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Story Boldly
Story Boldly
Story Boldly is a nonpartisan, non-profit organization whose mission is to tell engaging stories about important chapters in history and teach others how to use digital media to share stories that matter. For over 20 years, Story Boldly’s founders have been creating content to advance the conversation about important issues through film and educational opportunities. We believe the shortest distance between truth and change are good stories.
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Meet the Team

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David Ono
David Ono is the co-anchor for ABC7 Eyewitness News at 4 p.m. and 6 p.m.

Since joining ABC7 in 1996, David has witnessed history worldwide, covering Hurricane Katrina, Haiti's earthquake and Japan's tsunami. He traveled across Europe and Asia chronicling brave acts of the Nisei soldier from World War II. He attended the Royal Wedding in London, tracked drug runners through Central America and reported from Paris on a terrorist plot to bring down the Eiffel Tower.

Ono has trained with the FBI and the elite Los Angeles Sheriff's SWAT team. President Obama invited him to the White House for an exclusive interview. And he witnessed white smoke at the Vatican twice - in 2005 for the selection of Pope Benedict the 16th and 2013 for the selection of Pope Francis.

He has won 10 Edward R. Murrow awards and 25 Emmy Awards.

Producer | Writer | Host

David Ono
Jeff MacIntyre
Jeff MacIntyre

Jeff MacIntyre is passionate about finding and telling stories that matter. He has been producing, shooting and editing broadcast and documentary content for over two decades. 51 countries and 24 Emmy Awards later, Jeff believes everyone has a rich story and loves traveling the world to tell them.

He is the owner of the Los Angeles-based production company, Content Media Group.

Producer | Shooter | Editor

Simrin Singh
A recent graduate of USC Annenberg, Simrin aims to share stories that are rarely told. Stories that take into account the perspectives of the diverse population the news serves. She has experience writing news articles, producing podcasts and editing video pieces for TV and social media. Right now, Simrin is most interested in leveraging new digital platforms and technologies as tools for comprehensive storytelling.

Associate Producer | Editor | Social Media

Simrin Singh
Sophia Lessos
Sophia Lessos
Currently, Sophia Lesseos is a Special Projects News Intern and Production Assistant at KABC-TV in Los Angeles. Lesseos is a Broadcast Journalism Major at California State University, Northridge and transferred from College of the Canyons with her Associates of Arts in Journalism. She is currently the President of the Radio Television Digital News Association and a Broadcast News reporter and writer for KCSN Radio Station at CSUN. Lesseos’s long term goal is to help change the world through storytelling.

Production/Social Media Assistant

Special Thanks

FACEism wouldn’t be possible without generous support from:

• Aratani Foundation
• The Umami Fund

Our gratitude is beyond words. Thank you for supporting storytelling that has the power to change hearts and minds!