Maria Bailey

Multimedia Editor, Producer, and Manager

United States

Seasoned multimedia editor, content producer, and manager with a career-long record of media and marketing success, building audiences for leading news organizations and brands.

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Ribbon Home

Ribbon Home
Fair Housing Month: Closing the gap in homeownership

April is Fair Housing Month — and there is no better time to reflect on steps taken to eliminate housing discrimination and how the fight continues for equal housing rights and eligibilities for all.

Ribbonhome
How This Veteran-Turned-Agent Wins Veterans Their Forever Homes

Serving his country is all Edgar Gonzalez has ever known. Straight out of high school, he enlisted in the U.S. Army before completing two tours overseas. His first tour was in Kosovo. His second - he carried out combat missions with Special Forces - in Afghanistan.

The Luupe

The Luupe
11/09/2021
Why Brands are Still Failing to Connect with Women and How We Can Fix It

Even in the age of "fempowerment" and "femvertising," narratives of women in the marketing and advertising world are still sexist - and here's why. (Plus a few brands who are doing it right.) We are living in an era of fourth-wave feminism, the Me Too movement, and heightened social and political awareness.

Shutterstock

The Shutterstock Blog
01/22/2021
A Photographer's Pursuit of Adventure and Self-Discovery on a Bike

Nicolás Marino is many things. He's a photographer, an architect, a 3D artist, and an avid storyteller. However, beneath the many hats he wears, Marino says he is, first and foremost, a traveler. But, not in the typical sense. There is nothing typical about the way Nicolás Marino travels.

The Shutterstock Blog
06/25/2021
The Story Behind the Lens: A Photographer's First New York Times Byline

In a now-deleted social media post, a Nashville hat store cheerfully advertised the sale of its new stick-on patches-yellow patches that resemble the Star of David, emblazoned with the words "NOT VACCINATED." The photo posted by HatWRKs shows the owner Gigi Gaskins wearing the anti-vaccine patch, which closely resembles those forced on Jews by Nazi Germany.

The Shutterstock Blog
03/22/2021
Busting Stereotypes in How We Show Money in Design

The world of finance, and who has access to it, is changing-from the demographic of financial consumers to the way we access financial products and how we distribute them. Money is no longer exclusively associated with just a simple, tangible bill. It's also no longer only in the pockets of Wall Street bankers.

The Shutterstock Blog
01/07/2021
How to Get Your Photos Published Digitally or in Print

There's nothing quite like getting your photos published, whether it's an editorial shoot featured within the pages of a glossy magazine or a photo accompanying a breaking news story. There's a rewarding sense of accomplishment seeing your work come to life online or in print.

The Shutterstock Blog
07/08/2021
11 Rock-Climbing Photos That Offer an Epic Preview of the Olympics

For the first time in history, the world will watch elite climbers scale the rock wall at the Olympics. The inaugural competition, which takes place August 3-6 in Tokyo, will feature three disciplines-lead, bouldering, and speed-in one combined event. Lead is closest to what climbers experience when scaling a rock face outdoors.

The Shutterstock Blog
07/15/2021
11 Jaw-Dropping Photos of Olympic-Bound Skateboarders

Skateboarding is entering a new chapter as it's included as an Olympic event at the 2021 Tokyo Games-a long-awaited moment in the history of the sport. The newly-minted Olympic competition, which kicks off on July 25th, has been split into two categories- park and street -each comprising of two rounds, the preliminaries and finals.

The Shutterstock Blog
05/10/2021
How to Create the Illusion of Movement in Static Design

Static images lack movement by definition. However, they can incorporate the illusion of movement via design. Movement is a core design principle many designers employ to bring an element of aliveness into their work. While it's not possible to add actual movement to a static image, it is possible to trick the viewer's eye into believing they see movement when, in reality, they don't.

Camp.com

CAMP
03/12/2021
Fun Facts You Probably Didn't Know About Daylight Savings Time

Get ready to change your clocks! For most of us, Daylight Saving Time - which, in case you're not aware, is just days away on March 14 - means we lose an extra hour of sleep in spring (why??) and later gain that hour back in the fall.

DIRECTV NOW

DIRECTV NOW
03/11/2019
Shows made by women for women

In honor of International Women's Month, celebrate these shows by female trailblazers on both sides of the camera.

DIRECTV NOW
12/20/2018
We're turning two!

Join the party as we look back at the year, celebrate entertainment, and explore the latest features we've created for our fans.

New York Daily News

nydailynews.com
06/01/2017
New York comes alive in Todd Webb's post-war photos

After serving in the Navy during World War II, famed photographer Todd Webb returned to New York and captured the spirit of the city. A renewed sense of hope, peace, and prosperity is encapsulated in Webb's photo series titled 'A City Seen: Todd Webb's Post War New York, 1945-1960,' on display at Museum of the City of New York.

NY Daily News
The life of notorious drug lord Pablo Escobar

Known as 'The King of Cocaine,' Colombian drug lord and trafficker Pablo Escobar supplied more than 80% of cocaine to the United States, becoming the wealthiest criminal in history with an estimated worth of US $30 billion by the 1990s. Look back at the rise and fall of the notorious kingpin in these incredible photos.

nydailynews.com
12/03/2016
Deadliest nightclub fires in US history

In the wake of the Oakland Ghost Ship Warehouse fire, which claimed at least 36 lives, the Daily News takes a look back at the country’s deadliest nightclub fires in history.

nydailynews.com
03/30/2017
DOCTOR EVIL: Notorious doctors who kill

We trust them with our lives, but these doctors will send you to an early grave. The Daily News takes a look back at the most notorious killer doctors that will make you question what exactly did the doctor order.

nydailynews.com
07/26/2017
The gruesome drug war continues in the Philippines

The war on drugs across the Philippines continues to be a deadly affair, with nearly half of the country's 12,000 homicides this past year being drug-related. President Rodrigo Duterte's promise to kill those involved in drug and crime-related incident is unfurling in an almost massacre-like fashion, with spouses and parents being ripped from their families left and right.

nydailynews.com
11/23/2016
Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade then and now

In its 90 plus year history, the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade has survived two World Wars, Hurricane Sandy and even went ahead six days after President Kennedy was assassinated. In the words of the Kennedy family during those darkest days: The show must go on.

nydailynews.com
05/15/2018
Helen M. Stummer: Risking Life and Lens

For more than 40 years, Helen M. Stummer gave a face to the communities affected by economic hardship in New York and New Jersey in powerful, intimate photos.

NY Daily News
Deadliest nightclub fires in U.S. history

In the wake of the Oakland Ghost Ship Warehouse fire which claimed at least 36 lives, the Daily News take a look back at the country's deadliest nightclub fires in history.

NY Daily News
Children in a World of Gangs

Award-winning photojournalist Donna De Cesare explores the effects of decade-long civil wars and gang violence on the lives of youths in Central America in confronting photography spanning across 30 years.

NY Daily News
Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade then and now

In its 90 year history, the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade has survived two World Wars, Hurricane Sandy and even went ahead six days after President Kennedy was assassinated. In the words of the Kennedy family during those darkest days: The show must go on.

NY Daily News
The horrifying crimes of notorious killer Ed Gein

The twisted murders by Ed Gein were so disturbing, they inspired the most iconic horror movies of all time, including 'Psycho,' 'Silence of the Lambs' and 'Texas Chainsaw Massacre.' An American killer and body snatcher, Gein would fashion just about anything out of the skin of his victims and the bodies he exhumed from local graveyards.

nydailynews.com
05/14/2018
'Prison Nation': The mass incarceration crisis in America

With more than 2.2 million people incarcerated in the United States, the U.S. has more prisoners behind bars than any other nation. In an exhibit titled 'Prison Nation' at New York's Aperture Foundation, take a look at the country's mass incarceration crisis in compelling photos that coincides with the publication of an accompanying edition of Aperture magazine.

NY Daily News
Remembering the Attica Prison riots

45 years ago, a four day uprising of over 1,000 prison inmates led to the worst prison riot in U.S. history at Attica Correctional Facility. On Sept. 9, 1971, inmates took 42 staff officers and employees hostage as they demanded basic sanitation needs and an end to alleged racially motivated abuse.

Local TV Reporting

Local Print Reporting

The Northern Star
05/27/2010
Sorry Day commemorated at SCU

NATIONAL Sorry Day marks a day of 'hope', but there is still plenty of work to be done, according to Professor Judy Atkinson, director of the SCU's Gnibi College of Indigenous Australian Peoples. "When Kevin Rudd apologised to the Aboriginal people, it marked an historical day.

Northern Star
Boy, 5, to run marathon for charity

IF YOU spot Jonah Caoyonan running around the lake at Baywood Chase in Suffolk Park, you're not watching a typical five-year-old boy running just for fun. You're witnessing a young athlete training for a marathon. Jonah is preparing to run in the two-kilometre event of the annual Gold Coast Airport Marathon on July 3-4.

The Northern Star
Vandals hole out after long drive of destruction

ABOUT 20 youths caused more than $20,000 worth of damage in a vandalism rampage at the Lismore Workers Golf Club late on Thursday night. And, after four weeks of vandal attacks, club manager Ross Fletcher fears there will be more and they will get worse.

Northern Star
Toxic waste scare for residents

By Maria Bailey RESIDENTS living near the Italo Australia sports club in North Lismore have received a scare from people dumping waste behind the club. Bags, possibly containing radioactive toxic waste, were found dumped near the banks of the Wilsons River in Lismore.

Noosa News
Strongest men to pull 25t truck

THE lads from Hernes Freight Service in Lismore are a tough bunch, but they don't compare with the men competing in Australia's Strongest Man this weekend. The trucking company will be leaving one of their prized trucks in the hands of 10 of Australia's strongest men, when they individually take on the 25-tonne truck pull up Lismore's Keen Street on Saturday.

Press Releases

Prnewswire
Spacious launches first out-of-home advertising campaign with D3 NYC

NEW YORK and SAN FRANCISCO, May 3, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Spacious recently launched the company's first out-of-home advertising campaign in neighborhoods across New York City and San Francisco. The campaign, developed by creative marketing agency D3 NYC, aims to highlight Spacious' simplified workspace solution for urban professionals on the move.