Lorraine Summers-Newby has been writing for most of her life, but over the last few years she’s taken her passion to new heights. 通过她的陪伴, 转型传媒有限公司, Lorraine writes and produces conscious projects designed to make a positive impact. She’s worked with rural libraries and mental health organizations, and she’s written a book about positive thinking – and those projects are just the beginning for Lorraine and Transformation 媒体.

Lorraine’s interest in writing sparked at a young age – she received a diary as a birthday gift and started journaling about the people, 的地方, 以及她所遇到的情感. As an adult, she continued journaling and wrote poetry and songs. Lorraine also worked as a professional singer and traveled with the Department of Defense to perform in USO shows overseas; she even had a publishing deal with LS Records. 她最后和丈夫住在加州, 她在那里养家糊口了25年, and eventually moved to Nebraska to be near her son while he played college football for the Cornhuskers.

Lorraine kept her writing dreams alive by completing online undergraduate studies in 创意写作 并获得硕士学位 新媒体新闻 出自《十大菠菜台子》. Her education gave her the foundation she needed to start her own production company, 转型传媒有限公司.

Transformation 媒体 creates videos for organizations in and around Nebraska. Lorraine has already directed and produced videos about 为农村图书馆提供光纤网络 内布拉斯加州图书馆委员会. She’s currently working on a video project for a private mental health agency called Integrated Behavioral Health Services (IBHS).

“(视频)的名字是 隐藏的战斗:去污名化精神疾病. 我们正在与IBHS合作，后者为重症患者提供服务. [They provide] treatment, workshops, classes, they feed [patients] during the day. And there's been tremendous success stories from this, and that's what we're recording. We're going behind the scenes into some of the patient's homes, 与家人交谈, 了解他们的诊断. We’re trying to shed a light on it and show that these people do care, 他们是人类, 他们富有同情心, 他们想要被接受. Yes, they're dealing with trauma, and they're working through that. So, we're trying to de-stigmatize mental illness with this video,” Lorraine explains.

Working on projects that make a positive impact is essential for Transformation 媒体. 洛林对她制作的每一个视频都深思熟虑, and she makes it a priority to choose productions that will help other people.

“这是转型传媒的基础. We're not going to take on every project; it has to be conscious projects,” Lorraine says. “Meaning it can impact individuals’ lives in a positive way, 它可以改变观点, 它可以启发社会. It could be subjects that people don't want to talk about, and we shed a light on it. 这就是我们所承担的项目类型. 我并没有完全忽略(其他项目). The opportunities that come my way, I have to evaluate it to see, who is it going to impact? 这会有什么不同吗? 还是说我只是为了钱?”

Lorraine not only takes an active role in choosing projects, 她还亲自参与制作过程. 她负责研究, 面试, 还有脚本编写, 然后组建一个团队, 制作电话记录, 组织合同. Seeing a story come together in real time is her favorite part of her job.

“I love the writing, but even more, I love onset producing, working with the talent. 你有了你的主题, 你有了主题, 你有你的故事, 看那份清单是我真正喜欢的,她分享道。.

Lorraine still has plenty of professional goals she’d like to meet. She’s currently pursuing a PhD in 业务 Administration from the University of Phoenix, 转型传媒正在推广她的书, 积极思考的艺术. Her big goal is to one day collaborate with filmmaker Ava DuVernay (塞尔玛, 时间的皱纹). 与此同时, Lorraine is stoking the fires of her dreams and continuing to look for conscious projects.

“I would suggest to someone who's wanting to produce, or direct, or to write is to start doing that. And if you don't have the income to do it full time, just start where you are. Continue working your job and work your dream on the side, 但你必须开始为你的梦想而努力.”