Migrants Flood Greek Island of Lesbos
I produced one of the earliest stories to cover the migrant crisis in Greece in 2015.
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Erik O.
Los Angeles County, CA, USA
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Erik Olsen is a Video Journalist/Producer in Los Angeles. Formerly, he was West Coast Video Correspondent for Quartz and Senior Video Journalist for The New York Times in New York City and Berlin. He shoots, writes, edits and narrates video stories for various outlets and is an FAA certified drone pilot. Occasionally he writes for print and shoots photos. He has produced for NY Times, Scientific American, Popular Science, Great Big Story, Hakai Magazine, ABC News, and other outlets. He's an avid photographer, panoramic shooter, writer, and scuba diver.
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Germany’s Offshore Wind Push | The New York Times
The small German island of Heligoland, a popular tourist destination, is undergoing dramatic change as the wind industry takes over.
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Uncovering a buried movie sphinx in California
Archaeologists uncover a sphinx from a nearly century old movie set built by legendary director Cecil B. DeMille on the Central Coast of California. The sphinx was one of over twenty that once adorned one of the largest movie sets ever built.
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The flying car future is closer than you think
It's been a long wait for cars that fly, but that flying car future might finally be here. Thanks to a revolution in technologies like batteries and algorithms, companies like Uber and Airbus are getting into the flying car game and pushing it forward, fast.
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The Animals of Chernobyl | The New York Times
Biologist Timothy Mousseau has been studying the lasting effects of radiation on the flora and fauna of Chernobyl, Ukraine.
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The Pegida Anti-Immigration Movement Splits Germany | The New York Times
The rise of an anti-immigration movement in Germany has raised tensions in one of Europe's most stable democracies.
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