Story shot by GUSH about the ins and outs of medical marijuana use. Follow SF Chronicle reporter Dave Rubien as he explores what it means to get a medical Marijuana card in SF.

This 24 minute documentary explores the origins of the FLDS church, and what it means to try and reconcile a challenging religious past with a bright and hopeful future.

The short documentary I made about India’s black market trade in human kidneys was selected by the South Asian Journalists Association as the “Outstanding story about South Asia, or South Asians in North America: New Media” for 2007.

I was selected to be be a News21 fellow this summer as part of the Carnegie/Knight 21st Century News Initiative. Our theme this year is ‘Religion’ and I’m producing a short doc about life after polygamy in the FLDS church.

The News Magazine show called Beliefs I produced last year with Raquel Marial Dillon and Jason Blalock won an Emmy at the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences College TV Awards ceremony in the News Magazine Category.

A Fragile Trust tells the dramatic story of Jayson Blair and Macarena Hernandez, two reporters who became entangled in a scandal that brought the New York Times to what publisher Arthur Sulzberger called “the low-point in the 152 year history of the paper.”

In September, I climbed aboard the 100 year old square-rig sailing ship The Balclutha with 100 other San Franciscans for the monthly Sea Chantey sing gathering.

The India documentary about the black market trade in human kidneys was recently acquired by Al Jazeera International for their new program People & Power.

It’s hard to imagine picking up a shovel to bury your neighbor, but that’s just what John Lee, Maggie McEleny, and Patrick McCarthy had to do for Vera Smith when she was killed in the Hurricane Katrina aftermath. Months after the burial, I asked the three survivors to reflect on their experience.

In January, I went to the International Rubik’s Cube Competition in San Francisco. I spoke with top competitors about why they love to cube, how they perfect their technique, and how they got into cubing in the first place.

A radio version of the story for the National Public Radio program Marketplace.

This past March I went to India to investigate the black market trade in human kidneys. I put together an 11-minute mini-documentary about the story and I’m thrilled to say it was picked up by the PBS show FRONTLINE/World as part of their online Rough Cut series.