Baobab People
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Photo: Marlene
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Baobab founder, David Mowbray, is an award-winning science journalist. After doing graduate work in elementary particle physics, David turned to broadcasting. He has been writer and host of "Quirks and Quarks," the internationally-acclaimed, radio, science magazine; has written and presented hundreds of feature reports for Canadian television on science, technology, health and environment. Many of his features have been carried by CNN. He brings to Baobab twenty years of broadcast experience and has the rare ability to relate directly to researchers and other specialists because of his time as a practising physicist. David has taught Physics and Astronomy at the university level and teaches journalism and broadcasting courses as well. |
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David writes and directs Baobab's video projects and designs Baobab's media and video training programs. |
Photo: David
Mowbray
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Associate Producer, Marlene Bedford, comes to Baobab from the world of portrait photography. She has photographed many of Canada's most important political and cultural figures. She brings to Baobab a vast body of expertise, both in photography and in business administration, having co-owned and managed a photo studio for more than 20 years. Marlene is also a fine writer (though she denies this herself) and on field assignments is able to make personal connections with people very quickly. This talent shines brightly in disadvantaged, rural areas of Africa and Asia. There women farmers, often living with cultural norms that give men all the power, feel very comfortable talking with Marlene. They look on her as a woman who does not need to take second place to a man. |
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Mountains of Ecuador |
Marlene handles the location stills assignments and also does the bulk of Baobab's promotional work. |
Photo: David
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"Hello, Baobab!" is the friendly greeting everyone who calls our office
receives from Cheryl Gervais, our receptionist and shipper. We believe
in real voices and only use voice mail as a last resort.
Each year, Baobab hires students from the Journalism program at Carleton University to do some of the important grunt work on our projects. This year we chose Mandy Clark to be our full-time production assistant. Mandy just graduated in the spring of 2001 and says she has a passion for the documentary format. |
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