Description of the video:

Person pushing a full grocery cart across a parking lot.

Narrator: Food deserts a problem plaguing neighborhoods across Central Indiana

Maps of Indiana counties shaded in different colors

Narrator: Taking a look at the food desert issue…

Narrator: Food deserts they’re typically impoverished areas where it’s difficult to buy affordable or good quality fresh food

Images of food pantry and fresh fruit and vegetables.

Narrator: Low-income households often turn to less nutritious processed foods because it’s cheaper and can be bought in bulk. Farmer’s markets and organic farming offer helpful opportunities as an alternative to junk food

Alternating images of urban neighborhoods, convenient stores filled with junk food, and fresh produce in a farmer’s market

Kelsey: My name is Kelsey Campbell Cedar Valley Farm is my partner and I Stewart’s family farm that we started in 2012.

Image of Kelsey holding her child in her lap, …
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The video starts with images of students walking across campus. Then close ups of squirrels hopping around near an outdoor dining area.

Narrator: Indiana University is home to the Hoosiers but seem to have a new rival in town. Are they friends or are they foes?

Interview with IU student Domonic Solomito.

Domonic: My name is Dominic Solomito, I am a rising senior at IU and I’m also a counselor here.

Squirrels lounging on the brick sidewalk on campus.

Domonic: I’m not against the squirrels… I think they add a lot to campus. The experience wouldn’t be the same if we didn’t have squirrels that would walk up to us, and we could feed them, and they would crawl around on us.

Student kneeling down to offer a squirrel food from her hand. Then another squirrel approaches.

Domonic: I think they’re just an important …
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Artificial Intelligence (AI) is an important and controversial topic, and as it grows and advances, there is more concern. This documentary video was created by Drake Danubio. In the film, he interviews experts and users of AI and ChatGPT. 

Mental health awareness is very important and there are a lot of people that don’t seem to speak on this topic. This documentary video by Lauren Vazquez is to show that your mental health is important to everyone and your voice should be heard.

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The video opens with a sped up time-lapse view of The Media School Commons. There is a large screen that says “The Media School Welcomes You.” It is a busy scene with students moving around, etc.

Interview with Chase Baker outside of Franklin Hall

Chase: What interests me most about journalism is just how broad it is, you know. There are so many different fields that you can go into whether it’s game design, or broadcast, or journalism, you know, writing, reporting. There’s just so many different fields that you can go into, so I think it’s one of the most interesting things ever. I want to go into broadcast, specifically, work for the news: ABC, NBC…My dream is to be like an executive producer.

Image of a student wearing headphones and working on a computer.

Chase: What made want to …
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The Breaking Fast Fashion documentary was created by HSJI students Hannah Goings and Grace Schmidt. Breaking Fast Fashion focuses on the harm excess clothes have on our environment. This documentary discusses the sustainable practice of thrifting and upcycling.

In this student-made documentary, Chase Baker interviewed the Director of Communications and Marketing for the Indiana University Media School, along with one of the media school’s ambassadors, about how the Media School came to be. The Media School was established in 2014, and in this documentary you will learn why the Ernie Pyle Journalism School moved locations and combined with every other form of media at IU.