Emily Araújo Represents EPP at 2018 Association for Documentary Editing Conference
I had the pleasure of being invited by EPP Executive Committee Member, Professor Barbara Oberg, to participate on a panel at the Association for Documentary Editing (ADE) Conference, hosted in Olympia, Washington in late June. Professor Oberg credits her colleague, J. Jefferson Looney, current ADE President and Jefferson scholar, with the panel concept: Why didn't I Think of That Before?: Ah Ha! Moments in Documentary Editing; Oberg assembled a robust group of panelists for the final presentation of the conference. I was honored to participate.
It was a lively panel including senior editors offering both accumulated wisdom gathered over decades of work in documentary editing and surprising anecdotes involving potential mobsters and, unrelated—the impact of a US congressman's passion for history on a historical project. Those of us with fewer war stories honed in on specific examples of learning from daily revelations to pivotal moments in our work life. I focused on the fact that my art career, which I had always kept separate from my "day job," had been a key factor in my gaining footing at the EPP. Among other duties, I am responsible for preparing textual images, diagrams, and photographic illustrations for high quality print production on paper and online. In fact, preparing the brief talk helped me to organize my thinking about my tasks for current work and future volumes—an unexpected and pleasurable bonus!
