DAVID MURDOCK

For more than ten years, Emmy Award winning journalist David Murdock has produced documentaries with the likes of Bill Moyers, Hedrick Smith, David Fanning, and David Grubin. His work, which includes investigative reporting for Frontline, historical research for The American Experience, and natural history programming for National Geographic Television, has been nominated three times for Emmy Awards. In 2008, Murdock won a producing Emmy for Outstanding Science, Technology, and Nature programming in recognition for his work on the PBS series, The Mysterious Human Heart. Before becoming a broadcast producer, Murdock was a teacher and director for eight years at the Educational Video Center in New York City. At EVC, he trained inner city youth to create documentaries dealing with issues of importance to their lives. To this day, he remains active with EVC and its graduates. In addition to his work at PBS, Murdock has also been a staff producer with National Geographic Television, shooting and producing stories all over the world -- from Bolivian silver mines to Australian billabongs. Prior to joining the American News Project, Murdock reported from the Congo for Bill Moyers Journal about humanitarian efforts taking place to rebuild that war-torn nation. He graduated from Columbia University with a B.A. in English literature.