Immune System

COMMISSIONS + CONTACT — lee@immunemedia.org

>Immune Media is a video production organization based in the Pacific Northwest that works with education programs to offer students worksite learning and professional media experiences.

When clients hire Immune Media to produce documentary photo and video projects, they are also creating meaningful opportunities for young people to participate in the creative process.

This site is part of the IMMUNE SYSTEM—a network of websites dedicated to the creative and academic pursuits of photography, video and visual communication.

Please visit ImmuneMedia.ORG to see how we connect student artists and journalists with professionals in the industry.  Currently featured on the site is a story by Christian Als of Copenhagen and Michael Wolf of Hong Kong.

Lee Emmert

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Lee has been a media producer since 1997, and a regular contributor to Time Magazine, Fast Company, Forbes, The Atlantic and other publications.  He has degrees in Journalism, Art, Philosophy, and Education.

Lee is a Clinical Professor in Media Production at Boise State University, and is committed to effecting positive change on the lives of young people. He taught photojournalism and multimedia courses at the University of Oregon from 2008-2014, served as a Digital Arts department head with the Evergreen School District, as well as a Lead Teaching Artist for Caldera Arts, a high school tennis coach, and board member of North Portland’s Kids N’ Tennis nonprofit.

Emmert was chosen as the inaugural recipient of the College Board’s 2012 Award for Excellence and Innovation in the Arts for the Immune System program. See more here.