Since the start of Public Herald in 2011, a fearless nonprofit investigative news organization, Public Herald Studios has operated as a commercial wing of the company: building, creating, and producing multimedia projects for international audiences that are guided by Public Herald’s in-depth award-winning investigative reports. PHS has played a role in documentaries, podcasts, printed newspapers, and online advertising that’s helped create accountability for the public interest at both the state and federal level.
A difficult website design to build due to its size and audience, but one that has stood the test of time. Built by PHS on an Open Source platform in 2015, the original look and functionality is still ahead of its time.
Complaint Report Online Infomercial from PHS.
newsCOUP Podcast produced by PHS.
newsCOUP newspaper designed by PHS.
An Open Source website built by PHS that stores a collection of files obtained by Public Herald for public use.
The team at PHS helped John Stewart’s correspondent, Aasif Mondvi, produce it’s first ever segment on fracking inspired by Public Herald’s reporting at the time.
Public Herald needed a quick turnaround for an investigative series involving a threat to the Seneca Nation of Indians drinking water. This video is a good example of what our team can producer under pressure and with limited resources.
Public Herald’s work has appeared in over 300 publications (including The New York Times, New Yorker, Rolling Stone, NPR) and 22 academic studies. PHS documentaries have been screened at hundreds of events, and are licensed to more than 200 colleges and universities.
