Emily Forman interviewing Laylah Petersen’s mother, Ashley Fogl, and close family friend, Amanda Legler. Laylah’s story is one of 100 in a two-year portrait of gun violence in Milwaukee. (Photo courtesy of Precious Lives)
Emily Forman has taken on an ambitious new project.
After wrapping up her Winter Fellowship in Sitka, she packed her bags for Milwaukee, WI and immediately got to work. Forman is the Senior Producer of the Precious Lives Project, led by 371 Productions, to produce 100 episodes about gun violence as part of a community engagement campaign.
Episode 1: How Do You Measure the Loss of a Five-Year-Old Girl?
Laylah Petersen’s mother, Ashley Fogl, and close family friend, Amanda Legler, express their questions, thoughts and feelings after the tragedy of the 5-year-old’s murder.
You can see photos of Laylah and listen to more stories from Emily Forman at the Precious Lives website, www.preciouslivesproject.org.
Emily Forman was a Winter Fellow at KCAW from 2013 – 2014 and a graduate of the Salt Institute for Documentary Studies. You can listen to her stories on our website, such as this one about the the unlikely path of Alaska’s Orthodox Bishop.
