Obama: Legacy on the Line

CNN Original Series
The 2010s - Ep.3

Co-Producer


Links:
CNN Press Room


How to Watch:
Amazon Prime
I helped craft the story of Obama’s legacy for The 2010s, a CNN Original Series executive produced by Tom Hanks and Gary Goetzman.

I built story stringouts in Avid, found contributors, and produced select sections while sourcing and overseeing thousands of pieces of archival footage that brought our episode to life.



Episode Description:
A candid reflection not only on Barack Obama's presidency, but also the seismic political shifts that took place in both the Republican and Democratic parties while he occupied the Oval Office.




Episode Cold Open:






Series Details:

From Emmy® Award-winning executive producers Tom Hanks, Gary Goetzman, and Mark Herzog comes a new installment of the highly successful “Decades” series, The 2010s. This new chapter in the beloved CNN Original Series will revisit the decade that gave us Instagram, President Barack Obama, marriage equality, Black Lives Matter, #MeToo, and Trumpism and explore the cultural movements, political uprisings, and technological advances that shaped this era to remember.



Lauren Foster
Producer & Editor

Award-winning print Journalist turned documentary TV Producer and Editor.
Philosophy 

The stories that make an impact are the stories that make us feel something. We connect with what we’re watching when we relate to it.

It’s my job to do just that — make you feel something.