.
Video: Opinion | A Salute to the Honest(ish) Russian Warlord
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Yevgeny Prigozhin, the Honest(ish) Russian Warlord - The New York Times Original
Kirk Semple and Mr. Semple is a producer with Opinion Video. Mr. Kessel is the deputy director of Opinion Video. The Opinion Video above is about Yevgeny Prigozhin, the Russian warlord who led a short-lived rebellion in Russia last week. The mutiny stunned the world, but it was a rebellion foretold.
Opinion | One Man’s Inspiring Journey to Lift His Country Out of Poverty
Opinion|One Man’s Inspiring Journey to Lift His Country Out of Poverty https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/21/opinion/sierra-leone-free-education.html Video by Nicholas Kristof, Lucy King and Jonah M. Kessel Mr. Kristof is an Opinion columnist. Ms. King is a producer for Opinion Video. Mr. Kessel is the deputy director. Around the world we talk a good game about the importance of education, but we rarely act as if we mean it.
Video: Opinion | One Man’s Inspiring Journey to Lift His Country Out of Poverty
We're told education can end poverty. The truth is more complicated.
Opinion | America Has a Chance to Make Farming More Climate Friendly
Robert B. Semple Jr. June 12, 2023, 5:01 a.m. ET Credit...Kathryn Gamble for The New York Times By Robert B. Semple Jr. Mr. Semple, a reporter and an editor for The Times from 1963 to 2018, writes about the environment for the editorial board. He won the Pulitzer Prize for editorial writing in 1996. In an age defined by technology, we tend to take farmers for granted. Yet farmland continues to dominate the American landscape.
Video: Opinion | In This Story, George W. Bush Is The Hero
new video loaded: In This Story, George W. Bush Is The Hero Recent episodes in Opinion Opinion Video features innovative video journalism commentary — argued essays, Op-Ed videos, documentaries, and fact-based explanation of current affairs. The videos are produced by both outside video makers and The Times’s Opinion Video team. Opinion Video features innovative video journalism commentary — argued essays, Op-Ed videos, documentaries, and fact-based explanation of current affairs.
Opinion | In This Story, George W. Bush Is the Hero
Send any friend a story As a subscriber, you have 10 gift articles to give each month. Anyone can read what you share. Video by Adam B. Ellick, Jonah M. Kessel and Nicholas Kristof Mr. Ellick is the executive producer for Opinion Video, Mr. Kessel is the deputy director. Mr. Kristof is an Opinion columnist. Text by Nicholas Kristof When President George W. Bush invaded Iraq 20 years ago this week, I was in the middle of the smoke and chaos of that cataclysmic war that became his best-known legacy.
Opinion | Putin vs. the Priest
Send any friend a story As a subscriber, you have 10 gift articles to give each month. Anyone can read what you share. Video by Kirk Semple, Alexander Stockton and Jonah M. Kessel Mr. Semple and Mr. Stockton are producers with Opinion Video. Mr. Kessel is the deputy director. The Opinion video above tells the story of Father Ioann Burdin, a priest in the Russian Orthodox Church who ran afoul of his government soon after Russia invaded Ukraine. His crime? Well, we don’t want to spoil the plot for you.
Video: Opinion | Putin vs. the Priest: A Big Story About a Small Sermon
new video loaded: Putin vs. the Priest: A Big Story About a Small Sermon Recent episodes in Opinion Opinion Video features innovative video journalism commentary - argued essays, Op-Ed videos, documentaries, and fact-based explanation of current affairs. The videos are produced by both outside video makers and The Times's Opinion Video team.
Great Food Reset: Watch: School kids munch on insects as cricket snacks introduced to 1000 schools to ‘help save the planet from global warming’
WaPo article on ‘climate change’ & Thanksgiving was so important that 3 reporters had to write it! (By Daisy Chung,Jessica Wolfrom, Aaron Steckelberg and Jake Crump) “Western cultures suppressed insect-eating in the 18th and 19th centuries, dismissing it as primitive.” … “Now insects are showing up in flours, protein bars, chips and even pet feed.
Video: Opinion | This Is What a Post-Roe Abortion Looks Like
new video loaded: This Is What a Post-Roe Abortion Looks Like transcript transcript This Is What a Post-Roe Abortion Looks Like The story of my abortion odyssey is about to become a lot more common. This is where I was standing when I found out I was pregnant. This is what my bank account looked like. And this is the show I was watching with my boyfriend while I was freaking out over how to tell him … I was about to turn 27… I was about to start a new job… And now I had to choose: Have a baby?
Opinion | This Is What a Post-Roe Abortion Looks Like
Send any friend a story As a subscriber, you have 10 gift articles to give each month. Anyone can read what you share. Video by Ora DeKornfeld, Emily Holzknecht and Jonah M. Kessel Ms. DeKornfeld is a documentary filmmaker. Ms. Holzknecht is an associate producer for Opinion Video. Mr. Kessel is the deputy director of Opinion Video.
Video: Opinion | Turns Out These Anti-Roe Justices Don’t Believe in Precedent After All
Opinion Video features innovative video journalism commentary — argued essays, Op-Ed videos, documentaries, and fact-based explanation of current affairs. The videos are produced by both outside video makers and The Times’s Opinion Video team. Opinion Video features innovative video journalism commentary — argued essays, Op-Ed videos, documentaries, and fact-based explanation of current affairs. The videos are produced by both outside video makers and The Times’s Opinion Video team.
Opinion | Russia’s Attacks on Ukraine Health Centers Show a Vicious Pattern Original
Opinion|Russia’s Attacks on Ukraine Health Centers Show a Vicious Pattern https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/13/opinion/ukraine-hospitals-attacks.html May 13, 2022, 5:00 a.m. ET Video by Lucy King and Jonah M. Kessel Ms. King is a producer with Opinion Video. Mr. Kessel is the deputy director of Opinion Video. On Feb. 24, the first day of the war in Ukraine, a Russian attack on a hospital in the eastern city of Vuhledar killed four people and wounded 10 others.
Video: Opinion | Russia’s Attacks on Ukraine Health Centers Show a Vicious Pattern
Opinion Video features innovative video journalism commentary — argued essays, Op-Ed videos, documentaries, and fact-based explanation of current affairs. The videos are produced by both outside video makers and The Times’s Opinion Video team. Opinion Video features innovative video journalism commentary — argued essays, Op-Ed videos, documentaries, and fact-based explanation of current affairs. The videos are produced by both outside video makers and The Times’s Opinion Video team.
Video: Opinion | Trayvon Martin is Still Making America Confront Its Original Sin
new video loaded: Trayvon Martin is Still Making America Confront Its Original Sin Recent episodes in Opinion Opinion Video features innovative video journalism commentary — argued essays, Op-Ed videos, documentaries, and fact-based explanation of current affairs. The videos are produced by both outside video makers and The Times’s Opinion Video team.
The Case for Eating Insects - The New York Times
Feb. 15, 2022 Video by Tala Schlossberg, Kirk Semple and Jonah M. Kessel Ms. Schlossberg is a producer and animator for Opinion Video, where Mr. Semple is a reporter and producer and Mr. Kessel is the deputy director. “We’re Cooked” is an Opinion Video series about our broken food system and the three chances you get to help fix it — and save the planet — every day. Mealworm soup. Chile-lime cricket tacos. Charred avocado tartare with ant larvae.
Opinion | See the True Cost of Your Cheap Chicken
Opinion|See the True Cost of Your Cheap Chicken https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/10/opinion/factory-farming-chicken.html Send any friend a story As a subscriber, you have 10 gift articles to give each month. Anyone can read what you share. Video by Lucy King, Adam Westbrook and Jonah M. Kessel Ms. King is a reporter and producer with Opinion Video, where Mr. Westbrook is a producer and editor and Mr. Kessel is the deputy director.
Opinion | Meet the People Getting Paid to Kill Our Planet (Published 2022)
Send any friend a story As a subscriber, you have 10 gift articles to give each month. Anyone can read what you share. Video by Kirk Semple, Adam Westbrook and Jonah M. Kessel Mr. Semple is a reporter and producer with Opinion Video, where Mr. Westbrook is a producer and editor, and Mr. Kessel is the deputy director. Sign up for the Opinion Today newsletter Get expert analysis of the news and a guide to the big ideas shaping the world every weekday morning.
Big Agriculture Companies Are Killing the Planet
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Opinion | We Know the Real Cause of the Crisis in Our Hospitals. It’s Greed.
Send any friend a story As a subscriber, you have 10 gift articles to give each month. Anyone can read what you share. Video by Lucy King and Jonah M. Kessel Ms. King is a producer with Opinion Video. Mr. Kessel is the deputy director of Opinion Video. We’re entering our third year of Covid, and America’s nurses — who we celebrated as heroes during the early days of lockdown — are now leaving the bedside.
Opinion | The No Good, Very Bad Truth About the Internet and Our Kids
Opinion|The No Good, Very Bad Truth About the Internet and Our Kids https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/24/opinion/kids-internet-safety-social-apps.html Nov. 24, 2021 Video by Adam Westbrook, Lucy King and Jonah M. Kessel Mr. Westbrook is a producer and editor with Opinion Video. Ms. King is a producer with Opinion Video. Mr. Kessel is the deputy director of Opinion Video. We all know how difficult it can be to close our social media apps and walk away from our devices.
Video: Opinion | If the Internet Were a Toy, It Would Look Like This. Would You Let Your Kid Play With It?
transcript If the Internet Were a Toy, It Would Look Like This. Would You Let Your Kid Play With It? Our kids are at the mercy of tech companies, with only an outdated law to protect them. [MUSIC PLAYING] “I do not know.” “How it works is.” “There’s, like, little invisible lines.” “And then it has a big cloud.” “Electricity is so tiny, and it goes into the iPad and watch YouTube. There you go.” We all understand it’s our job to protect kids from a world they’re too young to grasp.
Video: Opinion | Dear Gov. Abbott, Please Save My Life
transcript Dear Gov. Abbott, Please Save My Life Quin Jones, a death row inmate with nine days to live has a message for Governor Abbott of Texas: Please stop my execution. Quin: Dear Governor Abbott. This is Quintin Jones Texas death row inmate, has been incarcerated for 20 years. I know you don’t know me, Quin: I’m writing this letter to ask you if you could find it in your heart to grant me clemency so I don’t be executed on May 19, 2021 Quin: I got two weeks to live, starting today.
Video: ‘Hold the Line, Patriots’: Scenes From the Capitol Riot
new video loaded: ‘Hold the Line, Patriots’: Scenes From the Capitol Riot transcript transcript ‘Hold the Line, Patriots’: Scenes From the Capitol Riot Our cameras captured the mayhem, confusion and chaos outside the Capitol as Trump supporters entered and disrupted certification of the Electoral College results. “... the police are ... I’m just giving you guys a heads-up. They already secured the White House. I’m just giving you a heads-up. Hold the line, patriots. Hold the line.
Video: ‘Protesters Are in The Building’: How an Electoral Count Turned Into Chaos
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Analyst Who Reported the Infamous Trump Tape Rumor Wants to Clear His Name (Published 2020)
WASHINGTON — When the publication of a dossier of unproven rumors about Donald J. Trump and Russia rocked American politics in early 2017, one salacious claim jumped out: Russia intelligence services supposedly had a video showing Mr. Trump cavorting with prostitutes in Moscow’s Ritz-Carlton hotel. Mr. Trump denied it all, no evidence emerged supporting the existence of any tape, and other claims in the so-called Steele dossier were disproved.
How to Stop the Next Pandemic
This graph can tell you a lot about your future. Each bar shows how many new infectious diseases emerged in a year. In 1944, there was one. In ’48, three. We have no immunity to new pathogens. Each disease on this list posed a new pandemic threat. It was around 1960 when the number began to rise. By the time 1990 rolled around, it wasn’t just two or three new diseases that year — there were 18. Soon after, the trend became so clear, a scientist appeared on TV with a warning.
A New Covid Documentary Explores Who Is To Blame For The Pandemic
The pandemic is your fault. Yes, yours. If you are avoiding people, wearing a mask and generally following what public health officials tell you to do (even if that has been a moving target), the notion that you have anything to do with why this pandemic occurred may seem ridiculous. After all, it’s easy to look for blame in others. You may be pointing your finger at Chinese officials for not acting fast enough.
Damage From Hurricane Laura Seen From Above
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How infrared images could be part of your daily life
As the country reopens, you might start seeing more real-time heat maps that could find sick people before they know they are sick. And in a post-quarantine world, you might start having your temperature taken. A lot. A fever is one indicator that someone may be exhibiting coronavirus symptoms, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends temperature screenings in a variety of environments, including schools and businesses.
How Infrared Images Could Be Part of Your Daily Life
In a post-quarantine world, heat sensors could help spot sick people with elevated temperatures as they enter public places. But it’s not that simple. By Jonah M. Kessel July 2, 2020 Welcome to Maplewood, N.J. … in infrared. As the country reopens, you might start seeing more images like these: real-time heat maps that could find sick people, before they know they are sick. And in a post-quarantine world, you might start having your temperature taken. A lot. See the cross hair below?
中国的返乡潮
Overall: like the open and structure - good music - I would tighten, esp open (I made suggestions below) and try to get to the gentleman on the train sooner. Also made a few narration tweaks. TRANSCRIPT 39 00:15:42-00:15:45 Maybe there are factories closing down every minute. Is this verbatim translation - can we drop the “maybe“? 00:15:46-00:15:53 If they don’t have orders and they need to feed workers and pay wages — the costs are unbearable.
Watch: Protesters Set Minneapolis Police Precinct On Fire
Demonstrations over the killing of George Floyd boiled over late Thursday night. Protests broke out after a video went viral this week showing Mr. Floyd, a black man, struggling to breathe as a white Minneapolis police officer pressed his knee against Mr. Floyd's neck.
Watch: Protesters Set Minneapolis Police Precinct On Fire
link to original article Demonstrations over the killing of George Floyd boiled over late Thursday night. Protests broke out after a video went viral this week showing Mr. Floyd, a black man, struggling to breathe as a white Minneapolis police officer pressed his knee against Mr. Floyd’s neck. This post was originally posted on NY TIMES US NEWS
How Coronavirus Attacks the Body
You’re looking at a virtual reality image of a coronavirus patient at George Washington Hospital in Washington, D.C. The patient is a generally healthy 59-year-old man with high blood pressure. Just days before this image was created, he was asymptomatic. But now, those green areas show where the infection has damaged tissue in the lungs. For many, Covid-19 will be mild, but for others it’s deadly. This video is about the latter path: How the virus kills.
How to Wash Your Hands
It’s one of the most important things you can do to protect yourself, your family and your community. And if you’re like us, you’ve probably been doing it wrong. Credit Published March 13, 2020Updated March 19, 2020 We asked the experts how to wash our hands. After they taught us the proper technique (above), we had a few more questions: Will touching the wet faucet really ruin everything? Yes.
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