The School of Communications’ documentary program introduces its 10-student cohort for the 2016-17 academic year.

In addition to a new location, elondocs welcomes 10 new members for the 2016-17 academic year who will produce several short documentaries in the coming months. Students and faculty director Nicole Triche will also attend Durham’s Full Frame Documentary Film Festival in April 2017.
To keep up with this year’s students and their projects, follow elondoc’s Facebook, Twitter and Instagram accounts. Here’s a closer look at this year’s elondocs members:

Cody R. Miller is a sophomore from Long Island, N.Y., majoring in cinema and television arts with a minor entrepreneurship. Miller is involved with other student media, including Elon Tonight and CinElon. In the future, he hopes to be a writer and director in film or television. Films have been an essential part of his life and he is excited to be a part of the elondocs program.

Meaghan McCann is a media analytics and creative writing double major with a minor in information science. She grew up in the Washington, D.C., area. Music and cinema are parts of her life she feels most passionate about which is why she got involved with other campus organizations that cater to her interests. Outside of elondocs, she’s a member of CinElon, Elon Tonight, WSOE and Limelight Records. She said she’s ecstatic for her sophomore year, especially with elondocs.

Born to an American father and Japanese mother, Alex Mancuso lived in Connecticut for six years, before his family moved to Georgia, where they have lived since. He is currently a sophomore double majoring in international studies and cinema and television arts. Mancuso is proud and excited to participate in elondocs. A lover of international affairs and travel, he hopes to use his elondocs experience to cover international topics and how they relate and affect America.

Jake Cannon is a senior cinema and television arts major from Ossining, N.Y. He studied film production in fall 2015 at FAMU International in Prague, Czech Republic, and worked as an office production assistant for the CBS show “Braindead” in summer 2016. He is currently the alumni liaison for his fraternity Lambda Chi Alpha. Cannon joined elondocs because he views visual storytelling as the most emotionally powerful medium and sees great value in telling stories to shed light on the human condition.
Heather Deiner was born and raised in Snohomish, Wash., and graduated from Saint James School in Hagerstown, Md. Deiner participated in a number of sports, including soccer, dance and lacrosse, which she captained her junior and senior years. During her junior year, she became one of the heads of her school’s chapel, and she participated in the school’s newspaper and yearbook programs. By her senior year, she was an editor with both publications and developed a passion for sharing stories. Deiner hopes to achieve a dual major in communications and theatre, and she plans on studying abroad and interning at a wide variety of locations in order to create a strong foundation of cultural context for her future careers. Her goal is to find a position that allows her to help others throughout the world.
Molly Herman-Gallow is a sophomore from Atlanta, Ga. She is currently working on her BFA in cinema and television arts and enjoys being a part of InterVarsity, Young Life, Lutherans, Episcopalians, and Friends, Elon Volunteers, the Elon Academy and, of course, elondocs. She hopes to pursue editing, producing or cinematography upon graduation. Her favorite things in life, besides Elon, include her dog, cat, horse and Netflix.