Three voices, three missions, one metaphor: Food as an agent of philanthropy. Shot on digital video, edited in a lyrical, documentary style and narrated by Kate Kelly, news anchor for CBS-affiliate KPIX, these remarkable Bay Area stories were presented at a National Philanthropy Day awards program.

Fighting piracy with philanthropy: Shot in 16mm, poignant stories of lives transformed told a larger story—with money recouped from seizures of pirated software, Microsoft invests in communities in the US, Europe, New Zealand and Asia. Target audience: government officials worldwide. Objectives: promote Microsoft as a valued community member, and encourage officials to toughen local intellectual property laws. Characters, locations and story arcs were carefully chosen to fulfill strategic objectives. Discretion and deference to cultural sensibilities were required to obtain complete access to locations and characters.

Anthropology meets mystery in the Chaco Canyon episode of KOB-TV's series on New Mexico history, hosted by prime-time news anchor Tom Joles. Offering intriguing patterns of myth and fact from Native American and Anglo historians, and panoramic as well as intimate shots of the ruins, Chaco Canyon also drew from a vast collection of archival images in state archives and the University of New Mexico's Department of Anthropology.