Video – Kat Long

Help Send Me to England for Book Research: Crowdfunding Alert

by Kat LongVideo November 29, 20160 comments

I’m working on a book about my ancestor: a polar explorer and whaling ship captain named William Scoresby whose 200-year-old discoveries are helping today’s scientists understand global warming. I’m raising money for a trip to England to research his letters, and–because environmental progress is in jeopardy these days–write a book that offers valuable insight …

Field Report: Whale Watching in New York City

by Kat LongCommentary, Video October 31, 2016October 31, 20160 comments

On my third hour of scanning the waters of the western New York bight for whales, I began to understand what a lookout on a 19th century whaleship must have faced. Incessant salty wind and chilly spray buffeted my face as the undulating surface of the water played tricks on my perception. Dark waves rose …

New Article: Crokinole Gains a Following in Brooklyn–and in the Toronto Star

by Kat LongArticles, Video October 1, 20150 comments

Over the summer, I pitched my narrative digital video, “The Crokinole Connection,” to the nice folks at the Toronto Star, Canada’s highest-circulation newspaper. While she didn’t go for the film, the features editor instead asked for a 1,000-word story and photos! Back I went to Milk and Roses in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, the scene of the …

Population Animation: Video asks, ‘Can Earth handle all of us?’

by Kat LongArticles, Video July 17, 20150 comments

I wrote a blog post for Scientific American’s Observations blog about a video that shows how scientific inventions over the past two millennia led to the population explosion we have today. On a digital map of the world, the video adds a yellow dot every time another million people are added to the Earth. The dots …

New Trailer for “The Crokinole Connection,” My Video About People Obsessed with an Obscure Canadian Board Game

by Kat LongVideo May 29, 2015May 29, 20151 comment

My fans know I’m obsessed with obsessive Canadians, so I’m excited to share the trailer for my video storytelling project, “The Crokinole Connection.” What’s Crokinole, you say? It’s a board game invented in Tavistock, Ontario in the mid-19th century, employing elements of shuffleboard, billiards and curling. Each of two players has a handful of small pucks …