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About Joel Engardio
- Joel P.
- Engardio (born September 17, 1972) is a local news columnist in San Francisco.[1] He is an award-winning journalist, documentary filmmaker and civil liberties advocate.[2] Engardio served as a member of the San Francisco Democratic County Central Committee.
- Engardio's PBS documentary Knocking[3] won the jury award for Best Documentary at the USA Film Festival.[4] At the American Civil Liberties Union, Engardio combined reporting and multimedia storytelling skills to pioneer more effective ways to mount lawsuits and communicate public education efforts.
- He was the ACLU’s first “story finder” and implemented a process that applied journalism methods to plaintiff-finding.[5] Engardio found plaintiffs who had narratives that played well in both the court of law and public opinion.
- He also started a video department that produced shorts for online audiences, which prompted mainstream media to cover the same stories.[6]
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