Alexandra Travis

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Producer, Scripps News Documentaries

Washington, DC US

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Alexandra Travis is a documentary producer based in Washington, DC with an interest in sharing the oral histories of people not normally heard, while challenging herself to bring those stories to life with visuals.

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Alexandra Travis is currently based in Washington, DC, where she works as a producer for Scripps News' Documentaries team. She graduated from the University of Georgia in 2019 with a degree in journalism and minors in women's studies and fashion merchandising, which both influence her storytelling. As a Black woman from the Southern United States, Alexandra strives to tell the stories of underreported communities, and she hopes people walk away from her work feeling like they know more about those communities than before.

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Ropes In Brown Hands

In one of America's few remaining Freedmen's towns, a cowboy carries on the tradition of one of the nation's oldest African American rodeos. Focused on compelling characters and colorful history, this Newsy original documentary shows a little-known slice of the modern American frontier.

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The Freedom Singer

In the early 1960s, The Freedom Singers traveled across the country to raise funds for the civil rights movement and spread a message of hope.

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Catfish Kingdom

This documentary charts the life, loss, and triumph of Ed Scott Jr., a Mississippi farmer who waged a decades-long fight against discrimination.

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