https://www.elliestanton.com/portfolio daily 1.0 2024-06-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d262598a78db60001a7c749/1661279393574-6SELV96BPTSDAI689730/image-asset.png PORTFOLIO - The Unvarnished Project Wrote articles and videos for online exhibition covering the forgotten history of residential segregation in the northern and western United States. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d262598a78db60001a7c749/1661279393574-6SELV96BPTSDAI689730/image-asset.png PORTFOLIO - The Unvarnished Project Wrote articles and videos for online exhibition covering the forgotten history of residential segregation in the northern and western United States. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d262598a78db60001a7c749/1584558428639-ZB61SD22RBYQWPXWMVIU/image-asset.jpeg PORTFOLIO - American History Tellers Developed and wrote 80+ episodes of the acclaimed podcast American History Tellers, produced by Wondery in Los Angeles. Series include The Civil War, Reconstruction, The Fight for Women’s Suffrage, The Gilded Age, The Coal Wars, Bleeding Kansas, The Salem Witch Trials, and The Great Chicago Fire. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d262598a78db60001a7c749/1578010921337-MN57PNYEA98A30FYTRBJ/Ham1.png PORTFOLIO - Hamilton: The Exhibition, Introductory Theater Film, 2019 Wrote and produced the Introductory Theater film for Hamilton: The Exhibition, a traveling exhibition from the creators of the hit Broadway musical. Lin-Manuel Miranda and co-star Phillipa Soo introduce visitors to the history of the American Revolution and reflect on the legacy of Alexander Hamilton. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d262598a78db60001a7c749/1562944248665-O3TSCTSVLRKKQTMHS31B/IMG-7100.jpg PORTFOLIO - Hamilton: The Exhibition, Federalist vs Anti-Federalist Debate Film, 2019 Wrote and produced a series of political cartoon-style animated videos that used humor to engage visitors in the debates over the Constitution. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d262598a78db60001a7c749/1562784499108-ZOGPKROVBH0XH29Q47NC/1967.jpg PORTFOLIO - Newseum, 1967: Civil Rights at 50, 2017 Developed and wrote the 2017 installment of the Newseum’s “Civil Rights at 50” continuing exhibition. “1967” explores moments in the civil rights struggle that year, including the rise of the Black Panther Party for Self-Defense. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d262598a78db60001a7c749/1562783036732-PIVIVV3NE0RM37AW1JA9/IMG_3965_1024.jpg PORTFOLIO - Newseum, 1776-Breaking News: Independence, 2016 Developed a graphic novel-style exhibit on the writers, publishers, and propagandists who fanned the flames of the American Revolution. The exhibit displays a rare copy of the first newspaper to publish the Declaration of Independence. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d262598a78db60001a7c749/1562791965796-H5O6XJHMR7FNW8CD824X/IMG_3596_1024.jpg PORTFOLIO - Newseum, 1966: Civil Rights at 50 Wrote the 2016 installment of the Newseum’s continuing “Civil Rights at 50” exhibition, exploring the birth of the Black Power movement. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d262598a78db60001a7c749/1562944296596-QDWWHH3R2CBOPCR776UH/Screen+Shot+2019-07-10+at+2.37.40+PM.png PORTFOLIO - Interview about 1966: Civil Rights at 50, 2016 Click here to see me discuss the Newseum’s 2016 Black Power exhibit on ABC7 WJLA. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d262598a78db60001a7c749/1562792892383-ZO8G4UQ4QMQ1BOEZIKAZ/Connect_PressInfo_ID_FBI_update.jpg PORTFOLIO - Newseum, Inside Today's FBI, 2015 Wrote the gallery text for a major refresh of the Newseum’s popular FBI exhibit, focusing on the 21st-century fight against cybercrime and terrorism. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d262598a78db60001a7c749/1562782853278-GSZOECG5QXOLJKLIXFDF/IMG_2530.jpg PORTFOLIO - Newseum, Reporting Vietnam, 2015 Developed and wrote the Newseum’s provocative “Reporting Vietnam” exhibit, which told the dramatic stories of the journalists who documented the nation’s first televised war. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d262598a78db60001a7c749/1562785336380-O1WWJ42A7FXFCHKX35JQ/image-asset.jpeg PORTFOLIO - Speaking about Morley Safer's Cam Ne Report, 2015 In a video created as part of the Newseum’s 2015 exhibit “Reporting Vietnam,” I discuss Morley Safer’s iconic 1965 dispatch from Cam Ne. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d262598a78db60001a7c749/1562785633662-77Z0SDSIE62AAQC1L42U/Screen+Shot+2019-07-10+at+3.06.45+PM.png PORTFOLIO - National Civil Rights Museum, Introductory Theater Film, 2014 Wrote and produced the National Civil Rights Museum’s signature film “Created Equal.” This 12-minute composited film takes visitors through the complex history of the black freedom struggle, from slavery to the Jim Crow era. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d262598a78db60001a7c749/1562793550309-SI9AGLNKCAZXG3PIF4A7/Screen+Shot+2019-07-10+at+5.18.49+PM.png PORTFOLIO - National Civil Rights Museum, Brown vs. Board of Education Courtroom Theater Film, 2014 Wrote and produced an 8-minute signature documentary exploring the legal battle to strike down school segregation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d262598a78db60001a7c749/1562783283260-2LUIXSYTPVVO7JL5RO1X/Freedom+Summer.png PORTFOLIO - National Civil Rights Museum - Freedom Summer Film, 2014 Wrote and produced a 4-minute documentary on the turbulent events of Freedom Summer in 1964. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d262598a78db60001a7c749/1562944344092-CK6XM20AZ0AD0TR5PVQ6/IMG_1437_1024.jpg PORTFOLIO - National Civil Rights Museum, World in Transition, 2014 Produced this 13-foot by 7-foot projection highlighting global civic unrest in 1968. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d262598a78db60001a7c749/1562856908749-KAEXCGWYPD0SV8R4LBMO/IMG_1395_1024.jpg PORTFOLIO - National Civil Rights Museum, Birmingham Vintage Video Wall, 2014 Produced a nine-screen media wall on which vintage televisions play news film from the 1963 Birmingham, AL demonstrations. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d262598a78db60001a7c749/1562855399899-KWI27NV6IHXE6ZJTD4VD/034-G-W-Bush-%C2%A9-Jay-Rosenblatt-photo1-1000x600.jpg PORTFOLIO - George W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum, AV Exhibits, 2013 Performed stock research and licensing for films and interactives in the George W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum in Dallas, TX. Wrote copy for interactive table on the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, shown here. https://www.elliestanton.com/contact daily 0.75 2021-02-11 https://www.elliestanton.com/resume daily 0.75 2026-03-20 https://www.elliestanton.com/about daily 0.75 2026-03-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d262598a78db60001a7c749/8be9dafb-ab6f-4795-a2c8-9470ae1509f8/IMG_4670.jpg ABOUT - ABOUT Hi! I’m Ellie Stanton, and I’m a writer, producer, and public historian based in San Francisco. I’ve created museum exhibits, podcasts, and documentary films, using immersive storytelling to engage audiences in the past. I’ve written more than 100 episodes of the hit Wondery podcast American History Tellers. At the Newseum in Washington, D.C., I developed and wrote exhibits on the Vietnam War, the Black Power movement, and the American Revolution. I’ve also written and produced films, multimedia interactives, and audio installations for the National Civil Rights Museum, the White House Historical Association, Hamilton: The Exhibition, and the George W. Bush Presidential Library & Museum. In 2018 I received a Master’s degree in American History from the University of Cambridge.