http://www.spencerbakalar.com/shorts-gallery daily 0.75 2021-07-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5270b33ee4b0058d58b64ca5/1626287150634-I4437ZTRVXKMJ1JXE7II/image-asset.jpeg shorts gallery Role: Editor https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5270b33ee4b0058d58b64ca5/1626287150634-I4437ZTRVXKMJ1JXE7II/image-asset.jpeg shorts gallery Role: Editor https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5270b33ee4b0058d58b64ca5/1521309074338-4P5OVMYBDGY3K2RJ5QYV/Hollywood+Park_lastday.jpg shorts gallery - The Lights Go Out at Hollywood Park https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5270b33ee4b0058d58b64ca5/1626285417364-RE27DU8GRSW8URDDWUKD/image-asset.jpeg shorts gallery - The Struggle for Women's Rights in Iran https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5270b33ee4b0058d58b64ca5/1626286875001-BW0SWQA2LY6H0F98VSXJ/image-asset.jpeg shorts gallery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5270b33ee4b0058d58b64ca5/1521309107838-Y0HC44AFVE73VFFIU0XX/Auguste_title+image.jpg shorts gallery - Helping Auguste Hear When Sophie Gareau and Christophe Majkowski found out that their three-year-old son Auguste was born deaf, they tried every treatment available in Canada, with no success. After learning of the auditory brain stem implant, a recent option in the United States, Sophie and Christophe brought Auguste to Los Angeles with the hope of giving their son the chance to hear. Role: director, camera, editor https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5270b33ee4b0058d58b64ca5/1626286787453-2CJYN6EBLB7ASO0ULB6X/image-asset.jpeg shorts gallery - FRONTLINE: Laurie Halbrook Role: Editor https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5270b33ee4b0058d58b64ca5/1626285004733-R8JLSQCG0RHIY4786TY8/image-asset.jpeg shorts gallery - Documenting A Crisis Role: Editor https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5270b33ee4b0058d58b64ca5/1521309635690-Z9XOPZAZUPXDN6N7NWZL/age+and+the+universe.jpg shorts gallery - Age and the Universe At the NoHo Senior Arts Colony, it's never too late to be creative. Angela McEwan, a resident of the NoHo Senior Arts Colony, shares a poem she wrote in the colony's poetry class for senior citizens. Role: camera https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5270b33ee4b0058d58b64ca5/1626285816823-Z2ECCHJHO9U0PEIH7B0P/image-asset.jpeg shorts gallery - Guns In America: JR x TIME https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5270b33ee4b0058d58b64ca5/1626286061416-NP82PNLLHOXEE8ZLARVA/image-asset.png shorts gallery - Amanda Gorman on Poetry, Beauty and Sudden Fame Role: Producer https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5270b33ee4b0058d58b64ca5/1626286659121-8N76MR75RTWBH6LYIR7W/image-asset.jpeg shorts gallery - Jared Kushner’s Unusual White House Role Role: DP, Producer https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5270b33ee4b0058d58b64ca5/1626286510097-CPOVMT2U4E4IOIV41FOY/image-asset.jpeg shorts gallery - Age and the Universe http://www.spencerbakalar.com/editgallery daily 0.75 2018-03-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5270b33ee4b0058d58b64ca5/1521312215940-T4VZF63D4MPVSZUU94RW/Broken.jpg editing - San Bernardino: Broken San Bernardino is the poorest city of its size in California, mired in its fourth year of bankruptcy. Industries left, the middle class shrank, the working poor struggle to rise and the destitute fall. Yet there are people in San Bernardino who work tirelessly to resurrect the city for the next generations. Although their paths are different, their trajectories meet at the same question: Can San Bernardino be saved? See the full story here Shot by Liz O. Baylen Role: editor https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5270b33ee4b0058d58b64ca5/1521312215940-T4VZF63D4MPVSZUU94RW/Broken.jpg editing - San Bernardino: Broken San Bernardino is the poorest city of its size in California, mired in its fourth year of bankruptcy. Industries left, the middle class shrank, the working poor struggle to rise and the destitute fall. Yet there are people in San Bernardino who work tirelessly to resurrect the city for the next generations. Although their paths are different, their trajectories meet at the same question: Can San Bernardino be saved? See the full story here Shot by Liz O. Baylen Role: editor https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5270b33ee4b0058d58b64ca5/1521312241304-LNP8JPW0ZQDK18JEOCIE/la-mexico-labor-diptych-9-20141201.jpg editing - Product of Mexico One of five video stories for Product of Mexico, a Los Angeles Times investigation. On a prosperous path from Mexican fields to U.S. tables, a boom in farm exports has enriched growers and retailers and benefited consumers. But for thousands of agricultural workers south of the border, it is a life of exploitation and hardship. See the full story here Shot by Don Bartletti Role: editor https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5270b33ee4b0058d58b64ca5/1389051889312-XHNN0EG2UN818R17CGIZ/HealingSgtWarren.png editing - Healing Sgt. Warren Second in a series on soldiers coming home, shot by staff photographer Rick Loomis. Video edited by myself and Liz O. Baylen for the Los Angeles Times.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5270b33ee4b0058d58b64ca5/1521312265490-4SM4TQNVCMWBU5Y1VAP1/soldier%27s+wife+copy.jpg editing - A Soldier's Wife When Tom Woods came home from Iraq, the war came with him. First of three in a series by the Los Angeles Times on PTSD, and its effects on soldiers. See the fully story here Shot by Rick Loomis Role: editor https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5270b33ee4b0058d58b64ca5/1460655436187-B2XWPUJ6KRHGOU2TWKVB/image-asset.jpeg editing - San Bernardino: Broken San Bernardino is the poorest city of its size in California, mired in its fourth year of bankruptcy. Industries left, the middle class shrank, the working poor struggle to rise and the destitute fall. Yet there are people in San Bernardino who work tirelessly to resurrect the city for the next generations. Although their paths are different, their trajectories meet at the same question: Can San Bernardino be saved? See the full story here Shot by Liz O. Baylen Edited by myself and Liz O. Baylen https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5270b33ee4b0058d58b64ca5/1460655633064-DPMMC1ZLLGXPIPT6BEMO/image-asset.jpeg editing - San Bernardino: Broken San Bernardino is the poorest city of its size in California, mired in its fourth year of bankruptcy. Industries left, the middle class shrank, the working poor struggle to rise and the destitute fall. Yet there are people in San Bernardino who work tirelessly to resurrect the city for the next generations. Although their paths are different, their trajectories meet at the same question: Can San Bernardino be saved? See the full story here Shot by Liz O. Baylen Edited by myself and Liz O. Baylen https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5270b33ee4b0058d58b64ca5/1457985723396-XNZ89QRI66N9MEYKG1PA/e05f7ff5e832521ca1a655366aaf274a.jpg editing - Product of Mexico A Los Angeles Times investigative series documenting the plight of farm workers in Mexico. Video shot by staff photographer Don Bartletti. Videos edited by Liz O. Baylen, Bethany Mollenkof and myself. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5270b33ee4b0058d58b64ca5/1457985600172-FHFKFJUH84DU6YHNW3LI/image-asset.jpeg editing - San Bernardino: Broken San Bernardino is the poorest city of its size in California, mired in its fourth year of bankruptcy. Industries left, the middle class shrank, the working poor struggle to rise and the destitute fall. Yet there are people in San Bernardino who work tirelessly to resurrect the city for the next generations. Although their paths are different, their trajectories meet at the same question: Can San Bernardino be saved? Full story here Shot and directed by Liz O. Baylen Edited by myself and Liz O. Baylen https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5270b33ee4b0058d58b64ca5/1457985686454-8ST8HC2F44D8WS2KUOBF/e05f7ff5e832521ca1a655366aaf274a.jpg editing - Product of Mexico A Los Angeles Times investigative series documenting the plight of farm workers in Mexico. Video shot by staff photographer Don Bartletti. Videos edited by Liz O. Baylen, Bethany Mollenkof and myself. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5270b33ee4b0058d58b64ca5/1430108944825-BEDIHE0A2WYQ3KKVIJ1I/e05f7ff5e832521ca1a655366aaf274a.jpg editing - Product of Mexico A Los Angeles Times investigative series documenting the plight of farm workers in Mexico. Video shot by staff photographer Don Bartletti. Videos edited by Liz O. Baylen, Bethany Mollenkof and myself. http://www.spencerbakalar.com/firsts daily 0.75 2021-07-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5270b33ee4b0058d58b64ca5/1626288238024-TNVN1DWH86KQ41I673PJ/crop.jpg FIRSTS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5270b33ee4b0058d58b64ca5/1626287786800-S8OAUBID5Z0IR2J38QQ1/image-asset.png FIRSTS - TIME FIRSTS : Women Who Are Changing The World https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5270b33ee4b0058d58b64ca5/1626288102434-4BC5X62K3B62C1PGQ2P0/image-asset.jpeg FIRSTS - ARETHA FRANKLIN https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5270b33ee4b0058d58b64ca5/1626288299636-IE9OOYBDUVIRVOL1MEI0/image-asset.jpeg FIRSTS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5270b33ee4b0058d58b64ca5/1626288347906-34Q8HUIOXII8YS3S7NN9/image-asset.jpeg FIRSTS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5270b33ee4b0058d58b64ca5/1626288412447-3J2EHMSQMMUMU6O2KYH0/image-asset.jpeg FIRSTS http://www.spencerbakalar.com/work1 daily 0.75 2024-09-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5270b33ee4b0058d58b64ca5/1726171102373-0Q5MUF2XLE84L1A2HQTM/Screen+Shot+2024-09-12+at+12.55.23+PM.png Work https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5270b33ee4b0058d58b64ca5/1726172013847-QJ9KRV2VALSB88IR5PL2/Sedona_Portrait_1_square.jpg Work https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5270b33ee4b0058d58b64ca5/1726172128724-QGO59J5AAOELVHN6H83X/Allee_Poster_square.png Work https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5270b33ee4b0058d58b64ca5/1726172338509-3UVF2ILLB2SZ3AIEJ9X8/Top+Class+poster_square_2.jpg Work https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5270b33ee4b0058d58b64ca5/1726172517425-PMCHPZDRWF54OVW6HEVZ/Age+and+Universe_square.png Work https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5270b33ee4b0058d58b64ca5/1726172640796-I96NVU30W8OI8MW1D5JR/image-asset.jpeg Work - Women Who Are Changing The World: Hillary Clinton, Selena Gomez, Serena Williams & More | TIME http://www.spencerbakalar.com/about daily 0.75 2025-11-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5270b33ee4b0058d58b64ca5/560f3036-16c4-4612-9cf7-058be062b09e/Spencer+Bakalar_headshot_small.jpg about Spencer Bakalar is a documentary editor and story producer. Most recently, she edited DREAM BIG: The Michelle Wie Story, which premieres May 18, 2024 on NBC. Her other recent work includes The World According to Allee Willis (2024 SXSW Film Festival), and short docs TOP CLASS: The Life and Times of the Sierra Canyon Trailblazers (Amazon + Freevee) and The Rule of Sedona Prince (2022 Tribeca Film Festival). She entered documentary film by way of journalism, at outlets like the Los Angeles Times and TIME Magazine. Her work has been streamed on ESPN and Amazon, and recognized by SXSW, Tribeca Film Festival, IDA, the Livingston Awards, News and Documentary Emmys, and the Webby Awards. Spencer graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill where she studied photojournalism and history. She is based in Los Angeles and regularly teaches filmmaking workshops. (She’s also an avid hiker, a twin and a violinist!) http://www.spencerbakalar.com/stories daily 0.75 2018-03-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5270b33ee4b0058d58b64ca5/1442955192642-VJFFQKQV695JA4J9X495/Screen+Shot+2015-09-22+at+1.52.49+PM.png short docs http://www.spencerbakalar.com/recent2 daily 0.75 2018-03-18 http://www.spencerbakalar.com/projects daily 0.75 2021-12-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5270b33ee4b0058d58b64ca5/1626374680800-QZG1ICF73NPSTR1TW0IG/ezgif.com-gif-maker.gif projects FIRSTS, a documentary series from TIME, features more than 50 groundbreaking women who were the first to reach the top of their fields. http://www.spencerbakalar.com/shorts-copy daily 0.75 2022-10-01 http://www.spencerbakalar.com/work daily 1.0 2025-09-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5270b33ee4b0058d58b64ca5/4ab6755e-d423-463a-bc7e-a8f749fc4f9e/Thumb_2.png work DREAM BIG: The Michelle Wie Story Feature Documentary Role: Co-Editor Directed by Maura Andersen, Produced by Campfire Studios, NBC Streaming on Peacock http://www.spencerbakalar.com/on-the-rise-juju-watkins daily 0.75 2025-05-23 http://www.spencerbakalar.com/the-world-according-to-allee-willis daily 0.75 2025-05-23