Filmmakers
Chris Halsne
Investigative journalist, documentary filmmaker, podcast creator, teacher
Investigative Broadcaster in Residence at American University in Washington D.C., Halsne has been on television for 30+ years. He’s managed special-projects news divisions in Seattle, Denver, and Oklahoma City. A national Edward R. Murrow award for investigative reporting recipient, he’s also recently been awarded the Society of Professional Journalists Sigma Delta Chi award for investigative reporting and three National Press Club awards. Halsne is an award-winning documentary filmmaker (100 Miles to 40), fiction author (To Suffer is Human), and podcast creator (Interview with Evil: Ted Bundy’s FBI Confessions).
Isaias Medina
Isaias Medina is currently the Chief Photojournalist at FOX31 KDVR-TV in Denver, Colorado. He is a bilingual journalist with over 20 regional Emmys, 3 regional Edward R Murrow's and 13 National awards which include a duPont nomination, and a passion for exposing injustice. Medina is an active member of the National Press Photographers Association and won 1st place for the 2016 Best of Photojournalism, "Masking the Pain" Documentary. Medina has also worked for the Rocky Mountain PBS investigative unit. Medina is a partner of Way-Out Media, LLC, a Denver-based storytelling video production company.
Brian Collister
Investigative journalist, non-profit entrepreneur, documentary filmmaker
Creator/CEO of the Investigative Network in Austin, Texas. In 2017, Brian’s investigation into the racial profiling records of Austin Police and the Texas Department of Safety was recognized with an Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University Award. The investigation uncovered overwhelming evidence that law enforcement was subverting racial profiling statistics by consistently misreporting the race of minority motorists during traffic stops. Collister runs a non-profit news agency that helps support independent investigative news projects.